[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Helen Yaffe (Jacobin Magazine) writes about Cuba’s fight against climate change. [. . .] Cuba may be responsible for only 0.08 percent of global CO2 emissions, but this Caribbean island is disproportionately hard-hit by the effects of climate change. The frequency and severity of […]
Cuba shows how to take action on climate change — Repeating Islands
We’re still having a front row seat to the Satara Wildlife Show here in Kruger National Park! Knob-billed Ducks Dwarf Mongoose Swainson’s Spurfowl Mating Hinged Tortoises Marsh Terrapin Plains Zebra and Blue Wildebeest Martial Eagle with Steenbok prey Bathing House Sparrow (photo by Marilize) Flock of Red-billed Queleas Blue Wildebeest Tawny Eagle Newborn Elephant Cheetahs
Satara Summer 2021 – 26 December — de Wets Wild
Antarctica’s Denman Glacier is sinking into the world’s deepest canyon By Brandon Specktor published April 05, 2020 The melting glacier could raise sea level by almost 5 feet (1.5 meters). Denman trough (dark blue strip) sinks some 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) below sea level, and could soon become the burial plot of a massive, dying glacier. (Image credit: NASA’s […]
Antarctica’s Denman Glacier is sinking into the world’s deepest canyon–raising sea level by 5 feet. — Eslkevin’s Blog
The Isimangaliso Wetland Park, and especially when using Cape Vidal as a base, really offers the best combination of both bush and beach you could hope for. Angry Buffalo bull Sunrise at Mission Rocks Natal Rock Crab (photo by Joubert) Sleepy Warthog Elephant roadblock Elephant roadblock (photo by Joubert) Elephant cow keeping the youngsters safe […]
Autumn Adventure – Cape Vidal 24 March 2022 — de Wets Wild
Another wonderful day spent in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park – our last full day here for this trip. Tomorrow our plans take us to Hilltop Rest Camp in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park. Spotted Hyena cub near Cape Vidal Saddle-billed Stork in silhouette at sunrise Vervet Monkey Bushbuck Elephant herd blocking the road…again! Hadeda in flight – […]
Autumn Adventure – Cape Vidal 25 March 2022 — de Wets Wild
Meet Francia Márquez, the Afro-Colombian Land Defender Running to Be Colombia’s First Black VP STORYMARCH 25, 2022 Watch Full Show This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. DONATE TOPICS Colombia Climate Crisis Racism Indigenous Black Lives Matter Fossil Fuel Divestment GUESTS Francia MárquezAfro-Colombian environmental defender and vice-presidential running mate of Gustavo Petro. […]
Francia Márquez,Afro-Colombian environmental defender and vice-presidential running mate of Gustavo Petro. — Eslkevin’s Blog
The environment emergency is causing a far reaching fall in oxygen levels in lakes across the world, choking out untamed life and undermining drinking water supplies. Falling degrees of oxygen in seas had effectively been distinguished, yet new examination shows that the decrease in lakes has been somewhere in the range of three and multiple […]
Environment emergency is choking out the world’s lakes, study finds — KRISHNA KUMAR SINGH
KRON4 reports Lyme disease is transmitted through tick bites, but researchers and educators warn that it’s not the only disease carried by the parasitic arachnids. This year, the tick population is expected to surge due to a mild winter and early spring as well as abundant rainfall. Also, people who have been getting outdoors because […]
Tick population expected to surge, and they’re carrying more than Lyme disease: researchers — Natural History Wanderings
by William E. Simpson II as published on ValueWalk American Wild Horses Are Arguably Worse-Off Today photo by Terry Fitch of Wild Horse Freedom Federation A recent article at Reason, titled ‘Predictably, Wild Horses Are Still Suffering Due to Federal Slaughter Ban’ stated that, “Turns out that basing animal rights policy on the strong feelings […]
Wild Horses: Analysis Of Issues And Novel Science-Supported Solution — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
From the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Germany: New species in the North Sea Researchers describe the newly discovered amphipod Epimeria frankei using extensive mitogenomic information May 2, 2018 Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Universities of Oldenburg and Potsdam, Germany have confirmed the existence of a […]
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