Are These Ice Age Animals?

Scientists might have just made a revolutionary discovery that could change what we know about Ice Age animals! In a new study, scientists suggest that prehistoric cave paintings in Colombia depict now-extinct animals from thousands of years ago. These paintings cover the Cerro Azul rock, which lies in the Serranía de la Lindos, a region of the Amazon rainforest. To prove this theory, fragments of the sediment beneath the paintings were tested. It turns out that the rock indeed dates back to 12,600 years ago! Some of the animals on the rock are giant ground sloths, Gomphotheres (elephant-like...

How A Hurricane Led To A Wildfire

When we hear about wildfires in the U.S, we might think of states like California and Oregon. But in Florida, the Chipola Complex has burned over 34,000 acres and led to the evacuation of more than 1,100 people from their homes. It turns out that the damage had been magnified due to Hurricane Michael, a Category 5 storm that swept across Florida in 2018. How can a hurricane that occurred in 2018 be the cause of a wildfire in 2022? The hurricane provided the fuel for these fires. Usually, fires only burn using ground cover and understory vegetation. However, the hurricane destroyed tree...

Rain Bombs In Australia

Did you know that in the span of six days, Australia recorded about 872 milliliters of rain? That’s about the average amount of rain that the country receives in a whole year! Dubbed a “rain bomb” by astonished locals, the torrential downpour caused flash floods in northeastern Australia in late February. Rain bombs are created when hot air mixes with cold air, causing relentless streams of air to drop. However, as the cold air falls, it picks up moisture from the hot air, which produces heavy rainfall. Researchers have found that climate change plays a big role in the creation of rain bombs...

Australia To Protect Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef, also called the rainforest of the sea, is one of the most complex ecosystems in the world. Located off the shore of Queensland, Australia, the Great Barrier Reef extends over 1,400 miles and contains more than 3,000 individual reefs. The Reef is home to countless sea animals, including 1,500 different species of fish and 400 types of hard coral. Unfortunately, since the late 1980s, the Reef has shrunk and lost about 50% of its original population. The main cause? Coral bleaching. Change in water temperature, a result of climate change, causes corals to get stressed and...

Jeramie Strickland

Jeramie Strickland is a Wildlife Biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He works at the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, which is one of the most visited refuges in the nation.

Why We Need To Stop Littering

Did you know that almost every day 8 million pieces of trash go into the ocean? Waste is horrendous for the environment. Let's learn why trash is harmful to animal wildlife, our streets and towns, and what will happen if we keep littering and polluting. Garbage chemicals can contaminate the soil and will eventually even make our drinking water toxic. We need to stop littering soon before the waste problem becomes worse. One reason that waste is horrendous for the environment is that it hurts animal wildlife. You may think that when you litter, “Oh, this is just one piece of trash. It can’t do...

Why You Should Care About Climate

Sometimes in life, people don’t think about others and only care about things in their house. Over 30 years ago, when technology did not exist, people were all over the place helping out with things. Now, people don’t even care. People should help. There is a big crisis going on outside their window. People should take action and help stop climate change because it can cause many horrors. If we stop climate change, humans will thrive and some animal species won’t go extinct. For instance, think of hurricanes. They can destroy homes and kill many lives. If climate change continues, hurricanes...

A Floating Neighborhood In The Netherlands

Have you ever wanted to live on the water? Perhaps wake up on a weekend morning and jump out of the window for a swim? While there are already houseboats, a new floating neighborhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands is proving that it is possible to fulfill this dream! Schoonschip, a Dutch word for a "clean ship" is a prototype of a floating neighborhood. This tight-knit community of 46 households, 150 residents, and 40 kids is the brainchild of Marjan De Blok, a Dutch reality TV director. One-third of the land in the Netherlands lies below sea level and there is frequent flooding. De Blok imagined...

Floods Follow Wildfires In British Columbia

To say the last few months have been crazy in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia would be an understatement. Starting in June, the region experienced record hot temperatures that sparked droughts and uncontrolled wildfires, killing about 600 people. Not long after, it was hit by a wave of intense floods that caused dangerous landslides. “In the last six months, B.C. [British Columbia] has both burned and drowned. So there’s really no greater evidence of climate change right now than here in British Columbia,” said Merran Smith, the executive director of Clean Energy Canada, in a...

A Blanket For A Glacier!

Over the summer, one Swedish glacier was kept snug with blankets! As global temperatures rise, the world’s glaciers have become especially susceptible. Sweden’s own Kebnekaise mountain-top glacier has lost a staggering two meters over the past year. Some countries are now trying novel measures to counter glacier melting. In northern Sweden, organizers of a private initiative conducted an informal experiment to see if blankets could reduce glacier ice loss. The initiative was launched by Oskar Kihlborg, an avid adventurer, and Erik Huss, a communication consultant schooled in glaciology (the...

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