Ice Age cave in Arctic leads to new discoveries Paid Members Public
Deep inside a cave in Northern Norway, scientists have uncovered the bones of 46 animal species from the last ice age seventy five thousand years ago. The fossils show that during a brief but warmer period in the Ice Age many animals thrived but when the cold conditions returned they
Oil spills endanger people and biodiversity in Ecuador Paid Members Public
Oil spills are a growing problem in the Amazonian country of Ecuador. Though over 4,600 oil spill sites were identified by the country's government in 2022, less than half of them have been cleaned up. The rest continue to release hazardous chemicals and heavy metals, polluting the
Bioethanol from sugarcane might be India's secret weapon in Independence from fossil fuels Paid Members Public
Sugarcane is an important crop to take India’s quest for bioethanol for vehicles forward under its National Ethanol Blending Programme wherein it will increase the ethanol blend in petrol to 20%. But farmers moving away from sugarcane and depletion of groundwater are two major concerns that need to be
Caribbean Coral Reefs Meet Archaeology Paid Members Public
Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) discovered over 7,000 years-old coral reefs in the Caribbean. These ancient reefs revealed that fishing has altered the food web, sizes, and population of several species of fish over the millennia, and severely reduced the abundance of sharks. They also found
What do these fossilised corals reveal? Paid Members Public
Over 7,000 years old Caribbean coral reef fossils revealed that fishing has altered the food-web, sizes and population of several species of fish over the millennia, and severely reduced the abundance of sharks. They also found one of the first pieces of evidence for "the predator release effect&
Reclaiming the desert Paid Members Public
Only 0.1% of the entire country of Libya has forest cover, mostly along the Mediterranean. And the little that remains is being cut down for human activities. But as forests dwindle, local committee are facing the effects. To try and undo some of this damage, organisations are planting tree
Will we lose coffee to climate change? Paid Members Public
Growing coffee has become more challenging in the new climate reality, as coffee-leaf-rust, a fungal disease, has become more common due to climate change. Coffee farmers are having a hard time tending to coffee plants.
Residents of Cambodia restoring lost mangrove Paid Members Public
The Trapeang Sangke Ecotourism Community in Cambodia is trying to restore mangrove forests that are being lost due to human activities like urbanization, infrastructure development and aquaculture.
