by Admin | Dec 12, 2016 | Climate Change
The melting of Arctic ice has many effects on the planet, once of which has been less cloud cover in the Arctic. This creates a vicious cycle, because less cloud cover means that more sunlight gets through to the ice, which makes the ice melt faster. In order for...
by Admin | Sep 11, 2015 | Articles, Environmental hazards
Since 1960, we’ve been finding plastic in the stomachs of seabirds, but back then, it was less than 5% of individual birds who faced this problem. According to scholars from CSIRO and Imperial College London, by 2010 that 5% had risen to 80%. Now, according to a new...
by Admin | Jun 17, 2013 | Articles
Several dozen bodies of Atlantic puffins have washed up on the shores of the North Eastern United States this year and survival rates of newborn puffins have dropped from 77% to 31%. The dive in puffin population has scientists concerned for the future of the bird,...