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Things related to the web of life; ecology; wildlife; endangered species

"Ash Trees Are Dying Everywhere. This Is Why." [1]

"A bug is going to make your summers hotter".

Biodiversity [2]
Disasters [3]
Forests [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Sierra [9], 06/25/2024
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Underfunded NYC Parks Dept. Losing Fight Against Invasives, Disrepair, Climate [10]

"Mayor Adams’ proposed budget cuts may place an outsized burden on park conservancies and small volunteer groups. With less than 1 percent of the city budget spent on parks, they’re finding it harder and harder to keep up."

Activism [11]
Biodiversity [2]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Natural Resources [5]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [16], 06/25/2024
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Florida Reefs Are In Trouble. Is The Answer Coral From The Caribbean? [17]

"Off the northern coast of Honduras, thick stands of endangered elkhorn coral have mysteriously defied warming oceans fueled by climate change to blanket the reef with healthy, cocoa-brown colonies branching toward the water’s surface like antlers."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [18]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Natural Resources [5]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [21]
Central America & the Caribbean [22]
Source: NPR [23], 06/24/2024
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"New ‘Detective Work’ on Butterfly Declines Reveals a Prime Suspect" [24]

"Agricultural insecticides were a key factor, according to a study focused on the Midwest, though researchers emphasized the importance of climate change and habitat loss."

Agriculture [25]
Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [26]
Environmental Studies [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [5]
Pollution [29]
Science [30]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [31], 06/24/2024
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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Plunder of the Planet [32]

“Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places,” a new work by investigative journalist Christopher Pollon, offers a sweeping global view of how the mining industry profits, despite causing vast environmental losses and failing to acknowledge Indigenous ownership or rights to the land it mines. BookShelf’s Melody Kemp lauds Pollon’s searing observations and investigations. Read her review.

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Activism [11]
Biodiversity [2]
Consumer [34]
Economy & Business [35]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Forests [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Policy [38]
Pollution [29]
Technology [39]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [6]
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International [21]
Africa [40]
Asia [41]
Australia & Oceania [42]
South America [43]
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Public [7]
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Sex-Crazed Zombie Cicadas On Speed: Scientists Track Bug-Controlling Fungus [44]

"With their bulging red eyes and their alien-like mating sound, periodical cicadas can seem scary and weird enough. But some of them really are sex-crazed zombies on speed, hijacked by a super-sized fungus."

Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [26]
Natural Resources [5]
Science [30]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [45], 06/21/2024
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"Removal Of Gray Wolves From US West Wreaked Havoc On Ecosystem: Study" [46]

"The historic removal of gray wolves from the U.S. West facilitated the rise of mid-ranking predators across the region, wreaking havoc on historical ecosystem dynamics, a new study has found."

Biodiversity [2]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [5]
Science [30]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [47], 06/21/2024
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Biden USFS Old-Growth Forest Proposal Doesn’t Completely Ban Logging [48]

"The Biden administration is advancing its plan to restrict logging within old-growth forests that are increasingly threatened by climate change, with exceptions that include cutting trees to make forests less susceptible to wildfires, according to a U.S. government analysis obtained by The Associated Press."

Biodiversity [2]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [4]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [49], 06/21/2024
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"EU Countries Approve Landmark Nature Law After Delays" [50]

"European Union countries approved a flagship policy to restore damaged nature on Monday, after months of delay, making it the first green law to pass since European Parliament elections this month."

Biodiversity [2]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [5]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
Europe [51]
Source: Reuters [52], 06/18/2024
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"Can the Greater Sage-Grouse Be Kept Off the Endangered Species List?" [53]

"Warming and habitat loss diminished sage grouse populations 80 percent since 1965, putting them on the brink of an endangered listing. Western states, the federal government and energy and ranching interests are struggling to prevent that."

Biodiversity [2]
Environmental Studies [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [5]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [54], 06/18/2024
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