by Admin | Dec 28, 2016 | Conservation
Both Barack Obama and Justin Trudeau recently announced plans to indefinitely protect massive amounts of shoreline in the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans from new offshore oil and gas drilling initiatives. While neither measure will end drilling projects already in motion,...
by Admin | Dec 23, 2016 | Environmental hazards
Some areas of the world just can’t catch a break. While scientists are by no means certain of the eventual outcome, a recent study has noted that the area around Campi Flegrei (“burning fields”), a supervolcano in Italy, is showing signs of increased pressure, which...
by Admin | Dec 21, 2016 | Environmental hazards, Information, Resources
As long as we continue to rely on oil for fuel, we’re going to have to deal with oil spills. While there are several ways to clean up oil spills, they were designed for use in warm water, not the cold and sometimes rough seas of far northern latitudes. But scientists...
by Admin | Dec 19, 2016 | Climate Change
The retreat of glaciers around the world has long been heralded as a definitive symbol of the effects of human activity on the global climate. However, due to a great deal of variability between glaciers, it’s been hard to actually pin that retreat on global climate...
by Admin | Dec 16, 2016 | Conservation
Atlantic killifish are small fish found along the East Coast, especially in estuaries where they often face high pollution levels. You’d be forgiven for not having heard of them, since they don’t have any commercial value, but they do form an important part of food...
