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Americans' Top Environmental Concern May Surprise You10h ago ( April 23, 2019 at 2:03 PM )  Tags: Concerns, Poll, Gallup Poll, Environment, Water, Climate Change 144 people like this. Like Robert Zhao Renhui’s “A Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the World”April 22, 2019 at 3:27 PM Surprising and oftentimes heartbreaking, a catalog of species permanently altered by human existence Singaporean photographer Robert Zhao Renhui‘s A Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the World (published by The Institute of Critical Zoologists) documents the species of plants and animals that have been most impacted by human existence. Renhui studies our own species through our relationships with others. Sometimes we’re the protagonist and a …Tags: Culture, A Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the World, Animals, Books, Climate Change, Earth, Environment, Environmental Awareness, Photobooks, Photography, Plants, Science, Steidl, Zoology 23 people like this. Like Thanos, CBD, and Disembodied Pig Brains: Best Gizmodo Stories of the WeekApril 21, 2019 at 9:30 PM  Tags: Health, Twitter, TV, Science, Technology, Youtube, Environment, Samsung, Cybersecurity, Physics, Hacking, Nuclear Weapons, Oil And Gas, Game Of Thrones, Hackers, Exercise 71 people like this. Like Judge Hands Trump Another Setback, This Time on Coal Leases on Federal LandApril 20, 2019 at 5:18 PM  Tags: Science, Environment, Barack Obama, Coal, Courts, Donald Trump, Environmental Protection Agency, New York Times Read, Ryan Zinke, Coal Industry, David Bernhardt 102 people like this. Like Battle to save frogs from global killer diseaseApril 20, 2019 at 8:59 AM Amphibians are under attack from multiple pathogens, say expertsFrogs, salamanders, and toads across the world are now under attack from a widening range of interacting pathogens that threaten to devastate global amphibian populations.That is the stark warning of leading zoological experts who will gather this week in London in a bid to establish an emergency plan to save these endangered creatures. “The world’s amphibians are facing a new crisis, one that is caused by attacks by multiple pathog...Tags: Science, London, Biology, Animals, Environment, World news, Wildlife, Fungi, Endangered Species, Amphibians, Zoological Society of London, Trent Garner 42 people like this. Like This scientist thinks she has the key to curb climate change: super plantsApril 16, 2019 at 8:32 PM Dr Joanne Chory hopes that genetic modifications to enhance plants’ natural carbon-fixing traits could play a key role – but knows that time is short, for her and the planetIf this were a film about humanity’s last hope before climate change wiped us out, Hollywood would be accused of flagrant typecasting. That’s because Dr Joanne Chory is too perfect for the role to be believable.The esteemed scientist – who has long banged the climate drum and now leads a project that could lower the Earth’s t...Tags: Hollywood, Science, Climate Change, Environment, Earth, Plants, Joanne Chory 29 people like this. Like Annual Competition to Guess When Alaskan River Will Thaw Ends on Earliest Date Since 1917April 14, 2019 at 5:15 PM  Tags: Weather, Science, Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Alaska, Ice, Climatology, Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Tanana River, Nenana Ice Classic 148 people like this. Like Europe at risk from spread of tropical insect-borne diseasesApril 14, 2019 at 1:59 AM Scientists warn of danger from dengue fever in hotter, wetter climate in northern latitudesInsect-borne diseases such as dengue fever, leishmaniasis and encephalitis are on the rise and are now threatening to spread into many areas of Europe, scientists have warned.Outbreaks of these illnesses are increasing because of climate change and the expansion of international travel and trade, the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases was told in Amsterdam on Saturday. Conti...Tags: Europe, Science, Environment, World news, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam, Microbiology, Insects, European Congress of Clinical Microbiology 46 people like this. Like Link About It: This Week’s PicksApril 13, 2019 at 9:04 AM The first-ever photo of a black hole, artwork-adorned Japanese currency, inspiration from Milan Design week and more First-Ever Photo of a Supermassive Black Hole Truly a quantum leap, astronomers have “seen the unseeable” and captured an image of a supermassive black hole—a “smoke ring framing a one-way portal to eternity,” Dennis Overbye writes for the New York Times. A planet-sized network of eight radio telescopes—called …Tags: Photography, Space, Science, Design, Environment, History, Furniture, Asteroids, Archeology, Black Holes, Self-driving, Linkaboutit, Dark Blue, Link About It, Milan Design Week, Verner Panton 1 people like this. Like Youth climate change protests across Britain – liveApril 12, 2019 at 5:32 AM Tens of thousands of young people in sites from London to Manchester and Brighton are demonstrating for climate action in the latest wave of strikes 10.32am BST The youth strike protest movement began when Swedish student Greta Thunberg started a solo school strike in August. As well as activity in Britain, there is lso international strikes today in countries such as Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Germany and Sweden.School strike week 34.#fridaysforfuture #schoolstrike4climate #climatestrike ...Tags: Science, London, Education, Climate Change, Environment, Britain, Manchester, Brighton, Schools, Greta Thunberg, Switzerland Belgium Italy Germany, Sweden School 43 people like this. Like Turtle Returns to Beach to Lay Eggs, But Garbage Humans Have Paved it Over With a RunwayApril 11, 2019 at 2:10 PM  Tags: Science, Turtles, Environment, Habitat Loss, Poor Turt, Turtle Returns 88 people like this. Like Singapore Officials Set Horrifying Record, Busting 14-Ton Shipment of Smuggled Pangolin ScalesApril 8, 2019 at 11:15 PM  Tags: Science, Animals, Singapore, Environment, Conservation, New York Times, Endangered Species, Vietnam, International Union For Conservation Of Nature, Poaching, Trafficking, Paul Thomson, Pangolins, Pangolin Scales, IUCN Pangolin Specialist Group 55 people like this. Like Fossil of ancient four-legged whale with hooves discoveredApril 4, 2019 at 11:00 AM Giant 42.6m-year-old fossil was found along coast of Peru and suggests creature could walk on landAn ancient four-legged whale with hooves has been discovered, providing new insights into how the ancestors of the Earth’s largest mammals made the transition from land to sea.The giant 42.6m-year-old fossil, discovered in marine sediments along the coast of Peru, appears to have been adapted for a semi-aquatic lifestyle. Its hoofed feet and the shape of its legs suggest it would have been capable o...Tags: Science, Environment, Earth, Wildlife, Marine Life, Peru, Archaeology, Whales, Cetaceans 20 people like this. Like Gimlet's Union Drive, Twisted Graphene, and Psychedelic Mice: Best Gizmodo Stories of the WeekMarch 31, 2019 at 9:45 PM  Tags: Apple, Science Fiction, Politics, Science, Technology, Television, Movies, Internet, Climate Change, Drugs, Africa, Environment, Vampires, The Magicians, Department Of Defense, Smartphones 50 people like this. Like Judge Rules Trump Plans to Open Up Swathes of Arctic, Atlantic Oceans for Drilling IllegalMarch 30, 2019 at 2:15 PM  Tags: Energy, Science, Climate Change, Washington Post, Environment, Oil, Climate, Gas, Atlantic, Wildlife, Conservation, Drilling, Arctic, Courts, Donald Trump, Arctic Ocean 134 people like this. Like Country diary: where Roman Britain reveals its secretsMarch 29, 2019 at 1:30 AM Epiacum Roman fort, Northumberland: Under the yarrow and sheep’s sorrel of the short turf were the gates, towers and bath house of the stone-built fortHill cloud rolls over the fell top where snow still fills the cups and hollows of high ground. I’m walking a section of the Pennine Way near Alston, uplifted by the layers of overlapping sound: curlews bubbling, peewits