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Japan’s shift to commercial whaling met with mixed reviews
Japan has never really stopped hunting whales, but its decision to leave the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling to resume commercial whaling, effective July 1, has renewed attention to Japan and why its leaders are making the move. The
Snow and ice are melting ever faster in the Himalayas
Since 2000, Himalayan glaciers have been losing nearly half a meter of ice a year vertically on average.
In Athens, a focus on climate change and heritage sites
The Acropolis in Greece has remained at its perch above Athens for millennia, but the experts who gathered this weekend at the Zappeion Megaron – a striking building at the center of the National Gardens of Athens – were focused
If coral reefs go, so will much of marine biodiversity
Bleaching can easily upset the delicate balance of these finely tuned systems.
UK’s ‘Planet Placement’ seeks to get climate convo on screen
Sometimes it’s harder to see the absence of something and then when we do, we wonder why it took so long to notice it was missing. That’s exactly the problem the British film and television industry wants to address with
Pope Francis calls for urgent action on climate change
For the 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide, Pope Francis is a leading light of moral authority. When he speaks, they listen. But it isn’t just Catholics who should listen to the pope’s views on climate change. We all should. In a