As Climate Makes Animals Migrate, 1000s of New Viruses Will Hop To Humans
"“We can’t put this one back in the bottle,” said the researcher behind a recent study about the spread of zoonotic diseases."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/08/2022
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What Are Scientists Learning About the Deepest Diving Ocean Creatures?
"Animals-turned-oceanographers are helping biologists find out what they do when they get to the cold, dark depths".
Source: Knowable Magazine, 06/07/2022
"‘Bees Are Fish’ Criticism Mostly Misguided, Law Scholars Say"
"Law professors say much of the buzz around a California court’s finding that bees meet the definition of fish missed the mark, and that the decision isn’t as unusual as it seems."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 06/07/2022
"Agency Ruling Delivers Big Setback To Okefenokee Mining Plan"
"A federal agency has delivered a big setback to a company’s controversial plan to mine near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge."
Source: AP, 06/07/2022
‘Big Fish’ Report Hooks Prize With Look at Aquaculture and Environment
The challenges of sustainable aquaculture are at the heart of an extensive reporting project recognized in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ most recent round of reporting awards. In this Inside Story Q&A, Hakai Magazine’s founding editor, Jude Isabella (pictured at left), and author Brian Payton share insights into the series, which looks closely at the industry and its environmental costs.
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"Glyphosate Weedkiller Damages Wild Bee Colonies, Study Reveals"
"Most widely used pesticide in history harms critical ability of bumblebee to regulate nest temperature".
Source: Guardian, 06/06/2022
Geese, Skuas, Cranes, Foxes: Avian Flu Takes Growing Toll On Wildlife
"One ecologist counted 160 dead wild birds while walking round a Scottish loch, and figures from other countries are just as worrying".
Source: Guardian, 06/06/2022
An Endless ‘Silent Spring’? Find Out on a Spring Walk (With the Birders)
To better understand troubled bird populations and the many forces undermining them, grab some binoculars and a notebook, and catch up with your local birders, including the burgeoning number of minority birders. That’s the advice from the latest TipSheet, which offers reporting resources and numerous story ideas, including the impacts of climate change, habitat loss, water access and the “insect apocalypse.”
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A Castoff Bumper Leads to a Literary ‘Autobiography’ of Plastic
Environmental writer Allison Cobb, in “Plastic: An Autobiography,” tells the story of the ubiquitous material through a series of interwoven narratives that range from her own experiences with it (including a discarded plastic car bumper), to the corporate origins of its spread and the way it’s now dangerously carpeting nature and damaging human communities. Contributor Nano Riley has a review in our new BookShelf.
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"UN Gathering Gears Up For Push To Save Planet’s Biodiversity"
"Nearly all the world’s countries kicked off a U.N.-backed meeting Monday aimed at preventing the loss of biodiversity — seen as critical to avoiding the extinction of many vulnerable species, the emergence of pathogens like the coronavirus, and the damage to both lives and livelihoods of people around the world, Indigenous peoples in particular."
Source: AP, 03/15/2022
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