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Perspective | Giant Catch in the Mekong Reveals Mysteries of Biodiversity Hot Spot

Circle of Blue

The stingray was tagged with a tracking device and returned to the Mekong River, where its movements are informing conservation planning. Hearing the news, our team members rushed to the site from Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital. In June 2022, fishers in Cambodia caught a giant freshwater stingray weighing 661 pounds (300 kilos).

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Confronting the Climate Crisis with Scientist Activism: the Essential Role of Rule Breakers

Union of Concerned Scientists

The magnitude of the climate threat, made clear by climate science, has cracked through a longstanding scientific culture that holds that science should exist outside of the political realm. One recent example in the news is front of mind for many climate scientists. But what of scientists?

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‘Many kids go through a phase where they want to be a marine scientist. For me, it wasn’t a phase’

Frontiers

We found that tagged sharks spent most of their time adjacent to the MPA, in an area of heavy commercial shark fishing. Without this, we risk the possibility of “paper parks” that fall short on their goals (eg, biodiversity conservation, preserving underwater cultural heritage).

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

This bill allows fishermen to exchange lionfish tails for fishing tags for other species. The plan outlines steps for the federal government to obtain the information that will enable effective response to the rapid social, environmental, cultural, and geopolitical changes happening in the Arctic. The New York Times.

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The Trump War on Science: Daring blindness, Denying climate change, Destroying the EPA and other daily disasters

Science Blogs

NOAA erases ‘human activity’ from news release on soaring greenhouse gases. Fox News host attacks climate scientists who might refuse to participate in EPA chief's sham debate. . William Gibson Has a Theory About Our Cultural Obsession With Dystopias. 2017.07.12. EPA Chief Wants TV 'Debate' on Climate: Scientists Call Foul. .