Fionn Ferreira, an 18 year-old Irish teenager won Google’s Science Fair by developing a methodology to remove microplastics from the ocean. He tested ferrofluid to see if the microplastic would […]
Blue Orchard Bees are native bees and more efficient pollinators than honey bees. There are 140 species of Osmia bees. They are skilled at pollinating fruit trees-apples, pears, plums, and
The City of Melbourne assigned email addresses to trees so the public can report problems. Instead the trees are receiving love letters from the public. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/07/when-you-give-a-tree-an-email-address/398210/
Wallace’s giant bee (the size of a human thumb) was spotted in North Moluccas, Indonesia. The bee was building a nest inside a termite mound (which is where they live).
Ross Anderson wrote ‘A Provocative Meditation on Animal Intelligence’ for The Atlantic March 2019. Anderson spent time with the Jain religious order to further investigate this question. Jainism believed for
A prolonged drought in North Central Montana is affecting Freezeout Lake water levels. This in turn is affecting bird migration patterns. Birds stop at Freezeout Lake for food and rest
The rusty patch bumble bee in Eastern America are endangered. Their population is showing a continued decline. Many factors contribute to a species decline including several interacting stressors, pathogens, pesticides,
Hemlocks, red cedars, and big leaf maples are all dying in Washington State. Scientists believe the cause is climate change. Washington state has experienced an unprecedented drought in the past
Bird populations across the world have diminished since 1970. Nearly 3 billion birds have been lost. Sparrows, blackbirds, swallows and finches have experience the greatest lost to 2.5 billion. Habitat
A new whale species called Berardius minimus has been discovered off the coast of Hokkaido. Six B. minimus were found beached along the beached at Okhotsk Sea. These smaller beaked
23% of marine animals were lost over 420 million years ago. Rapid and widespread depletion of oxygen was preceded by the Lau/Kozlowsii extinction. The Lau/Kozlowsii extinction event coupled with a
Oceans act as the earth’s largest carbon sink. More carbon sinks in the Southern ocean than elsewhere on earth. Diatoms are responsible for 40% of ocean productivity. Diatoms are more
