The bees’ needs
The world’s first bumblebee sanctuary has opened in Loch Leven, Perth and Kinross, UK. The flower-rich meadow was created by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and Scotland’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to counteract the widespread habitat loss that has already led to the extinction of three bee species in Europe.
Blowing hot in the Arctic
A team of oceanographers led by Rolf Pedersen of the University of Bergen, Norway, have found the world’s northernmost hydrothermal vents. The cluster of five vents lies within the Arctic Circle, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Greenland and Norway. The…
