Sweden’s record lows snarl transport
January 7, 2016
Two days in a row of record-busting low temperatures—as low as -45ºF—in nothern Sweden have caused transportation delays and cancellations and other problems. While the
Two days in a row of record-busting low temperatures—as low as -45ºF—in nothern Sweden have caused transportation delays and cancellations and other problems. While the
Paris will clear cars off the Champs-Elysees one day a month as part of a campaign against congestion and pollution. Other measures, too!
A close look at whales in a remote location in Argentina
Heavy rainfalls have led to flooding in many towns in England over the Christmas holidays, especially in the South East and mid Wales. As of this morning, the number of flood warnings and floods was still increasing. The rains have been extremely heavy for days; Brighton has had more than three times the average monthly rainfall in only 11 days. While the rains in the south are expected to drop off today, they are on the increase in the north and into Scotland. In many areas, army units have…
Denmark’s wildlife is getting a bit wilder, some on its own, and some by careful intervention. The big news (anything about an elk is big) is the re-introduction of elk to Denmark after a 5000-year absence. Five young Swedish elk have been given a new habitat on Denmark’s Jutland peninsula, in an area that is the largest raised bog in Northern Europe. They’ll hopefully become part of a self-sustaining ecosystem in the area. Recently, a beaver was spotted building a dam on a golf…
Ithaca, New York is famed for its colleges and universities, and for the gorges and waterfalls just adjacent to its center, as streams make their way to Lake Cayuga.
On a beach in Guatemala, Lestertheinvestor and his wife watch turtles lay eggs and then help collect them for hatching at a conservation site.
A Japanese NGO has sponsored the design of an environmentally-friendly cruise ship that it hopes will be sailing by 2020 emission-free, using a combination of
In Part 1, Lestertheinvestor attends a turtle hatching in Guatemala and helps the tiny turtles head for the ocean.
The world climate conference (COP21) opens today in Paris with 150 heads of state and government meeting to try for a world agreement on environmental issues.
Two days in a row of record-busting low temperatures—as low as -45ºF—in nothern Sweden have caused transportation delays and cancellations
Paris will clear cars off the Champs-Elysees one day a month as part of a campaign against congestion and pollution. Other measures, too!
A close look at whales in a remote location in Argentina
Heavy rainfalls have led to flooding in many towns in England over the Christmas holidays, especially in the South East and mid Wales. As of this morning, the number of flood warnings and floods was still increasing. The rains have been extremely heavy for days; Brighton has had more than three times the average monthly rainfall in only 11 days. While the rains in the south are expected to drop off today, they are on the increase in the north and into Scotland. In many areas, army units have…
Denmark’s wildlife is getting a bit wilder, some on its own, and some by careful intervention. The big news (anything about an elk is big) is the re-introduction of elk to Denmark after a 5000-year absence. Five young Swedish elk have been given a new habitat on Denmark’s Jutland peninsula, in an area that is the largest raised bog in Northern Europe. They’ll hopefully become part of a self-sustaining ecosystem in the area. Recently, a beaver was spotted building a dam on a golf…
Ithaca, New York is famed for its colleges and universities, and for the gorges and waterfalls just adjacent to its center, as streams make their way to Lake Cayuga.
On a beach in Guatemala, Lestertheinvestor and his wife watch turtles lay eggs and then help collect them for hatching at a conservation site.
A Japanese NGO has sponsored the design of an environmentally-friendly cruise ship that it hopes will be sailing by 2020
In Part 1, Lestertheinvestor attends a turtle hatching in Guatemala and helps the tiny turtles head for the ocean.
The world climate conference (COP21) opens today in Paris with 150 heads of state and government meeting to try for a world agreement on environmental issues.