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Recycling CFLs Keeps Mercury from Environment
In response to Horatio Couture’s letter, “Mercury hazards of CFLs, the green energy bulbs,” published Jan. 12, the Natural Resources Council of Maine has worked for decades to prevent toxic pollution. This includes mercury...
Smartphone Can Save Lives In Natural Disasters
A smartphone software could quickly and accurately locate missing people, identify victims of malnutrition and effectively head people towards safe zones.
The smartphone system developed by Gavin Brown and his team Peter Sutton and Lloyd Henning...
Boreal Ducks Threatened By Climate Change
Scientists long puzzled by the rapid decline in millions of Canadian boreal ducks since the 1970s think they may finally have the cause: global warming.
“Because of climate change, the ducks don’t have the food that they need when...
Our Impact on Environment Hotly Debated
The average Canadian spews about 20 tonnes of greenhouse gases annually compared to about four tonnes from China, one tonne from India, and 0.1 tonnes from an African.
The sustainable level of emissions for a stable climate is about one tonne...
Biodiversity Conservation Information
Biodiversity is a modern term which simply means ” the variety of life on earth”. This variety can be measured on several different levels.
Genetic – variation between individuals of the same species. This includes genetic...
Glacial Melting May Release Pollutants Into The Environment
Those pristine-looking Alpine glaciers now melting as global warming sets in may explain the mysterious increase in persistent organic pollutants in sediment from certain lakes since the 1990s, despite decreased use of those compounds in pesticides,...
Tropical Regions To Be Hardest Hit By Fisheries Shifts Caused By Climate Change
Major shifts in fisheries distribution due to climate change will affect food security in tropical regions most adversely, according to a study led by the Sea Around Us Project at The University of British Columbia.
In the first major study...
Saving Forests Five Times Better Than Carbon Capture for Climate Action
WWF Sweden is urging its government – holding the current EU Presidency – to get behind an effective international agreement on halting forest loss as a key and highly cost effective measure on climate change.
“Sweden should follow...
Combining Sun, Sand And Science In The Bahamas
It is well known that people from all over the world come to the Bahamas to enjoy the pristine waters, spectacular coral reefs and great fishing. Tourism produces approximately 55 % of the gross domestic product and employs up to 60% of the...
Tree Cheers For Our Environment?
Nature can be the biggest ally in our fight against climate change, that’s the simple idea behind the UN programme for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD). Between 2000-07, natural sinks...