Archive for September 2019
Invasive pythons are a grave threat to wildlife in Florida
The snakes have disrupted the natural food chain balance and decimated native animal populations.
Global tourism leaves a giant carbon footprint
The rapid increase in tourism demand is effectively outstripping the decarbonization of tourism-related technology, researchers say.
Nuclear energy’s system cost conundrum
A look at system costs reveals the true price tag of our energy sources.
Bananas could soon be gone due to diseases and climate change
Several strains of a fungus are posing grave threats to the world’s banana plants. So are changing weather patterns.
Baltic Sea mystery: Where is the missing undersea data site?
Among the tools that European scientists use to understand climate change are the instruments of the Boknis Eck underwater observatory in the Baltic Sea, which measures methane in the seabed, water current flows and other data. Now the undersea installation
Keeping exotic reptiles as pets probably isn’t a good idea
Three-quarters of reptiles kept as exotic pets die within a year.