Biodiversity


Earth Gets A Surge of New Ocean Sanctuaries

Source: mnn.com Published: October 8, 2015 A green sea turtle swims under Midway Island Pier at Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. (Photo: Greg McFall/NOAA) Russell McLendon Earth is on the brink of a sea change. Its oceans are still mostly wild, without the...

Divers Are Restoring California’s Kelp Forests

Source: mnn.com Published: September 25, 2014 When it’s healthy, kelp grows like a forest on the ocean floor. (Photo: NatalieJean/Shutterstock) Devereaux Bell Many people around the world like to eat urchin. The Japanese, as well as most Americans, know it as...

Thanks To Seed Savers, Glass Gem Corn Exists

Source: mnn.com Published: April 15, 2014 Glass Gem corn Is an old variety of corn with kernels that come in an absolutely stunning array of colors. (Photo: timlewisnm [CC BY-SA 2.0]/Flickr) Robin Shreeves Thanks to seed savers, Glass Gem corn exists This stunning,...

eButterfly Project Helps Kids Become Citizen Scientists

Source: mnn.com Published: May 22, 2013 Kids can help scientists understand the impact of climate change on butterflies by sharing their butterfly sightings in a new database. Photo: FWS.gov Jenn Savedge School is almost out, which means that in the next few weeks,...

MIDWAY: A Film by Chris Jordan

Source:  daneldon.org Published: March 19, 2013 Posted by admin The MIDWAY film project is a powerful visual journey into the heart of an astonishingly symbolic environmental tragedy. On one of the remotest islands on our planet, tens of thousands of baby albatrosses...

Coral Fights Back Against Warming Seas

  Source: motherjones.com       Published: January 8, 2013       Tim McDonnell                   Different colonies of Acropora hyacinthus, one species examined by the Stanford team,...

Open Sesame – The Story of Seeds

Source: climatefilms.wordpress.com Published: September 12, 2012 Seeds are the foundation of our food supply. They are as critically important as the air we breathe, or the water we drink but given much less attention. Unfortunately seeds face serious dangers that...