by Warp Institute | Jul 1, 2022 | Climate, Environment, π Human Progress
Humans aren’t the only ones changing with the climate. According to the American Journal of Botany California’s iconic redwood trees adjust their leaves’ capacity for water depending on their environment. Yahoo! Finance writes that the redwood...
by Warp Institute | Jun 30, 2022 | π Human Progress
Because of overexploitation many large fish populations such as tuna and swordfish have lowered almost 90% in numbers. Scientists recommend protecting the Pacific Ocean’s “blue corridors” which are highly trafficked by migrating fish in order to...
by Warp Institute | Jun 28, 2022 | π Human Progress
Recreating mangrove forests is not only a good measure for nature conservation, but it can also provide great economic benefits. The money needed for the re-creation already exists in many cases as well but is currently only used for less effective measures. This has...
by Warp Institute | Jun 28, 2022 | π Human Progress
Very recently, on May 6, a team of Chinese scientists rappelled into a giant sinkhole hiding a forest at the bottom. According to the Xinhua news agency, the sinkhole is about 192 meters deep (630 feet). The team of speleologists and spelunkers found that there are...
by Warp Institute | Jun 23, 2022 | π Human Progress
Last year, the Scottish community Langholm, which lies near Gretna Green, raised £3.8 million (€4.5 million) and bought around 2100 hectares of land from the Duke of Buccleuch. Now, they are fundraising another £2.2 million (€2.6 million) to...
