The animals were lured to the coast and killed with harpoons, the local government argues that it is a sustainable tradition that feeds the local population. Tradition or destruction? A new bloodbath has stained the waters of the Faroe Islands this week. On Wednesday about 200 pilot whales and 40 dolphins were cornered by fishermen […]
Greenland melting is imminent proof of warming and could bring us to an end long before we realize it.
According to researcher, melting reaches about 2 billion tons of ice. There is enough ice in Greenland to raise sea level by 25 feet around the globe. This would end the main cities on the slopes. https://youtu.be/xnai2C3vHhI And NASA has proven that glaciers are melting beyond measure. These measurements are made year after year mapping […]
New map proves devastation of millions of hectares in Amazon rainforest with daunting detail
New data illustrate, with a frightening level of detail, the accelerated loss of forest cover in Brazil. Due to human activities, the world continued to lose forests in 2018, according to data from the Global Forest Watch research group and analysts at the University of Maryland. Deforestation with subsequent substitution by another land use, which […]
Planet needs 1.2 trillion new trees to contain global warming according to study
In addition to preserving existing forests, the best solution to drastically reduce excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and contain global warming is to plant trees. In all possible spaces of the planet that are neither occupied by urban areas, nor destined to farming. That would mean planting 1.2 trillion new seedlings, four times larger […]
Italy's Tigers' Tamer killed by animals during training
Incident happened in a small town in the south of the country. Deputies in the country are discussing the possibility of banning animals in circuses. Four tigers attacked and killed their tamer in southern Italy. The incident has strengthened calls for banning animals at the circus, a subject that is being debated in the country's […]
Photo of solar eclipse taken by Brazilian is the 'image of the day' of NASA
Click of Leo Caldas was selected by the site Apod, of NASA, reference in astronomical photography. The record of the total solar eclipse of 2019 by the Brazilian Leonardo Caldas was chosen on Tuesday (9) by Nasa for the site Astronomy Picture of the Day (Apod), which publishes each day a new photograph of astronomical […]
Brazil: huge rise in Amazon destruction under Bolsonaro, figures show
Deforestation in Brazil’s portion of the Amazon rainforest rose more than 88% in June compared with the same month a year ago, the second consecutive month of rising forest destruction under the rightwing president Jair Bolsonaro. According to data from Brazil’s space agency, deforestation in the world’s largest tropical rainforest totaled 920 sq km (355 sq miles). The […]
Illegal hunting threatens South America's only bear species
Shamans believe that parts of the body of this endangered species – such as penile bones, teeth and fat – have healing properties. The products are easily found in Peru. Chachapoyas, Peru The woman on the market stalls fills a glass with a reddish liquid, shouting to announce the composition of the mixture: light rum, […]
Rare African elephant twins survive, despite small chances
Only 1% of elephant births result in twins. Pongola Game Reserve, located in northwestern Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, celebrated the birth of twin elephants last Saturday. The rare event occurs in less than 1% of elephant births in the world and the chance of both surviving is even lower. The information is from the […]
Divers remove more than 1 tonne of ocean waste and break world record
A group of divers gathered at the international fishing pier of Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA, in a garbage collection effort thrown into the sea. In all, 633 divers dressed their clothes, equipment and oxygen tanks and broke the world record of greater group of people to carry out an underwater cleaning. The cleaning began around […]