wing-thrumming, skylarks trilling. The path drops steeply down to the Gilderdale Burn, the county boundary between Cumbria and No...Tags: Science, Environment, UK News, Culture, Britain, Heritage, Archaeology, Alston, Northumberland, Cumbria, Roman Britain, Hadrian, Pennine Way, Roman Britain Built, Maiden Way 42 people like this. Like Deadly skin-eating fungal disease wipes out 90 amphibian species in 50 yearsMarch 28, 2019 at 2:00 PM Study reveals extent of chytrid fungus and how devastating it has been for frog, toad and salamander species worldwideA deadly disease that wiped out global populations of amphibians led to the decline of 500 species in the past 50 years, including 90 extinctions, scientists say.A global research effort, led by the Australian National University, has for the first time quantified the worldwide impact of chytridiomycosis, or chytrid fungus, a fungal disease that eats away at the skin of amphibian...Tags: Science, Animals, Environment, Australia news, Asia Pacific, Wildlife, Conservation, Endangered Species, Endangered habitats, Amphibians, Australian National University 48 people like this. Like Watch a Piece of Glacier the Size of a Skyscraper Crash Into the Ocean in This Clip From Netflix’s Our PlanetMarch 28, 2019 at 11:47 AM Among the many wonders in Netflix’s new wildlife documentary series Our Planet, arguably the most awe-inspiring is a scene where almost no animals appear at all.
In this exclusive clip from the show, which premieres April 5, cameras catch the moment when a chunk of ice the size of a skyscraper breaks off the Store Glacier in Greenland and tumbles into the ocean. As seabirds circle in the foreground, 75 million tons of crystalline ice cascade into the water below. “Glaciers have always relea...Tags: Science, News, Climate Change, Environment, Uncategorized, Netflix, Greenland, David Attenborough, Attenborough, Planet Earth 24 people like this. Like Cull invasive mammals to save island species, experts urgeMarch 27, 2019 at 2:00 PM Move ‘would save 10% of all endangered birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles’Nearly 10% of the world’s bird, mammal, amphibian and reptile species currently on the brink of extinction could be saved by killing invasive mammals such as cats and rats on 169 islands, according to a new study.Islands comprise just 5.3% of the Earth’s landmass yet have experienced 75% of known bird, mammal, amphibian and reptile extinctions since 1500. More than a third of species currently classified as “criticall...Tags: Science, Animals, Environment, World news, Earth, Wildlife, Conservation, Endangered Species, Extinct wildlife 47 people like this. Like Australian researchers find huge lakes beneath largest east Antarctic glacierMarch 26, 2019 at 1:10 AM Scientists say research will help predict how glaciers’ melting will affect oceans Australian researchers have discovered huge underwater lakes beneath the largest glacier in east Antarctica.The lakes were detected by scientists setting off small explosives 2m below the surface of the Totten glacier and listening to the reflected sound. Continue reading...Tags: Science, Climate Change, Environment, World news, Australia news, Oceans, Antarctica, Glaciers, Polar regions, Totten 8 people like this. Like 1,000 Locals Reportedly Seek Treatment After Multi-Day Fire at Houston Chemical FacilityMarch 23, 2019 at 6:55 PM  Tags: Texas, Science, Environment, Bloomberg, Public Health, Air Pollution, Disasters, Houston, Itc, Deer Park, Petrochemicals, Intercontinental Terminals Co, Houston Chemical Facility, Deer Park Houston 145 people like this. Like Use forecast to talk about climate change, urges ex-BBC presenterMarch 18, 2019 at 8:01 PM Bill Giles calls on broadcasters to add slot explaining humans’ impact on climateThe veteran weatherman Bill Giles is calling on the BBC and other major broadcasters to radically overhaul their forecasts to incorporate information about climate change.The former head of BBC weather presenters has said more needs to be done by broadcasters to highlight climate change to