Asian carp
Favorite food not on the menu? No problem for Asian carp – they eat almost anything
Study says lack of a picky-palate could help them spread and disrupt native ecosystems.
Africa Great Lakes
Large lakes worldwide share many of the same threats
By Ray García
Algae pollution, plastic pollution and waste run-off plague the Great Lakes here in the United States. But similar problems also threaten large bodies of freshwater worldwide. The seven African Great Lakes and Lake Baikal in Russia, two of the world’s largest systems of freshwater, also face these problems daily.
Energy
Churches see the (solar) light
Interest in powering Catholic parishes, schools and missions with the sun is surging in the wake of a large solar deal recently announced in the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.