Seventy “new cracks” discovered at Belgium’s ageing Tihange nuclear power plant
nsnbc : Experts discovered new, additional cracks in reactor 2 at the Tihange nuclear power plant, located near the city of Liege, said Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon. The discovery of some 70 new cracks contradicts claims by some experts who said previously discovered cracks had been there since the reactor was built and irrelevant for the More...
Battling to save the Ethiopian wolf – Africa’s rarest carnivore
Claudio Sillero (TC) : Most members of the Canidae family, such as wolves, dogs and foxes, are versatile and opportunistic animals, thriving in many habitats and some even living in urban and suburban settings. More...
New Reusable Sponge Material Could Revolutionize Cleanup After Oil Spills
nsnbc : Researchers at Argonne National Lab have developed a sponge material that could revolutionize the cleanup of oil spills, reduce the adverse environmental effects and make it possible to clean up spills More...
Indonesia vows to tackle marine pollution
Thomas Wright (TC) : It is wet season in Bali, Indonesia, a popular tourist destination for Australian, Russian, German, Chinese and Japanese visitors. Popular tourist destination Kuta beach in Bali, Indonesia, More...
Animals know when they are being treated unfairly (and they don’t like it)
Claudia Wascher (TC) : Humans beings appear to be hardwired to have a sense of fairness. This is puzzling from an evolutionary perspective, which you would have thought would mean we were predisposed to seek advantage More...
Belgian FANC Considers to Allow Restart of Tihange Reactor 1 – Dirty Bombs
nsnbc : Belgium’s Federal Nuclear Agency (FANC), said that new tests will have to be conducted before Tihange 1 nuclear reactor can re-enter service. In other words, FANC still considers to permit that the More...
Belarus to Increase Reforestation, Green Economy and Export in 2017
nsnbc : Belarusian Forestry Minister Mikhail Amelyanovich to the press that reforestation, improvement of the woodworking practices, and export growth will be among the priorities of Belarus’ forestry policy More...
Belarus to Launch Peatland Restauration Project
nsnbc : In September Belarus will launch a $4.3 million peatland restoration project, said, Nikolai Svidinsky, the head of the biological and landscape diversity department at the Belarusian Ministry of Natural More...
Coral reefs off Tanzania’s coast are being destroyed, most beyond repair
TC : If current trends continue and countries fail to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nearly all of the world’s coral reefs will suffer severe bleaching on an annual basis, according to a new United Nations environment More...
Are Mexico’s new nature reserves a real conservation effort or empty political gesture?
Adán Echeverría-García (TC) : At the UN’s Biodiversity Conference in Cancún (COP13) in early December 2016, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced that his government was creating four new nature More...
