New Zeland’s Department of Conservation has shot and killed 33 stranded pilot whales after several attempts to refloat them failed. These whales were a part of 99 pilot whales that were stranded at the base of Farewell Spit in Golden Bay at 11 am Monday 23 January on the outgoing tide. Department of Conservation area [...]

The European Space Agency (ESA) satellites have spotted a large dome of fresh water, which has been building up in the Arctic Ocean over the last 15 years. Since 2002, the sea surface in the studied area has risen by about 15 cm, and the volume of fresh water has increased by some 8000 cubic [...]