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<!– –> Have you given any thoughts to toads lately?  They may not be the first creature that comes to mind when considering animal advocacy.  Indeed, the mating ritual of amphibians is not usually a concern because most toads manage to travel from their wooded habita

The global cereal giant Kellogg has committed to sourcing palm oil that is deforestation-free. It will also ensure that carbon rich tropical peatlands are preserved. ADVERTISEMENT <!–/* * Replace all instances of INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE with * a generated random number (or

Fossil fuels have been the main source of the energy all over the world. They increase the amount of CO2 emissions, and the emission of CO2 is a great cause of global warming in the atmosphere, destroying the atmospheric layers. What can we do to lower the demand of fossil fuels and b

An assessment of ocean acidification, presented at the UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw in November 2013, starkly concluded that acidity is on track to rise 170 percent by the end of this century. As many key species are sensitive to changes in acidity, this would drastically im

World Resources Institute (WRI) yesterday announced the release of a tool that promises to revolutionize forest monitoring. ADVERTISEMENT The platform, called Global Forest Watch and developed over several years with more than 40 partners, draws from a rich array of “big data

Out of an effort to account for what seemed in airborne images to be unusually large tree growth in a Hawaiian forest, scientists at Brown University and the Carnegie Institution for Science have developed a new mathematical model that predicts how trees compete for space in the canop

As fracking amongst Marcellus Shale in the northeastern part of the United States increases so does the concern over its process.  Fracking is done utilizing a hydraulic fracturing process, which pumps a high-pressure mixture of water, chemicals and sand deep into the sedimentary form

New research results suggest that magma sitting 4-5 kilometers beneath the surface of Oregon’s Mount Hood has been stored in near-solid conditions for thousands of years. The time it takes to liquefy and potentially erupt, however, is surprisingly short–perhaps as little a

Peru’s treasured Manu National Park is the world’s top biodiversity hotspot for reptiles and amphibians, according to a new survey published last week by biologists from the University of California, Berkeley, Southern Illinois University in Carbondale (SIU-Carbondale) and

The deep ocean, the largest domain for life on earth, is also its least explored environment. Humans are now encroaching more vigorously than ever into the ocean’s deep regions, exploiting the deep’s resources and placing its wealth of vibrant habitats and natural services