Tag: ecosystem
Is Earth close to ‘the great dying’?
The climate emergency is here. We can’t wait any longer for major and dramatic worldwide action.
More than 800 tons of agricultural pesticides leach into world’s rivers...
Agricultural pesticides leach into the world’s rivers and oceans each year at an alarming rate, damaging a variety of ecosystems.
Endangered red wolf pups born in wild for first time in...
“This new litter is the first wild-born litter of red wolves since 2018."
The impact of ecotourism on sustainable initiatives
The industry’s primary goal is to preserve these environments so humanity can appreciate them for generations to come. However, it might hurt more than it helps.
Links from the brink: 8 good environmental news stories you might...
Hard work and persistence can pull us back from the brink just as greed and indifference can push us toward it.
Infrastructure for insects: Congress should invest in bees and butterflies
Providing diverse, healthy habitat will meet a long-neglected need for the thousands of native pollinators in the country.
Move or change: How plants and animals are trying to survive...
Thor Hanson’s new book explains the biology behind climate change and why some species may be better able to survive a quickly changing planet.
Coral disease spreading in Caribbean linked to wastewater from ships
Since the identification of the disease off Virginia Key in 2014, it has spread to the Caribbean, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Saint Maarten and Mexico.
Nearly all Chinook Salmon in Sacramento River expected to be killed...
"It's an extreme set of cascading climate events pushing us into this crisis situation."
California’s opportunity to shape worldwide biodiversity policy
The United States has failed to take leadership in the Convention on Biological Diversity. Its most biodiverse state can fill that gap.
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Sanders challenges US aid to Israel, citing Gaza conflict and domestic needs
Senator Bernie Sanders stands against the $10 billion military aid to Israel's Netanyahu government amidst Gaza's humanitarian crisis, urging focus on U.S. domestic challenges.
Wheels coming off
What unifies this country: Common values and common knowledge.
US munitions in deadly Gaza strikes: Amnesty International calls for war crimes investigation
Amnesty International's investigation reveals US-made weapons in Israeli air strikes on Gaza, killing civilians and igniting calls for a war crimes probe.
The unseen cost of cigarette pollution: Billions in environmental damage
The yearly economic cost of cigarette plastic waste amounts to approximately $26 billion.
Billionaire Heirs: The accelerating $5.2 trillion wealth transfer
Without robust wealth and inheritance taxes the children and grandchildren of today's billionaires will dominate our future politics, economy, culture, and philanthropy."