Category Archives: Ecology

From other news sources — “Human-caused stresses, including global warming and over fishing, are encouraging jellyfish surpluses in many tourist destinations and productive fisheries”—-National Science Foundation. Some problem areas are off the coasts of Australia, the Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, … Continue reading →

“Currently published in Spare Change News, 1151 Mass Avenue, Cambridge, MA  02138″ Unfortunately for us, the human species and all the others that occupy our battered planet, the dots are bigger than we think, and as fast as they connect, … Continue reading →

The bodies float.  Plain folks are bathing in the river next to the bodies that have turned white.  The bodies are stuck in mangrove trees in the river.  Women are scrubbing clothes near the bodies. How many dead?  Myanmar is … Continue reading →

After a 13 year suspension, officials in South Africa approved an annual culling, that’s killing, of elephants in their some of their national parks.  In the Virunga, a forested region by the eastern Congo’s borders with Rwanda and Uganda, only … Continue reading →