Environmental Protection
Climate change will turn the oceans bluer. And that’s bad
In the case of a warming of 3°C half of the global ocean surface is going to look quite different.
We are eating large wild animals into extinction
Of the 362 megafauna species surveyed, 70% are decreasing in number while 59% are directly threatened with extinction.
Africa’s pangolins may soon be no more
Even seasoned anti-wildlife trafficking experts were stunned by the enormous size of the stash.
Chemical noses could sniff out pollutants
New receptor molecules could detect pesticides and other industrial pollutants that are hazardous to the environment.
Insects are going extinct at alarming rates, experts say
An insect apocalypse is under way around the planet.
A new invention could turn plastic waste into useful products
A team of scientists may have a solution to cleaning up some of the plastic waste.