Climate change models are only as good as the assumptions plugged into them. Findings published in the December Science could lead those models to predict faster ice melt, and therefore rising sea levels worse than currently foreseen. Scientists have long had good characterizations of...
In mid-November, the Paris city council adopted a new Plan de Biodiversité . Among calls for an extension of the electric tramway system and improved management of the two forests that border the city, the plan includes a pledge to create seven more hectares (about 83,000 square yards...
Fewer than one-third of California students were able to pass all six areas of a statewide physical fitness test last year. 1.34 million students in the fifth, seventh and ninth grades took the test and scores declines in all three grades, after improving steadily since 2006. While st...
Written by Phoenix Morgaine of Texas Several years ago I worked as a senior rehabilitator for a wild bird rescue organization. The local humane society didn’t have a bird rescue program, so they called us whenever wild birds were turned in by the public. One night I received a call fr...
Recycling more this Christmas Top tips in our Christmas Advent calendar, how-to videos and festive waste facts What difference does your recycling make? Why not find out today using this new tool? Got small electricals to recycle or donate? Find out what you can do with your unwanted ...
Global warming is a dangerous threat facing wildlife today. For polar bears, the situation is dire. Scientists are already seeing polar bears and their cubs struggle to survive at the southern edges of their habitat. If we don't take action on climate change soon, Alaska will lose all...
Nature of Business radio, created and hosted by Chrissy Coughlin, is a weekly show on business and environment. I admit that I get a little giddy when I hear about organizations like the Global Adaptation Institute that really get it like. The brainchild of Dr. Juan Jose Daboub, they ...
However smart, prescient, and successful Walmart’s sustainability efforts actually turn out to be, just how “sustainable” is the whole bloody global-retail proposition that lies at the heart of the company’s amazing progress? Maybe Walmart’s new initiatives will pencil out in a busine...
The short term situation in Europe is pretty brutal. It looks increasingly likely that the single currency may not survive much longer, and the short term volatility if and as they go through the process of reverting to respective national currencies will be pretty scary. That said, t...
© R. Cruger - Wind-bent tree from Pasadena windstorm. Known for the greenest tree canopy in the Los Angeles area, my home town of Pasadena was the epicenter of last week's infamous Santa Ana windstorms causing urban deforestation overnight. I battened down the hatches and tried to rea...
Associated Press Mark Ruffalo addressing a crowd of fracking opponents in Newark last month. Major environmental groups are lobbying for strict regulations on natural gas drilling in New York State, which could begin as early as next year. But activists like the actor Mark Ruffalo are...
A few days ago, we brought you the story of Elvinia Hall: a 103 year-old Atlanta woman facing foreclosure by JP Morgan Chase . In a clear example of the irresponsible lending practices of Big Banks before the crash, Chase Bank had allowed Vita Hall’s grandson to take out a loan on the...
Lambert shows how when you knit a sweater or plant a garden, when you prepare a meal or simply repair a lamp, you are bathing your brain in feel-good chemicals and creating a kind of mental vitamin. Our grandparents and great grandparents, who had to work hard for basic resources, de...
(11/30/2011) Two Hoolock gibbons have been successfully translocated from a fragmented forest to Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary in the beginning of a desperate bid to save 18 family groups of India's last apes. Living near the village of Dello in northeastern India, the apes were straining ...
This time of year can always get a little out of hand if not downright crazy. It's tough juggling all of the shopping, traveling and holiday parties. Here are some tasty, seasonal recipes that will keep you filled up on energy. Some are even simple to make, such as the Baked Spaghetti...
Over thirty professors from the University of Virginia Law School send a letter (pdf) to the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia "affirming the importance of academic freedom" and urging them to contest the Civil Investigative Demand (CID) "to the fullest extent possible...
Photo Courtesy Of: iStockphoto/Thinkstock If you’re a regular reader, you’re probably well aware of the link between the foods you eat and your risk of cancer. But for those of you who may be just joining us, suffice it to say that virtually everything you put into (or onto) your body...
11. Webster's Falls, Dundas, Ontario, Canada The colors of fall form the backdrop to this stunning sheet of water. The long exposure creates the sense of mistiness in the water whilst allowing the rock behind to show through boldly.
This video would be pretty cute if there was just one kitten fascinated by the ice skating performance on TV. But a whole bunch of kittens acting the same way?! Now, that’s
Sifting through sellers on eBay can be a hassle, and when you're prepared to drop more than a few bucks on secondhand handbag, you want to see quality. That's where StyleRecovery.com comes in. With more than 60,000 members in Europe, the online store is a destination to buy and sell h...
Truthfully, it feels like fantasy that I’m even writing about how much people from different parties believe in global warming or human-caused global warming. The U.S. is essentially the only country in the world with so much of its population confused about the science of global warm...
For the first time, snow leopards in Russia’s Altai mountains have been photographed. The World Wildlife Fund – Russia, the Snow Leopard Conservancy, and WWF – Mongolia collaborated to place remote cameras in a mountainous area of Siberia at altitudes of 4,000 meters. The cameras snap...
In an effort to encourage breastfeeding, Rhode Island birthing hospitals have stopped giving out formula to new moms. The Rhode Island Health Department contends that breastfeeding is better for the health of the mother and the child. Not to mention that it’s easier on the planet and ...
Associated Press Mark Ruffalo addressing a crowd of fracking opponents in Newark last month. Major environmental groups are lobbying for strict regulations on natural gas drilling in New York State, which could begin as early as next year. But activists like the actor Mark Ruffalo are...
Carbon dioxide emissions rose 5.9 percent last year, the biggest absolute jump on record and the biggest percentage increase since 2003, Justin Gillis reports , citing the findings of an international collaboration of scientists. Coal combustion accounted for more than half of the gro...
Of all our senses, there is only one that is directly hard-wired to the brain, making it one of the most powerful and often underrated of our senses: our sense of smell. Amazingly enough there is still a good deal of debate over how our sense of smell actually works, but there is litt...
Carbon dioxide emissions rose 5.9 percent last year, the biggest absolute jump on record and the biggest percentage increase since 2003, Justin Gillis reports , citing the findings of an international collaboration of scientists. Coal combustion accounted for more than half of the gro...
It was a tough first week here in Durban, South Africa -- the government negotiations just aren't at all where they need to be. But those negotiatoins aren't all that's going on here. From COY , the conference of youth, to OccupyCOP17 , to the march yesterday (below) with thousands an...
About 9 million horses currently live in America. As early as a month from now, dozens of thousands of them may start joining the ranks of cattle processed in U.S. slaughterhouses, and be sold as meat for human consumption. Suffice to say that Congress lifted a 5-year-old ban on fundi...
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child , signed by every member of the UN except Somalia and the United States, outlines children’s fundamental rights such as the right to an identity, the right to life and development, and the right to be heard. But what about the r...
