Playing video games is a fun way to pass the time, but what if you could change the world while you’re exploring virtual universes? As it turns out, there are plenty of games out there for just about every platform, from smart phones to web browsers to game systems, that allow gamers to make a difference.
A pair of extremely rare twin African elephants have been born in Northern Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve. The baby elephants were discovered by guides from Elephant Watch Camp, who had been trained by Save the Elephants (STE) — a UK charity based in Kenya — to recognize individual elephants and elephant families in the reserve, […]
Scientists have discovered a new coral reef in the ocean’s mysterious twilight zone. The reef, which stretches for around two miles off Tahiti and thrives at a depth of around 230 feet, appears untouched by the climate crisis and offers hope that there is more biodiversity to be discovered in unexplored parts of the ocean. […]
Small urban gardens can still make a big difference for bees and other pollinators. A new study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology this month found that the amount of nectar produced by gardens in a UK city was not contingent upon their size. “Most of the nectar produced in gardens is by a […]
Humanity is currently releasing more chemical and plastic pollution into the environment than Earth can support. That’s the conclusion of a first-of-its-kind study published in Environmental Science and Technology Tuesday, which argues that the planetary boundary for novel entities has been exceeded by human activity. The researchers defined “novel entities” as manufactured chemicals that do […]
Scavengers from wolverines to hyenas are famous for eating whatever is available. But research published in Ecology and Evolution January 11 reveals an animal that breaks this mold: the Tasmanian devil. “It’s a scavenger’s job to just be a generalist and take whatever it can find,” University of New South Wales (UNSW) professor and study […]
Biodiversity loss and the climate crisis could interact to drive plant species to extinction. A new study published in the journal Science Thursday found that a loss of seed-dispersing bird and mammal species has already cut the ability of plants to follow a changing climate to their ideal range by 60 percent, and this may […]
The Arctic is a vast expanse of blue and white that holds still in perpetual hushed simplicity. This frozen universe, mostly undisturbed by humans for thousands of years, has retained the pristine quietness of Earth when it was born. After millennia of natural protection by virtue of its extreme climate, the Arctic has the majesty […]
December of 2021 was the warmest in U.S. history, and this is not a one-off oddity. In fact, winters are warming faster than any other season in most U.S. states, according to non-profit Climate Central. And this is clear evidence that the climate crisis is disrupting normal weather patterns. “Winter is the season when we […]
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