| The Future of Our Parks A report asks Congress to be alert to the possibility of new parks. But the emphasis, rightly, is on strengthening what we have. nytimes.com |
EPA Set to Regulate Wastewater from Coal-Fired Power Plants Next to a national wildlife refuge, Indiana’s Gibson Lake provides a prime fishery for bass and an attractive rest spot for hundreds of species of birds, including endangered least terns. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Is the great white shark slowly slipping into extinction? It's not exactly easy to study the great white shark ( Carcharodon carcharia s) in the wild, but new evidence suggests that while we've been worrying about tigers, gorillas and other obviously rare species, the great white has been quietly disappearing from the oceans . [More] rss.sciam.com |
Tree Tragedy in the Park A reader’s response to an article about the death of a 6-month-old girl when a branch fell on her in central park. nytimes.com |
Melting Ice Turns 10,000 Walruses into Landlubbers The lumbering marine mammals normally spend their summers resting on the ice as it floats north, making periodic dives to the ocean floor to forage for food. But this year, as in 2007 and 2009, a lack of ice in the eastern Chukchi Sea has driven thousands of walruses to congregate on land instead. [More] rss.sciam.com |