Colorado River View, Google’s latest off-road foray using Street View cameras, takes users through the Grand Canyon on a whitewater raft. Conservationists hope the effort will raise awareness of this overstretched river.
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The cold hard glacial truth
Lewis Owen has been scraping out icy fragments of history’s truth from one of the most glaciated regions on Earth for the past 25 years. His frequent excursions to Tibet and the Himalayas have led the University of Cincinnati professor of geology to some cold, hard facts. Owen knows climate change is immortal – fluctuating […]
Secrets of the narwhal tusk
To Martin Nweeia, the narwhal — a mysterious whale with an off-center tusk — is much more interesting than the mythical unicorn. Now, eight years after he described the narwhal’s distinctive tusk as a sensory organ, the fascinating creature is coming into focus. Nweeia and his colleagues have mapped a sensory pathway between that spiral […]
Galactic Cauldron | Space Wallpaper
As galaxies speed through gigantic cauldrons, they occasionally jumble the gas and forge it into lop-sided shapes. An example is revealed in this space wallpaper, which is a composite image of the galaxy group NGC 5044.
COLLEGIATE CORNER: Offshore oil drilling: is it really necessary?
As we all know, oil is a very important energy resource the world needs for its everyday life. It is known that not only do most of the countries on the planet use it, but also it is a scarce resource, which means that in the near future, there will no longer be enough available […]
Global problem of fisheries bycatch needs global solutions
Whenever fishing vessels harvest fish, other animals can be accidentally caught or entangled in fishing gear as bycatch. Numerous strategies exist to prevent bycatch, but data have been lacking on the global scale of this issue. A new in-depth analysis of global bycatch data provides fisheries and the conservation community with the best information yet […]
Fourth Quarter Corporate Responsibility & Society Update (J Sainsbury plc)
(Source: J Sainsbury plc) Strong progress in our 20×20 Plan with our ‘Value of Values’ campaign reaching consumers and colleagues Joint top in fish sustainability league from Marine Conservation Society and recognised as market leaders in Greenpeace’s tinned tuna league Signed a new long-term deal with British Athletics and proud sponsors of the record breaking […]
Bustard conservation plans for four areas of Maharashtra
MUMBAI: The once common bustard species of Maharashtra, viz. Great Indian Bustard (GIB) or Maldhok and Lesser Florican or Tanmor have been…
Will zero deforestation commitments save Indonesia’s forests?
Skirting the Malacca Strait near the Indonesian city of Dumai the air is thick with haze from peat fires burning below. As the sky clears, a landscape of sharply-cut geometric shapes becomes apparent. What was once carbon-dense peat forests and rainforests are today massive oil palm and wood pulp plantations.
Elephants Even Smarter than We Realized
Study after study continues to show elephants are intelligent, self-aware individuals who possess a tremendous sense of family, empathy and community. So much evidence has accumulated that even mainstream scientific publications are starting to take notice. In his recent Scientific American article “The Science Is In: Elephants Are Even Smarter than We Realized,” Ferris Jabr […]
