Archive for August 2019
Environmental crimes pose threats to us all
"Transnational environmental crime, or TEC, has become the largest financial driver of social conflicts in the world."
Climate change will make some spiders more bellicose
Selective evolutionary pressures will make some spiders more aggressive in the face of more frequent extreme weather events.
Time to start saying goodbye to glaciers?
"My heart broke as I realized two-thirds of the Sawyer Glacier had disappeared over a seven-year period."
A beloved baby dugong is killed by plastic waste
Separated from her mother, Mariam was found floundering near a beach in the Andaman Sea.
Is there a more sustainable way to travel?
One of the world’s leading polar explorers has sounded the alarm over the dramatic increase in cruise ship tourism in the Arctic. Arved Fuchs, who was the first person to venture on foot to both poles in a single year,
Time is running out for the world’s embattled seahorses
Seahorses worldwide are facing a variety of grave threats.