The Arctic Ocean Is Dying’: Grim Conclusion as Biggest North Pole Mission Returns Reprinted from EcoWatch Oct 2020 Jordan Davidson Oct. 12, 2020 09:37AM ESTOCEANS The Polarstern research vessel returns from a year-long drift across the Arctic on Oct. 12, 2020 in Bremerhaven, Germany. David Hecker / Getty Images The largest Arctic research expedition in history returned to […]
Having Your Sun and Eating it Too
How To Have Your Solar Farm And Keep Your Regular Farm, Too October 9, 20205:35 AM ET National Public Radio DAN CHARLES This solar power installation near Vineland, New Jersey, was among the first to replace power mowing with grazing sheep. Clean, abundant, solar power comes with a price. It requires lots of land, […]
Plasticizing Ourselves
Plastic waste entering oceans expected to triple in 20 years Article Courtesy Guardian 2020 Current and planned waste-cutting efforts will reduce volume only by about 7%, say researchers Recyclable plastic is gathered at the Ban Tarn landfill site in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai. Photograph: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent Jul 2020 Plastic […]
Animal crisis
WWF report finds sharp decline in biodiversity, Canada in ‘crisis’ Cheryl Santa MariaDigital Reporter Friday, September 11th 2020, 3:27 pm – At-risk species in Canada include the leatherback sea turtle and wood turtle, the collared pika, Atlantic walrus, burrowing owl, and the north Atlantic right whale, among others. Between 1970 and 2016, the world’s biodiversity […]
Cruise with Covid
Tests, masks, temperature checks: ‘Healthy Sail Panel’ submits 74 COVID-19 cruise recommendations to CDC article from Morgan Hines USA TODAY It’s not news that cruising will be different when ships return to U.S. waters as cruise operators seek to ensure passengers’ safety. The question of what a cruise vacation will look like in the COVID-19 era has lingered during a more than six-month industrywide […]