Noise pollution from ships, speedboats and other human activities is taking a toll on the communications of aquatic mammals, the Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation has warned.
During the lockdowns of 2020, loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Bay of Laganas on the Ionian island of Zakynthos moved to shallower and warmer waters which were beneficial for their eggs, according to a recent study published in a scientific journal.
A team from Athens University and the National Observatory’s Beyond research center are working on a “master plan” for tackling the impact of climate change on the Greek capital, sharing the first findings of a series of studies on flood and wildfire risks at a conference in Athens on Thursday.
Greenpeace on Wednesday renewed calls against proposed deep-sea oil and gas exploration off southwest Greece, warning of “unbearable” consequences to endangered Mediterranean whales and dolphins.
Stressing that ‘time is running out,’ Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented the initiatives Greece is taking to tackle the climate crisis by making a decisive contribution to the green transition, at the UN’s COP26 conference in Glasgow.
Richard and Joan Bowell, who left everything they had ever known, put a hold on their careers and sold their home in Denmark in order to establish a cat sanctuary on the Greek island of Syros, see their mission as a calling to help heal the world, one feline at a time.
Greece and Cyprus are using a new method for biological extermination in agriculture without the use of poisonous chemicals and it is really cunning: installing nesting boxes for owls!
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday posted a series of social media stories in reference to the government’s new bill on pet ownership, which was approved at committee level on Monday, before it reaches a plenary vote soon.
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