Huge Icebergs drifting towards NZ

A huge mass of icebergs continues to drift from Antarctica towards New

Zealand, according to a NZ Herald report. At least 20 icebergs have been spotted off the east and west coasts of Macquarie Island, ranging in

size from 50m to an estimated 2km long. Glaciologist Neil Young was reported saying that they could reach the country’s South Island.

 

Chinese scientists set to study Mekong River

Sixteen Chinese scientists will start a 20-day exploratory mission of the Mekong River this week, aiming to learn about the state

of the river’s current ecosystem, how it evolved, and the extent of its environmental impacts. According to a Xinhua report the

team includes experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources

Research, the Institute of Hydrobiology, and Kunming Institute of Botany. The team’s tour will start from Xishuangbanna in

Yunnan province and gradually move downstream.

 

East Antarctica is losing ice

 

The East Antarctic ice sheet has been losing mass for the last three years, according to an analysis of satellite data. The BBC reported that scientists have been surprised by the findings, as the giant East Antarctic sheet, unlike the west, has been relatively stable until now. The satellite has previously shown that the smaller West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets are losing mass. The complete melting of the East Antarctic sheet would raise sea levels by over 50 meters.

 

eco facts

• Recycling conserves our valuable natural resources.
• Recycling saves energy.
• Recycling can save money and create jobs.
• Paper products use up at least 35 percent of the world's annual commercial wood harvest.
• Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours.
• The average house uses one acre of trees to build.
• The United States is the number one trash producing company in the world at 1,609 pounds per person, per year.
• If everyone on earth consumed as many resources as Americans do, we would need four planet earths to provide enough resources. In other words, 5% of the world's population (the United States), consumes 25% of the world's resources.
• Paper products make up the largest part of our trash (approx. 40%).
• If all of our newspaper was recycled, we could save about 250,000,000 trees each year!
• Americans throw away enough aluminum every three months to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet.
• Plastic bags and other plastic thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year.

 

eco facts

• Recycling conserves our valuable natural resources.
• Recycling saves energy.
• Recycling can save money and create jobs.
• Paper products use up at least 35 percent of the world's annual commercial wood harvest.
• Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours.
• The average house uses one acre of trees to build.
• The United States is the number one trash producing company in the world at 1,609 pounds per person, per year.
• If everyone on earth consumed as many resources as Americans do, we would need four planet earths to provide enough resources. In other words, 5% of the world's population (the United States), consumes 25% of the world's resources.
• Paper products make up the largest part of our trash (approx. 40%).
• If all of our newspaper was recycled, we could save about 250,000,000 trees each year!
• Americans throw away enough aluminum every three months to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet.
• Plastic bags and other plastic thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year.

 

world temps to rise!

Research finds that global emissions have

risen 29% since 2000, and that world temperatures are on

course to rise by up to 6ºC.