In a huge win for the species and conservationists, ten baby Komodo dragons were born in captivity at the San Antonio Zoo this October. Komodo dragons are on the brink of extinction. The largest lizards species in the world, they can grow to be 10 feet long and weigh over 300 pounds, according to the […]
There’s a mystery growing in the heart of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula: a grove of red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle), which typically live in coastal waters, thriving 124 miles inland along the banks of the San Pedro Martir River. Now, scientists think they have cracked the case. The forest is the remnants of a time around 125,000 […]
Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their research on complex systems like climate change. The prize was split, with one half going to Giorgio Parisi of Italy for “the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales.” The Nobel Committee awarded the other half […]
As many as 216 million people could be forced from their homes by the impacts of climate change in the next 30 years, a new report from the World Bank finds. The Groundswell 2.0 report, published Monday, finds the combination of failure to cut climate pollution and alleviate global inequities could drive further desertification, sea […]
Komodo dragons seem like the stuff of fairy tales and myths. The living dragons have can grow up to 10 feet long and have a forked tongue, shark-like teeth, armored scales and venom-laced saliva, The New York Times reported. Unfortunately, while this living legend still walks among us, that may not be the case for […]
Tidal wetlands are vitally important ecosystems that provide food, host fishery stocks, store carbon and protect coasts from storm surges. They are also extremely vulnerable to sea level rise. In fact, a study published in Earth’s Future recently found that 43 to 48 percent of the tidal wetlands along the coastal U.S. were vulnerable to […]
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is out, and it offers an urgent call to act immediately on the climate crisis. The new report, released Monday, found that the climate is already changing in ways that are unprecedented in thousands to hundreds of thousands of years and that some effects, […]
Climate change has “almost complete[ly]” destabilized the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a critical aquatic “conveyor belt” that plays a major role in global temperature and weather systems, a new analysis published Thursday in Nature Climate Change reveals. Increasing ocean temperatures and, especially, the influx of freshwater from melting ice sheets and glaciers is slowing […]
By Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos and Brian Haus Miami is all about the water and living life outdoors. Walking paths and parks line large stretches of downtown waterfront with a stunning bay view. This downtown core is where the Army Corps of Engineers plans to build a US$6 billion sea wall, 20 feet high in places, through […]
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