photo credit: Bálint Fejér, via Creative Commons On January 30, 2000, a toxic chemical spill destroyed wildlife, devastated fish stocks and threatened the water supplies of nearly 2.5 million people in central Eastern Europe. Romania’s Somes River, Hungary’s Tisza River and Yugoslavia’s Danube River, which is Europe’s largest waterway, were each catastrophically polluted. The toxic [...]
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The Wilkins Ice Shelf, on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, used to have an ice bridge connecting it to nearby Charcot Island, until that ice bridge collapsed in early April, 2009. Photo credit: Armando Estudiante via Creative Commons A tragedy of the commons is a type of social trap that involves a conflict over resources between an individual’s interests and that of the common good. In this situation, a group of people work toward short-term individual gains, which, in the end, leads to a loss for [...] Photo credit:Matthew Hoelscher It seemed like a good idea at the time. Let’s make an artificial reef from old tires and let corals establish themselves, creating a new marine habitat. At the same time, we’ll free up space in our landfills. Ray McAllister, a professor at Florida Atlantic University, organized the project, with U.S. Army [...] In Australia, summer has officially ended, but not without leaving its mark. Queensland and New South Wales saw their hottest summer on record in 2006. As a result of the hot weather, the temperature of the ocean has risen. One might be tempted to think that’s a good thing. After all, who wouldn’t enjoy a [...] |
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