A commonly used pesticide known as atrazine can turn male frogs into females that are successfully able to reproduce, a new study finds. While previous work has shown atrazine can cause sexual abnormalities in frogs, such as hermaphrodism (having both male and female sex organs), this study is the first to find that atrazine’s effects are long-lasting… Continue Reading “Pesticide used on Corn Crops turn Male Frogs into Females”
NAIROBI, Kenya: Hundreds of elephants and endangered Grevy’s zebras have died in Kenyan wildlife preserves during the ongoing drought in 2022. A recently released report noted that East Africa is enduring its worst drought in decades. The Kenya Wildlife Service and other agencies have… Continue Reading “Kenya drought kills most Wildlife in protected National Parks”
Every year World Animal Day is observed globally on October 4 with an aim to celebrate animal rights and welfare around the world. This day unites the animal welfare movement, mobilizing into a global force to make the world better for all animals. It… Continue Reading “World Animal Day 2023”
More than a hundred dolphins have been found dead in the Brazilian Amazon amid an historic drought and record-high water temperatures that in places have exceeded 102 degrees Fahrenheit. The dead dolphins were all found in Lake Tefé over the past seven days, according… Continue Reading “More than 100 dolphins found dead in Amazon Rainforest”
Over the weekend, the climate system sounded simultaneous alarms. Near the entrance to the Arctic Ocean in northwest Russia, the temperature surged to 84 Fahrenheit (29 Celsius). Meanwhile, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere eclipsed 415 parts per million for the first… Continue Reading “Carbon dioxide levels risen by nearly 50% since the Industrial Revolution”
For years, the Galaxy Ghost Ship has been parked in an inlet on Koh Chang. It was built with the intention of being a floating hotel, but it is now closed and abandoned. The Galaxy was a genuine ship that had a leak and… Continue Reading “The Galaxy Ghost Ship in Thailand”
At least 10,000 people were feared missing in Libya on Tuesday in floods caused by a huge storm that burst dams, swept away buildings and wiped out as much as a quarter of the eastern city of Derna, Reuters reports. More than 1,000 bodies… Continue Reading “Libya floods wipe out 25% of Tripoli, 10.000 feared missing”
s Earth’s climate continues to change from heat-trapping gases spewed into the air, ever fewer people are out of reach from the billowing and deadly fingers of wildfire smoke, scientists say. Already wildfires are consuming three times more of the USA and Canada each… Continue Reading “Climate change causing Wildfires and Smoke near City Landscapes?”
A forest fire raging on the largest of Spain’s Canary Islands, Tenerife, has spread to 12,813 hectares (31,661 acres), the government of the Canary Islands. The area affected by the fire is currently 12,813 hectares in 11 municipalities … the perimeter is 90 kilometers… Continue Reading “Forest fire raging over the Canary Islands”
The U.S. government has announced a proposed $7 billion (for starters) on desperately needed breakthroughs in clean hydrogen production. The Department of Energy’s (DoE) biggest bet is on nuclear power plants, which they are hoping to convert into North America’s premier clean hydrogen producers.… Continue Reading “Tech Breakthrough makes $2.5 Trillion Hydrogen Boom Commercially Possible”
A huge burst of plasma and magnetized particles erupted from the sun. The massive solar outburst washed over Earth, the moon and Mars, bathing them in radiation. And, for the first time, instruments on all three bodies measured the same event almost simultaneously. On… Continue Reading “Massive solar explosion felt on Earth, the Moon and Mars simultaneously”
A severe drought has resulted in maritime traffic problems at one of the busiest and most famous seafaring transport arteries in the world – the Panama Canal. A drought-induced drop in water levels at the Panama Canal has led to an increase in delays… Continue Reading “Panama Canal must block Shipping Traffic due to falling Water Levels”
The World Economic Forum recently launched a controversial new initiative that will stir animal rights activists, as humans must be derailed in their personal lifestyles. The World Economic Forum is now calling for the slaughter of millions of cats and dogs worldwide in an… Continue Reading “WEF plans to slaughter Millions of Dogs and Cats to fight Climate Change”