by Beth Holmes | Nov 1, 2021 | Conservation, Sustainability
Habitat protections are the latest programs rescued from Trump-era rollbacks by the administration of President Biden. Habitat protection and industrial development are two forces constantly at odds with one another. But while industrial development can always be...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 27, 2021 | Conservation, Sustainability
Tuskless elephant females may be about to become the norm for the species, if it survives the environmental pressure of poaching that’s pushing it that way. In African elephants, the tusks serve an important purpose. Actually, many–they’re a natural...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 18, 2021 | Climate Change, Sustainability
Glaciers in Africa are few and far between, but they’re important to the continent, both as important water storage and as a barometer of climate change. Africa as a whole is warming and becoming arid faster than the global average. A new report from the World...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 11, 2021 | Climate Change, Conservation, Sustainability
Climate demonstrators in Brussels marched in the thousands on Sunday, to let the world leaders at the U.N. climate summit due to start soon in Glasgow know that the world’s eyes are on them. The U.N.’s 26th Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26)...
by Beth Holmes | Sep 20, 2021 | Climate Change, Sustainability
The recent winter in New Zealand is the warmest on record, according to the island nation’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, the counterpart to NOAA in the United States. Winter in New Zealand, which runs from June through August, saw an...
by Beth Holmes | Sep 13, 2021 | Climate Change, Conservation, Sustainability
Raptor species around the world are in trouble, according to a new review of conservation data by two major wildlife groups. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Birdlife International collaborated to do a new analysis of bird population data for...
