THE WORLD’S FAVORITE DRUG
Caffeine is the world’s favorite drug, and half the world’s coffee-growing land is at risk from climate change, according to a major article in a …
ANTS PERSUADED LIONS TO EAT BUFFALO
“How ants persuaded lions to eat buffalo” sounds like a story out of a children’s book. However, reality is often stranger than fiction, as we …
SCILLY ISLES
Rosemary Parslow crawls on her hands and knees across the frozen ground of the Scilly Isles under a wintry sky. Most other visitors to the …
CAR BLOAT
All in all, car bloat has increased vehicle prices while making autos more destructive to human life, natural ecosystems, and pavement alike. Because the full …
CAR BLOAT
This is the second blog on car bloat; the story of how and why vehicle manufacturers, mainly in the US but elsewhere as well, have …
RIGHTS OF NATURE
Ireland could become the first country in the EU to enshrine the “Rights of Nature” into its national constitution. The Joint Committee on Environment …
ANIMAL BURPS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Animal burps and climate change are directly related, although that may seem a bit of a stretch for newcomers to the idea that farming contributes …
CAR BLOAT
Car bloat has been a growing problem in the US for more than 50 years. The vehicles have been getting bigger and bigger, and the …
ANIMALS STORING CARBON DIOXIDE
Animals storing carbon dioxide would seem to be a strange idea, at least on the surface. However, animals may be able to contribute positively to …
THE BLACK MAMBAS
THE NEXT GOLDEN EAGLE AWARD GOES TO: THE BLACK MAMBAS. Meet the “Black Mambas”, South Africa’s all-female anti-poaching unit. Eight years on from the …