What you need to know about Rice’s whale, a rare species threatened by Trump’s plans to drill more in the Gulf

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One of the world’s rarest whales lives in just one place: the Gulf of Mexico, where the Trump administration wants to expand oil and gas drilling that scientists fear could push the monster to extinction. Endangered Rice’s whales spend their entire lives in the bay, where they are vulnerable to shipwrecks, noise pollution, oil spills … Read more

A major solar flare is not threatened by the Artemis 2 lunar probe, NASA says

gif animation showing an x-flare from the sun that looks blue thanks to the filter (left) and cme release (right)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A large solar flare from the sun does not pose a threat to the launch planned by NASA. The Work of Artemis 2 to the moon this week, the space agency said today. The X1.4 class explosion caused radio blackouts in parts of Asia and Australia when it erupted from the … Read more

Antarctic whaling is threatened by krill fishing

Antarctic whaling is threatened by krill fishing

In Antarctica, one of the last great deserts of our planet, there is a remarkable revolution. In the waters of the Southern Ocean where whalers killed more than 2 million whales in the 20th century, which brought many species to the brink of extinction, the population is recovering. Humpback whales have made the fastest recovery … Read more