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Report: Bleak Picture For Northwest Salmon ‘Teetering On The Brink Of Extinction’
NWNewsNetwork.org: Report Lays Out Bleak Picture For Northwest Salmon ‘Teetering On The Brink Of Extinction’.
Washington’s salmon are “teetering on the brink of extinction,” according to a new report. It says the state must change how it’s responding to climate change and the growing number of people in Washington.
Washington’s
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As the Arctic melts, a regime shift is taking place
ABC.net: As the Arctic melts, a regime shift is taking place. The Arctic is changing faster than any environment on Earth. The old order is being swept away, leaving scientists to ask: What’s coming in its place?
Where there was once ice, there is now open ocean.
Milky swirls of plankton, hundreds of […]
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Report: Top scientists warn of ‘ghastly future of mass extinction’ and climate disruption
The Guardian: Top scientists warn of ‘ghastly future of mass extinction’ and climate disruption. Sobering new report says world is failing to grasp the extent of threats posed by biodiversity loss and the climate crisis.
The planet is facing a “ghastly future of mass extinction, declining health and climate-disruption […]
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Top scientists warn of ‘ghastly future’ for planet as leaders underestimate ecological threats
CNN: Top scientists warn of ‘ghastly future’ for planet as leaders underestimate ecological threats.
The world is on track for a “ghastly future,” an international group of scientists has warned, with accelerating climate change and biodiversity loss threatening the survival of all of the planet’s species […]
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Protected habitat for imperiled spotted owls is slashed: “Trump’s latest parting gift to the timber industry”
CBS News: Protected habitat for imperiled spotted owls is slashed: “Trump’s latest parting gift to the timber industry“.
The Trump administration said Wednesday that it would slash millions of acres of protected habitat designated for the imperiled northern spotted owl in Oregon, Washington state and Northern California. Much […]
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Studies: Insect populations suffering death by 1,000 cuts, say scientists
The Guardian: Insect populations suffering death by 1,000 cuts, say scientists. ‘Frightening’ global decline is ‘tearing apart tapestry of life’, with climate crisis a critical concern.
The 12 new studies are published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “Nature is under siege [and] most biologists agree […]
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California’s sequoias and redwoods can survive climate change—if we help them
National Geographic: California’s sequoias and redwoods can survive climate change—if we help them. The worst fire season yet pushed the iconic trees to their limits. “There’s a future for these trees,” an expert says. But it will require dealing with 100 plus years of fire and climate mismanagement.
ON A […]
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Study Warming oceans may be choking off oxygen to starfish, causing them to ‘drown’
NBC News: Warming oceans may be choking off oxygen to starfish, causing them to ‘drown’. Warming ocean temperatures are fueling increases in organic material and bacteria that suck up oxygen in these watery habitats.
A mysterious wasting disease seen in starfish around the world may be the result of […]
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Trump to Birds: Drop Dead
Audubon: Trump to Birds: Drop Dead. Just days before leaving office, the administration has finalized its three-year rush to gut the Migratory Bird Treaty Act—despite a court ruling that its position is against the law and will increase preventable bird deaths.
With two weeks left in office, on National Bird […]
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Restoration costs soar as seas rise and pythons slither in
E&E News discusses Restoration costs soar as seas rise and pythons slither in.
The ballyhooed Everglades rescue — one of the world’s largest ecosystem restoration efforts — is in trouble, besieged by rising seas, rapacious developers, toxic algal blooms and a python invasion worthy of a horror movie.
And then there’s the […]
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