Global warming causing fish size to reduce
Global warming is causing a reduction fish size to reduce massively. A study has found that fish have lost half their average body mass and smaller species are making up a larger proportion of European...
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American Pika in danger
The American Pika (Ochotona princeps), a small relative of the rabbit, may become seriusly endangered because of global warming as rising eliminate Pikas from their alpine habitat. The US government...
View ArticleWarmest seas on record for June
According to NOA, the world’s ocean surface temperature was the hottest on record for June, breaking the previous reoord of 2005. If the ocean surface temperature are combined with with land...
View ArticleMore wildfires for the US
Scientists expect wildfires in the US to increase in number as global warming kicks in in the coming decades. And because smoke and other particles from fires adversely affect air quality, an increase...
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Jellyfish get good press
It’s a good time of year to publish a Jellyfish study. From the Costa Brava to Cornwall to Hawaii to the Mexican Gulf, swimmers are anxiously scanning the water and looking for jellyfish alerts on...
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The last glaciers of Tanzania
The Southern Icefield on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Photo by armstrks (Creative Commons). Furtwängler Glacier is a small remnant of an enormous icecap which once crowned the summit of Mount...
View ArticleSevere drought hits Kenya
Very worrying article by John Vidal in The Guardian on the effects of continued drought in Kenya and East Africa as a whole “Droughts have affected millions in a vast area stretching across Kenya,...
View ArticleRising temperatures push polar bears closer to humans
Polar bears are coming into increasingly conflict with humans as melting ice is pushing them to search for food on land. “Hungry bears don’t just lie down – they go looking for an alternate food...
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Mass death of walruses
As many as two hundred dead walruses have been spotted on the shore of Chukchi Sea on Alaska’s northwest coast. Wildlife researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey report the dead walruses appeared...
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Discovery of giant web-spinning spider in Africa
With a leg span of 12 cm and a body of 4 cm, the newly discovered Nephila komaci is the biggest orb spider in the world. It spins webs of up to 1 metre in diameter. The species has pronounced sexual...
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