Tag: ecosystem
The environmental and social impacts of fish farming and industrial aquaculture
Often promoted as sustainable, fish farming can increase pressure on wild fisheries, deepen global food inequities, and damage marine ecosystems.
How a bird flu outbreak wiped out a generation of seals...
An unprecedented avian flu outbreak in Argentine Patagonia devastated a stable elephant seal colony, highlighting the rising threat of infectious disease to wildlife in a warming world.
Local ordinances grant legal rights to native stingless bees in Peruvian...
This marks the first time insects have received legal rights to exist, thrive, and be defended in court in the Satipo province and Nauta town.
Asia warms faster than rest of world, impacts continent
The report said that the warming trend between 1991–2024 was almost double that during the 1961–1990 period.
Nanonplstics not just in seafood, new study finds small plastic particles...
The study confirmed that humans and animals are consuming nanoplastics not just through seafood and water sources, but now through agriculture.
Conservation innovations: How sustained resistance is saving one of the Earth’s...
As profit-driven exploitation imperils Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, some unique conservation strategies are working to save it.
Cats are fueling a global eco-crisis, pushing birds and other species...
Free-roaming cats are an invasive species and one of the most significant sources of human-caused bird mortality.
Removing hydropower dams can restore ecosystems, build climate resilience, and restore...
Hydropower dams, initially celebrated as feats of engineering, are now scrutinized for their negative environmental and societal impacts.
Mountain Valley seeks early start amid unfinished safety measures and environmental...
As environmental advocates rally against the premature operation of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, concerns mount over safety violations and the impact on vulnerable ecosystems.
Green group slams EPA failure to curb ‘dangerous levels of air...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opted to maintain the existing secondary national ambient air quality standards for sulfur and nitrogen oxides.
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Questions grow after analysis links US strike to water facilities serving 20,000 Iranians
Satellite imagery, bomb fragment analysis, and damage assessments have intensified scrutiny over whether U.S. forces struck civilian water infrastructure near the Strait of Hormuz, raising concerns about potential violations of international law.
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And not just the paper.
Trump admin guts vital sea monitoring, ‘tears out the eyes and ears of science’:...
David Helvarg discusses the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Ocean Observatories Initiative, the “cutting-edge eyes [and] ears” of the ocean.
Study finds AI data centers could consume as much water as basic needs of...
The study highlighted that evaluating AI solely by carbon emissions overlooks devastating localized impacts on water and land systems.
Deviant Donald, self-destructive dictator
As explosive prices erase tax relief,/ Must one be rich to afford ground beef?