Another reason to hate plastic bags: sea turtles eat them
by Susan Bird From Care2 When a loggerhead sea turtle is hungry, he hunts for food that floats and billows in the water. What he’s after is a nice, tasty jellyfish. Unfortunately, what he sometimes finds is a discarded plastic…
Beavers, the unsung warriors in the fight against climate change
by Kristina Chew From Care2 The number of beavers in North America fell sharply throughout the 20th century, from an estimated 60 to 10 million to 6 to 12 million. The U.S. park service is now seeking to reintroduce them…
Offer more incentives for renewable energy – CaPRI
By Jermaine Francis, Staff Reporter, Jamaica Gleaner The regional think tank, Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), is urging Caribbean governments to diversify the incentives being offered in the renewable energy market. Presenting an update on its renewable-energy research that it…
Blackfish: the movie SeaWorld doesn’t want you to see
by Alicia Graef from Care2 Blackfish, a new documentary that chronicles the life of SeaWorld’s infamous orca Tilikum and the effects of keeping these apex predators in captivity, is getting rave reviews and making waves. Even so, SeaWorld continues to…
4 Ocean ecosystems the U.S. Military uses as testing sites
by Kristina Chew from Care2 The U.S. Navy has some explaining to do after disclosing that, last Tuesday, it had dropped four unarmed bombs into Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, one of the the world’s largest coral reef systems off the…
Washington’s stinkiest flower to reach peak smell on Monday
By Adam Martin New York Magazine Something exciting is happening in Washington, D.C., at least if your idea of excitement has anything to do with exotic, putrid-smelling plants, as ours does. The U.S. Botanic Garden’s so-called corpse flower, officially known…
Caribbean Community works out renewable energy strategy
By Barbara Vergetis Lundin From Fierce Energy The Worldwatch Institute is assisting the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in developing a more strategic approach to implementing renewable energy and energy efficiency measures in the region, or Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy…
Caribbean lizards suggest evolution more predictable than thought
By Douglas Main, Staff Writer From Live Science If you could rewind time and watch evolution take place all over again, would it happen the same way as it did before? This question has long puzzled thinkers like legendary evolutionary…
U.S. researchers explore deep Caribbean reefs
From Fosters Daily Democratic SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Scientists with the Smithsonian Institution have discovered at least one new fish species at a deep reef off Curacao while conducting a yearlong project to gather data on temperature and biodiversity…
Gone, But Not Forgotten: Species We’ve Lost in the Last 10 Years
By Abigail Geer, Care2 Mankind has the honor of quite possibly being the most destructive force to ever hit Mother Nature. With 150 to 200 species of life ceasing to exist every 24 hours, a mass extinction is looming, and…
