conservation
Microplastic deposits found deep in world's oceans and seas
Posted in Featured, Science on 19th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller
Researchers have previously been puzzled by why they found much less plastic on the ocean surface than they expected.
Earth faces sixth great extinction
Posted in Featured, Science on 15th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller
41% of all amphibians on the planet now face extinction while 26% of mammal species and 13% of birds are similarly threatened.
The Plan to Map Illegal Fishing From Space
Posted in Science on 14th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller
Illicit fishing goes on every day at an industrial scale. But large commercial fishers are about to get a new set of overseers.
World wildlife populations halved in 40 years
Posted in Featured, Science on 30th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
Habitat loss and hunting have reduced tigers from 100,000 a century ago to just 3,000.
Obama creates vast Pacific Ocean marine reserve
Posted in Science on 26th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
US President Barack Obama has signed a memorandum to expand a vast marine reserve in the Pacific Ocean.