All posts tagged with conservation
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-(Natural News) Everyone knows how important water is to sustain life, but we’re about to find out how important water is to sustain American life as we know it. Weather patterns and conditions have been changing for years throughout the American West — no, not due to “human-caused climate change,” but just normal, evolutionary climate […]
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-(Natural News) Our problem with plastic pollution has become so widespread that it’s taking a huge toll on the world’s oceans. Unfortunately, a painful reminder of how bad the problem is for marine animals appears now and then, like in the case of a full-size sperm whale that died after ingesting plastic waste and drifted to […]
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-(Natural News) Wind turbines have been used to generate wind power, which is generally regarded as clean energy. However, wind turbines have killed numerous bats and birds, including golden eagles and bald eagles, which are federally protected species. Researchers have come up with a solution to minimize these deaths in a study published in Wind Energy. The researchers have […]
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-(Natural News) Conservation of tropical forests take time, effort, and ultimately money. According to a study published in Nature Communications, efforts to protect tropical forests in Southeast Asia may fail due to low financial incentives. The study, led by researchers from the University of East Anglia, found that strategies developed to protect tropical forests such as a carbon finance scheme may not […]
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-(Natural News) In a bid to protect its prime tourist destinations, the Thai government has decided to enforce stricter measures in these areas, in particular, banning “unfriendly activities” to prevent further damage to the environment and marine wildlife. The ban, which will take effect in July, will cover Koh Samui, Koh Tao, and Koh Phangan in […]
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-(Natural News) An African lion named Tomo recently got a CAT scan, reported a LiveScience article. The big cat is one of the stars at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in central Ohio. Transferred from the San Diego Zoo in 2006 as part of the African Lion Species Survival Plan, he’s fathered three big litters of cubs. “This […]
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Preserving riverside forests by connecting fragmented habitats may conserve biodiversity, ecosystems
-(Natural News) Aside from protecting various endangered species, the conservation of river-floodplain ecosystems is another challenge that experts are trying to address in the 21st century. According to a group of researchers from the University of Tsukuba in Japan, landscape genetics can be used to help sustain threatened ecosystems. The high soil moisture in forests […] -
-(Natural News) State politicians and conservation groups urged the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to hold off approval of bee-killing neonics in order to conduct a full scientific review of the pesticides involved, reported an EcoWatch article. Congressmen Earl Blumenauer and Jim McGovern recently reintroduced the Saving America’s Pollinators Act, a bill that blocks new neonicotinoid insecticides while the […]
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-(Natural News) Scientists and world leaders who are convinced that the world is facing a crisis they refer to as catastrophic man-made global warming have implemented policies to turn the situation around. These measures include taking steps to reduce carbon emissions and entering agreements like the Paris Climate Agreement. Scientists are also aware that trees […]
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-(Natural News) The U.K. has now decided to join the EU-wide ban on pesticides to protect and conserve bees that are dying by the thousands because of the controversial chemicals. The U.K had previously opposed the ban, but after other members expressed their disagreement, it was finally implemented across the EU. Supporters of the pesticide […]
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