In 2000, University of Maine graduate student Amanda Leland began a seemingly straightforward restoration project. She transported 24,000 young sea urchins, which are native to the Gulf of Maine, to an area where overharvesting had caused them to
Illegal logging is destroying the world's ancient forests and accelerating climate change. On July 23rd the European Commission is expected to vote on proposed legislation to combat illegal logging.Please write to President Barroso today for a yes vote.
Gasoline prices have reached $4 per gallon in the US . And now they are saying we may see $6 per gallon by summer's end. Some analysts are saying gasoline prices will eventually reach $12 to $15 per gallon.
What is going on?
The howl of a wolf echoes through the glen,lumbering bears fish in the lochs and moose amble through the pine forest,this is multi-millionaire Paul Lister's vision for his estate in the Scottish Highlands,and his grand scheme is already underway.Last year
This looks like good news, but it's still a huge amount of water for town that may have greatly reduced water if snowpack continues to decline in the Shasta area in coming decades. It looks like locals are relieved to a degree but are not entirely comfort
A judge ruled Monday that aerial spraying to eradicate an invasive moth in Monterey County may not go forward in populated areas without a full environmental review.Superior Court Judge Robert A. O'Farrell ruled that state officials had not demonstrated
WASHINGTON: The U.S. government declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday because of the loss of Arctic sea ice but also cautioned the decision should not be viewed as a path to address global warming.nterior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne cited
I am writing to encourage you to deny the lease for the Wright Area coal mines in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming.Scientists have made it clear that climate change threatens the planet as we know it and that urgent action is needed.Yet the Wright Area
The future of our seas has never been more precarious. Ninety years of industrial-scale overfishing has brought us to the brink of an ecological catastrophe and deprived millions of their livelihoods.
Our world is overpopulated by cows!!! and the world could be so much better if they weren't not that numerous... Read all the reasons why. It's very interesting...
These photos,which vividly capture the scope of the tragedy that befell Myanmar were taken by NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), the Terra satellite's visual-infrared instrument.The U.N. estimates that over 1.5 million individ
In the Southwest U.S., biologists are talking about returning beavers to rivers they once inhabited in order to fight droughts -- which are expected to get worse as the globe warms. Beaver dams create great sponges that store lots of water.
