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The current rate of extinction is 100 to 1000 times higher than the average, or background rate, making our current period the 6th major mass extinction in the planet’s history. Although fossil reconstructions or pictorial representations can sometimes be difficult to connect with, it’s impossible to ignore the experience of seeing a photograph of an [...]
The San Francisco start-up, Virgance, is teaming up with groSolar and GOOD to throw a party where entrepreneurs, activists, technocrats, public figures, and press can get together and learn a bit more about this amazing company. So what is Virgance? They really sum it up best themselves: Virgance is a company that seeks to create [...]
Nearly 6,000 Irawaddy freshwater dolphins were discovered in areas near the Bay of Bengal and the Sundarbans mangrove forests in Bangladesh. Previously it was assumed there only tiny populations numbering in the low 100s, and the species could go extinct almost at any moment. In 2008 the Irawaddy was listed as vulnerable on the IUCN [...]
It’s been stormy here in Atlanta. We’ve had a wet winter and rainy early spring. In a drought-stricken region like this, you tend to hear variations on the same joke every time it rains: “Well, I guess that pesky drought is over!” With all the rain this week, some folks have once again been saying [...]
