China has made eating wild animals illegal after the coronavirus outbreak. But ending the trade won’t be easy
A strict ban on the consumption and farming of wild animals is being rolled out across China in the wake of the deadly coronavirus epidemic, which is believed to have started at a wildlife market in Wuhan.
Scales tip in favour of pangolins as hosts of Coronavirus ‘transition’
As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads its tentacles across all continents except Antarctica, scientists in China and the US are racing to pin down its biological origins. Mounting findings across the globe highlight the world’s most trafficked mammal as the likely pandemic carrier.
See which cities will feel the brunt of climate change
The whole planet will feel climate change’s impacts over coming decades. But some cities will see more dramatic changes in temperature or precipitation than others.
Coronavirus Holds Key Lessons on How to Fight Climate Change
When the COVID-19 pandemic is past, societies may adopt some important measures that would lower emissions, from more teleconferencing to shortening global supply chains. But the most lasting lesson may be what the coronavirus teaches us about the urgency of taking swift action.
There’s an unlikely beneficiary of coronavirus: The planet
Factories were shuttered and streets were cleared across China's Hubei province as authorities ordered residents to stay home to stop the spread of the coronavirus. It seems the lockdown had an unintended benefit -- blue skies. The average number of "good quality air...
Why don’t we panic about climate change like we do coronavirus?
Short-term politics and human nature shape a bias to address only what’s right in front of us Because “outbreak” and “pandemic” and any of a dozen high-stakes words accompany dispatches about the deadly novel coronavirus, it’s not surprising, nor ill-advised, that the...
Kenya’s only female white giraffe and her calf are killed by poachers
DEATH OF GIRAFFE AND HER CALF LEAVE JUST ONE MALE SPECIMEN ALIVE Kenya’s only female white giraffe and her calf have been killed by poachers, conservationists said Tuesday, in a major blow for the rare animals found nowhere else in the world. The bodies of the two...
Tropical forests losing their ability to absorb carbon, study finds
Amazon could turn into source of CO2 in atmosphere by next decade, research suggests Tropical forests are taking up less carbon dioxide from the air, reducing their ability to act as “carbon sinks” and bringing closer the prospect of accelerating climate breakdown....
Real Noah’s Ark ‘buried in Turkish mountains’ and experts say 3D scans will prove Biblical ship’s existence
THE location of the real Noah’s Ark may have been confirmed by relic-hunters in a remote mountain range.
Experts claim they’ve snapped underground images of a mysterious ship-shaped object discovered half a century ago in eastern Turkey.
Professor writes critical ‘Open Letter’ to teen climate activist Greta Thunberg
You are not a moral leader. But I will tell you what you are.
Greta Thunberg: You have declared yourself a leader and said that your generation will start a revolution.
You have comported yourself as a credentialed adult and climate change activist who has fearlessly addressed politicians and world leaders.
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