It’s hard to keep up with the climate news these days. A quick search of flooding in Google News gives the following headlines in just the last week: Sidney, Australia Bangla Desh Pakistan Nicaragua Brazil Philippines Ghana China And a summary story on the connections between flooding and climate change […]
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It shouldn’t surprise us that the human tendency to trash our surroundings follows us – and sometimes even seems to precede our arrival – where ever we go. Thus this news item from NASA: Human Trash Discovered on Mars No human being has yet set foot on Mars, but something […]
We have long appreciated Biologos for their leadership in bridging the perceived but largely imaginary gap between faith and science. And we’ve noticed recently that they are doing more and more in the area of creation care. We are thus pleased to be able to point readers of The Pollinator […]
The war in Ukraine has had ripple effects around the world. Ukraine being as one of the main sources of wheat and other foods, countries throughout Africa in particular are finding it difficult to replace those supplies from other sources. When you add in the worst drought in four decades, […]
Trees are surely one of the longest-living organisms in God’s creation. The record for longevity has long been thought to be held by Methuselah, a bristlecone pine in California, at 4,852 years old, though a fellow bristlecone may be 5,072 years ancient as of this year. (Think well before the […]
After a two year hiatus due to (yes, you guessed it) Covid, the annual ECHO International Agricultural Conference will be held in person at their Fort Myers, FL campus. For three decades ECHO has been at the forefront of bringing cutting edge scientific knowledge to farmers around the world, and […]
The annual John Stott Birding Day, sponsored by A Rocha International in partnership with eBird, found 123 participants from 19 countries spending a cumulative 293 hours in the field, and they recorded 1000 species of birds. And there was a photo contest. Check the details at the John Stott Birding […]
Plastic waste is a problem around the world. This story from EcoWatch shows how it is affecting our most iconic wildlife as well as humans: In a new study published in the Journal for Nature Conservation, titled “Plastic ingestion in Asian elephants in the forested landscapes of Uttarakhand, India,” a team of scientists […]
The JRI blog has a post this month by Dr Mariann Molnár, researcher, on farm animal welfare in the European Union that should be of interest to many Pollinator readers in that region (and elsewhere). A couple of excerpts: I have found that while farmers are directly responsible for the […]
Two years ago near the beginning of the pandemic the world, and in particular the Creation Care family, lost a champion and a friend when Sir John Houghton left us. His memorial service was held only recently near his home in Wales, and the John Ray Institute (JRI) has an […]