by Warp Institute | Apr 11, 2022 | π Human Progress
Two of the most common corals have been shown to be unexpectedly resistant to rising sea temperatures, reports National Geographic.An American research team moved corals from existing reefs to water that was two degrees warmer and let the corals live there for two...
by Warp Institute | Apr 9, 2022 | π Human Progress
In 1968, hunting of green sea turtles was banned on the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles. A study carried out recently, over 50 years later, shows that the protection has been of great benefit to the turtles according to the University of Exeter in the UK.Before the...
by Warp Institute | Mar 25, 2022 | π Human Progress
After federal protections for the gray wolves were restrained, Judge Jeffery White of the US district court of Oakland, California, ruled in favor of reinstating the protection last Thursday. He found that gray wolf populations would not be able to bounce back without...
by Warp Institute | Mar 24, 2022 | π Human Progress
A non-profit organization (NGO) called Sea Women of Melanesia trains Indigenous women to safeguard coral reefs that are under threat from climate change. Today the organization has more than 40 members,w and they protect 43 marine areas.“The Sea Women of...
by Warp Institute | Mar 23, 2022 | π Human Progress
A problem for both fish and commercial fishermen is that part of what is caught in the net is bycatches. In other words, fish that were not the target of the fishery. It can affect endangered species such as sharks and rays, wasting valuable time because commercial...