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Scientist Recounts Great Barrier Reef’s ‘Final Battle’ [1]

The Great Barrier Reef is one of nature’s marvels, home to a startling array of life. It’s also the victim of forces rapidly bringing about its demise, from runoff to climate change. With “In Hot Water,” scientist Paul Hardisty recounts the struggle to save this remarkable ecosystem, amid forces of capital, politics and conflicting science. The latest BookShelf review from contributor Melody Kemp.

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Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [4]
Chemicals [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Pollution [10]
Science [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
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International [13]
Australia & Oceania [14]
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Public [15]
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Feeding Seaweed Supplement To Cattle Halved Methane Emissions In Aussie Study [16]

"Cattle at a Queensland feedlot were fed red seaweed for 200 days in one of the longest trials of the additive – but experts say it’s not farm-ready"

Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [17]
Food [18]
Pollution [10]
Public [15]
International [13]
Australia & Oceania [14]
Source: Guardian [19], 08/19/2024
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Hottest Ocean Temps In 400 Years Threaten Great Barrier Reef: Researchers [20]

"Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef are now the hottest in at least 400 years and are an “existential threat” to the planet’s unique natural wonder, according to new scientific research."

Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [17]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [15]
International [13]
Australia & Oceania [14]
Source: Guardian [21], 08/08/2024
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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Plunder of the Planet [22]

“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 [23]
Biodiversity [4]
Consumer [24]
Economy & Business [25]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Forests [27]
Natural Resources [9]
Policy [28]
Pollution [10]
Technology [29]
Water & Oceans [12]
Wildlife [30]
Region: 
International [13]
Africa [31]
Asia [32]
Australia & Oceania [14]
South America [33]
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"How European Trash Illegally Ends Up In Southeast Asia" [34]

"The illegal waste trade from Europe to Southeast Asia has emerged as a highly profitable, low-risk criminal enterprise with a major impact on the environment, economy, and human health."

Laws & Regulations [35]
Pollution [10]
Waste [36]
Public [15]
Asia [32]
Australia & Oceania [14]
Europe [37]
Source: DW [38], 04/23/2024
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Roadkill Makes for Jolting Read in ‘Crossings’ [39]

As human roadways sprawl across a global network, the planet’s other living things have not only found the vehicles that travel them among the world’s deadliest weapons but also that road noise, the impassable divisions of the landscape and more have massive implications for nature. BookShelf reviews Ben Goldfarb’s eye-opening new book, “Crossings,” and the realities of road ecology.

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Biodiversity [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [26]
Infrastructure [40]
Planning & Growth [41]
Pollution [10]
Transportation [42]
Wildlife [30]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [43]
California [44]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [45]
International [13]
Australia & Oceania [14]
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"What Can ‘Green Islam’ Achieve in the World’s Largest Muslim Country?" [46]

"The faithful gathered in an imposing modernist building, thousands of men in skullcaps and women in veils sitting shoulder to shoulder. Their leader took to his perch and delivered a stark warning. “Our fatal shortcomings as human beings have been that we treat the earth as just an object,” Grand Imam Nasaruddin Umar said. “The greedier we are toward nature, the sooner doomsday will arrive.”"

Activism [23]
Climate Change [17]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [26]
Natural Resources [9]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [47]
Public [15]
Australia & Oceania [14]
Source: NYTimes [48], 04/19/2024
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"Divers In The Philippines Create Nurseries For Rescued Coral" [49]

"A group of scuba diving experts and enthusiasts are setting up coral nurseries in a popular dive spot south of Philippine capital Manila to help in the propagation and recovery of damaged coral."

Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [17]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [15]
International [13]
Australia & Oceania [14]
Source: Reuters [50], 04/17/2024
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"New Zealand's Maori King Calls For Whales To Be Given Personhood" [51]

"The King of New Zealand's Indigenous Maori people made an impassioned call Thursday for whales to be granted the same legal rights as people in a bid to protect the hallowed yet vulnerable species."

Biodiversity [4]
Environmental Justice [26]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [52]
Water & Oceans [12]
Wildlife [30]
Public [15]
Australia & Oceania [14]
Source: AFP [53], 03/29/2024
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Corals at Risk as Great Barrier Reef Faces Its Latest Bleaching Event [54]

"Increasingly frequent marine heat waves are hammering away at the world’s coral reefs, scientists say."

Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [17]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [15]
International [13]
Australia & Oceania [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 03/13/2024
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