Archive for July 2019
Watching wildlife from space, with help from human friends
The news seems dire for wildlife, threatened by climate change and increasingly endangered on earth, but there’s help on the way and right now it’s coming from the International Space Station. The International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space (Icarus)
Orangutans are being squeezed out by oil palm plantations
The numbers of Bornean orangutans have declined in forest patches within oil palm landscapes in the Malaysian state of Sabah.
Microbes may soon replace old water treatment methods
A company has come up with a simple and cheap solution to clean water by harnessing the power of microbes.
IUCN: nearly 30,000 species are facing the risk of extinction
As many as 28,338 species fall into a category that indicates they are at grave risk of going extinct.
Prague aims to embrace a circular economy
"There is a huge opportunity for Prague to make more efficient use of its resources."
To have net zero emissions we must lower our energy needs
Reaching net zero carbon emissions will require a new energy-industrial revolution.