"Climate Feedback" allows scientists to annotate and comment on journalism covering climate science. Experts also assign a score, from one to five, ranking each article's consistency with the latest science. The Guardian
The deadly fungal disease white-nose syndrome has decimated the northern long-eared bat population. But the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will not be setting aside protected cave habitat for the bats, stating that publicly identifying where the species hibernates could put it even more at risk. Some conservationists are skeptical of the agency's stated reason. Reuters
You know you live in a sensitive and vulnerable ecoregion when your state flower, your state mammal, and your state bird are all on the endangered species list.
—Sam 'Ohu Gon III, a senior scientist with the Hawaii Nature Conservancy, comments on the vulnerability of biodiversity in the Aloha State. Researchers are currently working to stop the spread of Rapid 'Ohi'a Death, a fungal disease killing the beloved native ʻohiʻa lehua tree.
A new study finds that as sea ice declines in the Arctic, polar bears are forced to journey across vast stretches of open ocean without resting. In 2012, 69 percent of monitored bears made a long-distance swim, up from just a quarter in 2004. While the animals are strong swimmers, they are not well adapted for long trips. Washington Post
A shootout over the weekend between elephant poachers and rangers in Garamba National Park left three park officers dead and two more injured. Rates of poaching and violence are high in Garamba—poachers killed five guards and three members of Congolese Armed Forces in the park last year. Mongabay
The era of consumption without consequences is over.
—United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon comments on the Paris climate change agreement, which 175 countries signed on Friday. Fifteen nations also ratified the deal, and the United States and China have pledged to do the same before the end of the year.
As leaders from more than 170 countries formalize the Paris agreement,
urge the top 5 polluters to keep their climate promises.
Scientists found high levels of the insecticide in skin samples taken from 15 sharks off the country's Western Cape. DDT was banned from KwaZulu-Natal province in 1996 but was reintroduced in 2000 to fight malaria. Times Live
The American Lung Association's annual "State of the Air" report finds that 166 million Americans (or about 52 percent of the population) live in the 418 counties that have unhealthy levels of year-round particle pollution, short-term particle pollution, or ozone pollution. Breathing contaminated air is associated with premature death, cardiovascular disease, respiratory problems, and cancer. Huffington Post
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