An Earth Day Proclamation from President Barack Obama today contains a “dire” warning of the potent consequences of climate change and a pledge to protect Americans and all humankind from this looming problem “that threatens us all.” “The first Earth Day was a call to action for every citizen, every family, and every public official. […]
The day it happened, biologist Jim Bodkin was watching sea otters off the coast of Big Sur, Calif. In Seward, Alaska, orca researcher Craig Matkin tinkered beneath the bow of his 42-foot purse seiner, Lucky Star. One hundred forty nautical miles to the east, Capt. Dave Janka stood in the kitchen of his family’s remote […]
Authorities in Togo have seized nearly 4 tons of ivory — the tusks from over 500 dead elephants — hidden in containers destined for Vietnam, officials said on Monday. tusks, disguised as cashew nuts and timber, were found late last month, underscoring a flow of ivory to Asia that environmentalists warn is decimating elephant populations […]
The Hubble Space Telescope has spied five alien worlds around distant stars that show clear signs of water vapor filling their atmospheres, according to a new study. The find represents the first conclusive detection and comparison of water vapor in the atmosphere of planets orbiting nearby stars. While they all have unromantic names like WASP-17b, HD209458b, WASP-12b, […]
There are few landscapes more evocative and beautiful than the sweeping sands and majestic mountains of the Sahara desert. This land used to be widely populated by large animals uniquely adapted to the harsh and unpredictable desert environment. Their ability to roam freely across a vast landscape following sparse rainfall and forage is key to […]
Visioning to build Environmental Leaders Second generation of environmental leadership can make a significant change to build safe and sustainable Bangladesh. Speakers in an Inception Workshop on “Youth in Action: Green Youth Citizens” stress the above needs. They urged for a collective youth initiatives in environmental movement in Bangladesh. This project is implementing in association […]
Do Scores of Tornadoes Slamming Midwest Redefine “Tornado Alley?” Tornado watches had been declared for swaths of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin on Sunday. On Sunday evening, the National Weather Service said there had been 77 tornadoes reported, mostly in Illinois, although the agency warned that some of those numbers could represent […]
The floods are feared to be the worst since 2002, when parts of Germany and the Czech Republic were devastated and communities in Austria, Slovakia, Russia and Romania were affected. Seven deaths have been reported in the Czech Republic, while southern and eastern areas of Germany, including Bavaria and Saxony, are also badly impacted by […]
Exposure to lead causes significant and widespread injury to human health. Of all toxic environmental pollutants, harms from lead exposure are probably better understood and better documented than are the affects of any other toxic environmental pollutant. Children are especially sensitive to lead and the World Health Organization (WHO) has determined that there is no […]
Polythene Campaign (Our Success) Under the guidance and direction of ESDO’s Secretary General, Hossain Shahriar, ESDO organised a nation-wide anti-polythene campaign in 1992, which involved the media and support by numerous organisations and public leaders. In 1999, the Ministry of Environment and Forest recognised the anti-polythene campaign as the most important national movement, while in […]
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