Despite growing interest from small businesses, Ireland’s promising ecotourism industry needs more policy-level support.
Cyclone Noul Approaches The Philippines
The storm is intensifying, but there are hopes that it might just graze the island of Luzon. Heavy rainfall is expected.
Surface deformation from the Nepal Quake
We recently came across this article about a map from NASA that shows the deformation caused by the recent earthquake that struck Nepal. The above map can be downloaded and viewed in Google Earth using this KMZ file.
Keep it in the Ground divestment campaign attracts 200,000 supporters
Global movement picks up pace as more institutions divest, helping Guardian’s drive to push Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust away from fossil fuels The Guardian’s Keep it in the Ground campaign, which is calling on the world’s two largest health charities to move their investments out of fossil fuel companies, has amassed more than 200,000 supporters. Launched by the paper’s … Read More
Embryo editing sparks epic debate
In a world first, Chinese scientists have reported that they have used powerful gene-editing techniques to modify human embryos. Their paper1, published in the Beijing-based journal Protein & Cell on 18 April, came as no surprise to the scientific community, but it has ignited a wide-ranging debate about what types of gene-editing research are ethical.
Invasive lionfish discovered in Brazil
Lionfish have overwhelmed ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean over the past three decades, eating or out-competing native species in what has been called the worst marine invasion ever. Now the fish seem to have extended their range to South America.
Hidden lives of Chernobyl's wildlife
Scientists’ camera traps offer a snapshot into the secret lives of wildlife inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Seaweed Farms in South Korea
Along the southern coast of the Korean peninsula farming doesn’t always happen on land.
Vast magma reservoir found hiding beneath Yellowstone park
A massive chamber holding enough magma to fill the Grand Canyon more than 11 times over is hiding beneath the steaming volcanic system of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. We knew of a smaller magma chamber closer to surface, holding some 10,000 cubic kilometres of magma and feeding heat upwards. The newly discovered reservoir sits under it and has a … Read More
Dot Earth Blog: An Extraordinary Time-Lapse View of the Eruption of Chile’s Calbuco Volcano
A potent volcanic eruption in Chile lights up the sky and the Web.