Larger marine animals at higher risk of extinction, and humans are to blame Posted on September 16, 2016 by Chantal Jager In News Larger marine animals at higher risk of extinction, and humans are to blame, Stanford-led study finds In today’s oceans, larger-bodied marine animals are more likely to become extinct than smaller […]Read more Larger marine animals at higher risk of extinction, and humans are to blame
Gaia’s Billion-Star map hints at treasures to come Posted on September 14, 2016 by Chantal Jager In News The first catalogue of more than a billion stars from ESA’s Gaia satellite was published today – the largest all-sky survey of celestial objects to date. On its way to […]Read more Gaia’s Billion-Star map hints at treasures to come
Mars Rover Views Spectacular Layered Rock Formations Posted on September 10, 2016 by Chantal Jager In News The layered geologic past of Mars is revealed in stunning detail in new color images returned by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, which is currently exploring the “Murray Buttes” region of […]Read more Mars Rover Views Spectacular Layered Rock Formations
A tenth of the world’s wilderness lost since the 1990s, study finds Posted on September 09, 2016 by Chantal Jager In News Researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology show catastrophic declines in wilderness areas around the world over the last 20 years. They demonstrate alarming losses comprising a tenth of global […]Read more A tenth of the world’s wilderness lost since the 1990s, study finds