Environmental Protection
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.
We could save a giant ice sheet by blasting it with snow
"We are already at a point of no return if we don't do anything," stresses climate scientist Anders Levermann.
Light pollution affects clownfish that live on coral reefs
If you’ve seen the movie “Finding Nemo” or its charming sequel, then you’re probably familiar with the clownfish in the film. In real life, though, Nemo’s counterparts live in coral reefs threatened by climate change, and now researchers have found