The Earth’s magnetic fields help support life on our planet, but they could also be a driver of climate change and the reason why some species have become extinct. This is the …
Read More »Male Gaslight Lyrebirds Females to have sex with
Picture: GREG WOOD (fake images) As I have long said about this very blog, the birds are terrible and they should all be canceled. But perhaps none more so than lyrebirds, which …
Read More »How Deep Sea Cables Could ‘Transform’ Earthquake Detection
Laying of a submarine cable in Spain, one of the more than 600,000 kilometers of fiber optic submarine cables.Photo: ANDER GILLENEA / AFP via Getty Images (fake images) Many miles from the …
Read More »Atlantic Ocean Circulation Is The Weakest in a Millennium, Scientists Say | Environment
The circulation of the Atlantic Ocean that sustains the Gulf Stream, the meteorological system that brings a warm and temperate climate to Europe, is at its weakest in more than a millennium, …
Read More »Exclusive: CEOs of U.S. airlines to meet with the White House to reduce carbon footprint
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chief executives of major US airlines will meet virtually Friday with two key White House advisers on efforts to cut carbon emissions and use renewable fuels, five people briefed …
Read More »Big red flag for glaciers in the little-studied Antarctic region
The Taylor Glacier near McMurdo Station, Antarctica.Photo: Mark Ralston (AP) The glaciers of Antarctica are changing the concept of “glacial rhythm”. A new study of a little-observed area on the continent finds …
Read More »Ancient dog bone, evidence of the route humans took to North America
The canine bone fragment, found in southeast Alaska.Picture: Douglas Levere / University at Buffalo A 10,000-year-old dog bone fragment found along the Alaskan coast could be the oldest evidence of domesticated dogs …
Read More »Show us the plan: Investors pressure companies to be clean on climate
LONDON / BOSTON (Reuters) – In the past, shareholder votes on the environment were rare and easy to ignore. Things could look different in the annual meeting season that begins next month, …
Read More »Show us the plan: Investors pressure companies to be clean on climate
LONDON / BOSTON (Reuters) – In the past, shareholder votes on the environment were rare and easy to ignore. Things could look different in the annual meeting season that begins next month, …
Read More »School meals without meat are all the rage in France
LE PECQ, France (AP) – By removing meat from the menu in school cafeterias, the environmentalist mayor of one of France’s most famous food cities has sparked a storm of protest and …
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