Blogging the End of the World™
Associated PressJan. 27, 2010, 5:58AM The world’s last remaining natural flock of endangered whooping cranes, which suffered a record number of deaths last year, will probably see another die-off because of scarce food supplies at its Texas nesting grounds this winter, wildlife managers said. The flock lost 23 birds in the 2008-2009 winter season, in […]
The world’s most miserable-looking fish is in danger of becoming extinct, according to scientists. By Andrew HoughPublished: 7:30AM GMT 26 Jan 2010 Scientists fear the blobfish, which can grow up to 12 inches, is in danger of being wiped out by over-fishing in its south eastern Australian habitat. The fish, which lives at depths of […]
By Gary DuffyBBC News, Sao Paulo Brazil’s government has granted an environmental licence for the construction of a controversial hydro-electric dam in the Amazon rainforest. Environmental groups say the Belo Monte dam will cause devastation in a large area of the rainforest and threaten the survival of indigenous groups. However, the government says whoever is […]
By Susan Gilmore, Seattle Times staff reporter It wasn’t sunbathing weather, but January was the warmest on record for the Seattle area, according to the National Weather Service. The average temperature was 47 degrees, above the average of 45.8 degrees and the highest temperature since they began being recorded at the Seattle Federal Building in […]
Global climatic changes may affect Mediterranean water by increasing sea level and changing the distribution of surface and deep water salinity and temperature. Rising sea level would destroy parts of protective sand belt along Mediterranean coast especially of the Egyptian delta coast which have elevations less than two meters above sea level. In addition to […]
By RACHEL D’ORO | 01/28/10 07:04 PM | AP ANCHORAGE, Alaska — One of Alaska’s most eroded villages wants to revive a lawsuit that claims greenhouse gasses from oil, power and coal companies are to blame for the climate change endangering the tiny community. The city of Kivalina and a federally recognized tribe, the Alaska […]
By NATION CorrespondentsPosted Monday, January 25 2010 at 20:00 Kenya Forestry Service guards burnt 10 houses belonging to settlers evicted from Mau after they went back to the forest to harvest their maize. One of the houses was full of maize when the guards struck on Saturday evening. The families, which had been camping at […]
By STEVEN DUBOIS Associated Press WriterPosted: 01/26/2010 05:51:24 PM PSTUpdated: 01/26/2010 05:51:25 PM PST PORTLAND, Ore.—California brown pelicans are begging for food on the Oregon coast rather than migrating south to breeding grounds. An estimated 1,000 brown pelicans have remained on the state’s coast, an unheard of number at a time of year when they […]
The icy cap over Earth’s North Pole reaches its summer minimum in September and its winter maximum in late February or early March. Satellite observations since 1979 have shown that amount of ice that survives the summer is getting smaller; declines have been especially dramatic in the past decade. Recently, scientists from NASA and the […]
By Jeremy Hance, www.mongabay.com January 28, 2010 Sometime around 2050 researchers estimate that the global population will level-out at nine billion people, adding over two billion more people to the planet. Since, one billion of the world’s population (more than one in seven) are currently going hungry—the largest number in all of history—scientists are […]
