Fragile ecosystems like the Antarctic and Greenland are highly sensitive to climate change and respond most dramatically to it. Fresh evidence suggests what we were apprehensive about. Global warming is causing Greenland’s ice sheet to melt faster, and…
The innocent mute creatures have always been victims of human action. Directly we do a lot to harm them, but what we do unknowingly is really shocking. Look at these poor seabirds hooked by fishing boats. Thousands of seabirds die and get injured by the..
Actually there is nothing strange in this observation by the United Nations where it says that the developed nations have failed to take lead in the recent climate talks in Bonn. Petty economic benefits have always been considered ahead of the bigger.
Whale hunt is a major environmental issue throughout the world. It’s a long time that Australia is leading a global effort in forcing Japan, to stop its annual whale hunt in the Antarctic Ocean. On the other hand, Japan has not yet shown a single…
Lions and African savanna are inseparable. The sight of these majestic predators lurking around the herds of deer or buffaloes is what comes to anyone’s mind when we think of Africa. But even the lions are disappearing fast from the Kenyan national…
Eyes in the sky don’t lie. Satellite pictures show that the African environment is under tremendous stress. According to an atlas prepared by the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP), Africa’s forest resources are fast depleting and the…
This is another addition to the ever expanding list of endangered species and once again the culprits are the human beings. According to a recent study some of the shark species in the Mediterranean region have seen a decline as high as 96% over the..
A mass marine stranding on a southwest England river left 17 dolphins dead. This event occurred on the Percuil river. The rescuers were able to save only seven dolphins of the two dozen stranded. The coast guards reported that a pod of fifteen dolphins…
Global warming and the related climate change are already upon us and threaten to aggravate the food and water shortages. The world’s leading scientists warn that if carbon dioxide emissions are not checked, irreversible climate change is…
The economic boom in China has come with enormous environmental costs. Experts believe that the coastal waters of China are dangerously polluted and contaminated by major pollutants, like inorganic nitrogen and phosphate. As a result, the country’s…