Sardine population plummets – pelicans, sea lions suffer
The U.S. Pacific sardine population is plunging - down 90 percent since 2007, says Yale e360. A moratorium on fishing takes effect on July 1 to allow the tiny forage fish to recover.
Retreating glaciers, longer growing season in Himalayan valley
In the 30-mile long Zanskar Valley in the Himalayas of northwestern India, the warming climate has lengthened the growing season, giving farmers in the village of Stongde a welcome additional month before the killing frost that heralds alpine winter.