Estel Grace Masangkay is a freelance creative writer who enjoys outdoor trips and activities in natural settings. She is passionate about animal welfare and environment conservation. Follow Me @Em23me.
Monday, June 4, 2012
A new type of nano-film packaging for fresh produce is being tested to lengthen shelf-life and cut down post-harvest losses, SciDev reports. Researchers from Tamil Nadu Agriculture University…
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Friday, June 1, 2012
The ancient Harappan civilization, also known as the greatIndus civilization, is one of the most mysterious in history. It is the largest ancient civilization, spreading over 1, 200,…
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Only this April were people almost driven to panic by sight of what appeared to be a green cloud hanging over Moscow, ominously in time for the anniversary…
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
An article featured in the journal Nature GeoScience shows that seagrass stores up to 225,000 carbon per square mile, more than twice what terrestrial forests can store. According…
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
May 23, 2012 marked the 305th birth anniversary of Carl Linnaeus, known Swedish botanist and recognized as the father of modern taxonomy. To mark the event the International Institute…
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
We are in the middle of an ecological overshoot situation. This is the sobering key finding of the World Wildlife Fund Living Planet Report 2012, released earlier this…
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Star Tribune reports of inter-community efforts to address the challenge of increasing stormwater levels brought about by the warmer climate. WET (Weather-Extreme Trends) is a study project coordinated…
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The news of the discovery of one of the longest ecological interaction chains ever, broke headlines last week. The study, published in Scientific Reports, documented how replacement of…
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Huffington Post Green reports that 103-year-old Frank Knight, Herbie’s famous Tree Warden, died this Monday. Knight was known as Yarmouth’s Tree Warden who fought to save Herbie, the…
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Monday, May 21, 2012
WWF published its biennial Living Planet Report 2012 this week in the WWF site. It is simple, engaging, and reader friendly without compromising the hard facts of the…
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