by Beth Holmes | Oct 24, 2022 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
Tower Rock in the Mississippi River is accessible by foot now as water levels reach severe lows. Tower Rock is a large, imposing island in the Mississippi River, a ways south of St. Louis. The tall dome of stone is usually a short boat ride from shore, but with the...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 17, 2022 | Climate Change, Sustainability
Atlantic City faces rising sea levels, is already seeing more flooding, and has no plan ready. Atlantic City, New Jersey, is on a barrier island. All of it is built on sand, just above sea level. 38,000 residents and tens of thousands of tourists a week occupy the...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 10, 2022 | Conservation, Environmental hazards
Australia intends to set aside nearly a million square miles of land to protect endangered species. This summer, an environmental report card by the Australian government showed the country as one of the worst for species decline. They’ve lost more mammal...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 3, 2022 | Conservation, Environmental hazards
Environmentalists continue to die, according to a report by Global Witness that alleges over 1,700 eco-activists have been killed since 2012. To put it into scale, 1,700 murders in ten years means an average just under one killing every two days. The new report by NGO...
by Beth Holmes | Sep 26, 2022 | Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Lobstermen and the state of Maine are challenging a judge’s decision to restrict fishing that threatens severely threatened whale species. North Atlantic right whales were once the preferred target for commercial whaling. They swim slowly and at the surface,...
