State officials said scientists monitoring algae blooms near Ketchikan discovered some of the world’s highest-ever recorded levels of toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning — … Deadly shellfish in AlaskaRead more
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Drought In Somalia Causes Mass Influx Of Climate Refugees To Kenya Aid group, Save the Children, is reporting the massive drought in Somalia has resulted … NewsRead more
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Salvadoran Activist Killed After Protesting Mining Project In El Salvador, an environmental activist has been killed after speaking out against a mining project in a … NewsRead more
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Plenty More Fish In The Sea?
This image shows the biomass of popularly-eaten fish in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1900 and in 2000. Popularly eaten fish include: bluefin tuna, cod, … Plenty More Fish In The Sea?Read more
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Killer CEO
Bob Parsons, the CEO of domain registry company GoDaddy, apparently enjoys hunting endangered species for fun. Parsons recently posted the above video on his blog, … Killer CEORead more
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5 billion birds death
At the beginning of this month when about 5,000 red-winged blackbirds fell from the sky in one night in Arkansas, biologists were called on to … 5 billion birds deathRead more
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Six Australian birds declared extinct
Six Australian birds that have not been seen in decades have been declared extinct by a team of scientists assessing the health of the country’s … Six Australian birds declared extinctRead more
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First oxygen-free animals found
Scientists have found the first animals that can survive and reproduce entirely without oxygen, deep on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea. The team, led … First oxygen-free animals foundRead more
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Eating like a bird helps forests grow
Lions, tigers and bears top the ecological pyramid. They eat smaller animals, feeding on energy that flows up from the base where plants convert sunlight … Eating like a bird helps forests growRead more
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KitKat ad
It all started with this gross Greenpeace ad originally posted on YouTube with the concluding line “”Have a break? Give the orangu-tan a break.” The … KitKat adRead more