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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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HotSpots H2O: As Floods Subside, Pakistan’s Economy Is on a Knife-Edge

Circle of Blue

Aid groups say all signs point to food shortages. s food assistance for Afghanistan is transported by road through Pakistan. . The floods in Pakistan are going to put a huge dent in that capability and a greater reliance on imported food and commodities,” Chris Kaye, director of the U.N. Much of the U.N.’s

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POLLINATORS! The Musical Coming To Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, State College Sept. 11

PA Environment Daily

By Alexandra McLaughlin, Penn State News Penn State Extension Master Gardeners from Centre County recently debuted “POLLINATORS! This free educational event will include monarch tagging and other activities between the shows. Bees and other pollinators help ensure food security, biodiversity and healthy ecosystems.

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How dancing honey bees could help us save pollinators

Frontiers

Specifically, Couvillon studies the honey bee waggle dance, to discover where and how bees find food. Around the world, they contribute to the conservation of biodiversity, and importantly, to food security. Check out this post on our news site for a curated list. Bees, insects, birds, butterflies, bats.

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

Members of my team ask with each new dire development, “is it time to chain ourselves to something?” Ricardo Salvador, UCS Food and Environment Program Director, arrested with Jane Fonda protesting climate change on Nov. One recent example in the news is front of mind for many climate scientists. And we’re not alone in asking.

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Pollution: not “an unavoidable consequence” of development

Science Blogs

News outlets are referring to a report released yesterday by The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health. With widely announced reports of casualties from world pollution being so exceedingly great; the worth of clean air, water and contaminant free soils and foods becomes further emphasized and the need underscored. cmonforton.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

This bill allows fishermen to exchange lionfish tails for fishing tags for other species. Other report highlights include the cascading impacts of warming on Arctic ecosystems: The Arctic is experiencing high rates of ocean acidification, with implications for marine food chains. More News: Europe Met a Climate Target.

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