Image of the Day: Monkeying Around in a Cool Bath
Monkeys enjoy a cool bath near Bangkok, Thailand where temperatures, according the The Guardian, are warmer than the hottest average temperatures seen in the past 30 years. … Read More
Image of the Day: March of the Fire Ants
They rode into Mobile, Alabama aboard a cargo ship from South America in 1929, and since then fire ants have spread to become a painful reality in much of the Southeast. By some estimates 20 million people suffer from their agonizing bites each year. Fire ants love hot weather and moderate rainfall, and in order to flourish they also need warm … Read More
Image of the Day: Deadly Frog Gets New Lease on Life
A new nature reserve in Colombia has been set up to preserve the endangered golden poison frog. These frogs are considered to be the world’s deadliest creatures with enough poison to kill 10 adults in a matter of minutes. While loss of habitat through deforestation has taken a toll on the deadly frogs, scientists also link the loss of amphibians to… Read More
Image of the Day: Koalas Listed as Threatened Species
According to The Guardian, koala populations were hunted to near extinction for their fur in parts of Australia. But another problem is the koalas limited supply of eucalyptus, which gets cleared for urban development and the remaining eucalyptus’ nutritional value has be tainted by increased CO2 in the atmosphere, which led the IUCN to list the ko… Read More
Image of the Day: Low Water Flow Triggers Avian Cholera
More than 10,000 migrating birds in the U.S. have died from an outbreak of avian cholera caused by reduced water flowing through marshlands of Oregon and California, according to federal wildlife officials. The drier conditions force the birds to gather in smaller areas and those crowded conditions help spread the disease. Avian cholera appears in… Read More
Image of the Day: Reef Madness; Sea Change of Colors
A coral on a reef in the Kenting National Park spawns in southern Taiwan. According to the Taiwanese Coral Reef Society, such spawning usually occurs by the 23rd day of the third month of the lunar calendar, which fell on April 13. Coral reefs and the organisms that build them are threatened by ocean … Read More
Image of the Day: Hydropower Critics Say Damn the Dam
And while supporters say hydropower is the country’s best clean-energy option, the reservoirs have high CO2 and methane emissions. Methane emissions have a warming effect that is 25 times stronger than CO2. The survival of the Amazon rainforest is threatened by deforestation and climate change, which could kill trees and then created feedback loops… Read More
Image of the Day: Warming Keeps Them Busy as a Bee
The biggest change in the onset time for bees and flowers took place after 1970, which is the period that has had the greatest increase in mean annual temperature. While researchers don’t know the exact trigger for the bees emergence, Bryan Danforth, Cornell professor of entomology fears, “if climate change accelerates the way it is expected to, we… Read More
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