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Study: Earth Day 2021: See the conservation projects working to Restore Our Earth
CNN: Earth Day 2021: See the conservation projects working to Restore Our Earth.
s the 21st century progresses, our fight to protect our planet is becoming increasingly urgent. Last year, wildfires blazing in the Arctic Circle set new emissions records, the Atlantic hurricane season raged […]
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Study: As bat disease continues its deadly march, study finds it’s killed more than 90 percent of three species
Virginia Mercury: As bat disease continues its deadly march, study finds it’s killed more than 90 percent of three species.
Virginia is one of many states hard hit by a fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome, which according to a study published Tuesday has killed more than 90 percent of northern […]
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Studies: Author of ‘The Sixth Extinction’ says Earth is on verge of new mass extinction as big as dinosaur wipe-out
The Hill: Author of ‘The Sixth Extinction’ says Earth is on verge of new mass extinction as big as dinosaur wipe-out. Will humans go extinct?
Story at a glance
Climate change has threatened the existence of several living species, including humankind itself.
One author predicts that on the current course, climate change will […]
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Study: Just 3% of world’s ecosystems remain intact
The Guardian: Just 3% of world’s ecosystems remain intact, study suggests. Pristine areas in the Amazon and Siberia may expand with animal reintroductions, scientists say.
ust 3% of the world’s land remains ecologically intact with healthy populations of all its original animals and undisturbed habitat, a study suggests.
These […]
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Study: Marine life is migrating from the equator to the tropics
InHabitat: Marine life is migrating from the equator to the tropics, according to a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study shows that many species known to reside in the equator’s warm waters are migrating to cooler waters. Scientists behind […]
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Study: We have no clue how climate change will affect most land mammals
Popular Science: We have no clue how climate change will affect most land mammals. We’ve only studied the effects of climate change for around one percent of all mammals. At this point, you might think we understand how climate change will impact the planet pretty thoroughly. But one group of researchers […]
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Study: Climate change will hit ‘endemic’ plants and animals the hardest
Carbon Brief: Climate change will hit ‘endemic’ plants and animals the hardest, study warns. Plants and animals that only live in one region – known as “endemic” species – are expected to be “consistently more adversely impacted” by climate change than their less specialised counterparts, new research shows.
The synthesis study, […]
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Study: Mass extinctions near the equator for marine life
Science Alert: A Mass Extinction Event Is on The Horizon if Marine Life Keeps Fleeing The Equator. The tropical water at the equator is renowned for having the richest diversity of marine life on Earth, with vibrant coral reefs and large aggregations of tunas, sea turtles, manta rays, and […]
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Study: Marine species increasingly can’t live at equator due to global heating
The Guardian: Marine species increasingly can’t live at equator due to global heating. Study suggests it is already too warm in tropics for some species to survive.
Global heating has made the ocean around the equator less rich in wildlife, with conditions likely already too hot for some species […]
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Reports: Wildlife is in peril, but that doesn’t mean conservation has failed
Vox: Wildlife is in peril, but that doesn’t mean conservation has failed. A chat with journalist Michelle Nijhuis about her new book Beloved Beasts on the history of the modern conservation movement.
You don’t have to look far to find signs that wildlife is in peril. And most of the news […]
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