Posts by Ash Richter

Preserving The World For The Future By Destroying The Past: The Saga of Greenpeace and the Nazca Lines

by Ash Richter » 6 January 2015 at 6:02 pm

Greenpeace’s mission is to ensure that the Earth and its beautiful diversity survive—without nuclear destruction, climate change, commercial overfishing, deforestation, or genetic engineering disrupting the health of the planet and its myriad creatures. They’re a non-profit focused on what we’re doing in the present, and how it will impact the future. But a recent stunt […]

Conservation Success for the Silky Shark and His Aquatic Friends

by Ash Richter » 2 December 2014 at 6:00 pm

For decades the plight of the silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) went unnoticed. They were once thought to be the most populous type of requiem shark, but the slow-to procreate and overfished silky sharks were potentially down an average of 80% from their originally estimated population numbers long before anyone realized what had happened. Silky sharks […]