face the “reality more squarely and openly”. Continue reading...Tags: Science, Media, Climate Change, Environment, UK News, Bbc, Television industry, UK Weather, Bill Giles 10 people like this. Like Elizabeth Hargrave’s Surprisingly Successful Board GameMarch 12, 2019 at 1:58 PM In the board-game world, where characters are often zombies and military figures, Elizabeth Hargrave’s Wingspan takes a different route. With scientifically accurate descriptions and depictions of birds, it’s a card-based game in which each player’s goal is to attract birds to their network of wildlife preserves. Players assign birds, outfitted with special powers and specific capabilities, to habitats and tally points based on whether or …Tags: Games, Science, Design, Animals, Environment, Birds, Culture, Board Games, Game Design, Linkaboutit, Ornithology, Animal Conservation, Elizabeth Hargrave 19 people like this. Like Orange-bellied 'starry dwarf frog' discovered in Indian mountainsMarch 12, 2019 at 1:42 PM Astrobatrachus kurichiyana lurks in leaf litter and is sole member of an ancient lineageAn orange-bellied frog with a brown back, covered in tiny spots that resemble a starry sky, has been discovered in a mountain range in India, surprising researchers who said its ancestors branched off on the evolutionary tree from other members of the same frog family tens of millions of years ago.The frog, which is about 2cm to 3cm long, has been named Astrobatrachus kurichiyana, although some might prefer i...Tags: Science, Animals, India, Environment, World news, South and Central Asia, Amphibians 32 people like this. Like Blacks, Hispanics breathe more pollution than they makeMarch 11, 2019 at 3:16 PM  Tags: Science, News, Washington, Environment, Ap, Nation, Nation & World 144 people like this. Like Scientists find new type of killer whale off coast of Chile after 14-year searchMarch 7, 2019 at 1:11 PM  Tags: Science, News, Environment, Chile, Local News, Northwest, Puget Sound 58 people like this. Like Italy sees 57% drop in olive harvest as result of climate change, scientist saysMarch 5, 2019 at 1:00 AM Extreme weather blamed for plunge in country’s olive harvest – the worst in 25 years – that could leave the country dependent on imports by AprilExtreme weather events have been the “main driver” of an olive harvest collapse that could leave Italy dependent on imports from April, a leading climate scientist has warned.A 57% plunge in the country’s olive harvest – the worst in 25 years – sparked protests by thousands of Italian farmers wearing gilet arancioni – orange vests – in Rome earlier this...Tags: Europe, Science, Climate Change, Environment, World news, Rome, Italy, Agriculture, Extreme Weather 38 people like this. Like Italy may depend on olive imports from April, scientist saysMarch 5, 2019 at 1:00 AM Extreme weather blamed for plunge in country’s olive harvest – the worst in 25 yearsExtreme weather events have been the “main driver” of an olive harvest collapse that will leave Italy dependent on imports from April, a leading climate scientist has warned.A 57% plunge in the country’s olive harvest – the worst in 25 years – sparked protests by thousands of Italian farmers wearing gilet arancioni – orange vests – in Rome earlier this month. Continue reading...Tags: Europe, Science, Climate Change, Environment, World news, Rome, Italy, Agriculture, Extreme Weather 47 people like this. Like Robocall Hell, Divination Bot Returns, and a Fake MD: Best Gizmodo Stories of the WeekMarch 3, 2019 at 9:25 PM  Tags: Google, Comics, Science, Technology, Microsoft, Dogs, Environment, Tech, IPOs, Mental Health, Genetics, US military, Volcanoes, Invasive Species, Pharmaceuticals, Biodiversity 58 people like this. Like Underground Garbage Fire in Arkansas Has Been Burning for Over Seven MonthsMarch 3, 2019 at 6:20 PM  Tags: Health, Science, Environment, Air Pollution, Pollution, Arkansas, Associated Press, Environmental Protection Agency, Bella Vista, Literal Garbage Fires 147 people like this. Like |
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