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Beavers Offer Lessons About Managing Water in a Changing Climate, Whether the Challenge Is Drought or Floods

clnAdrian — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:00:27 +0000

Scientists are finding that beavers’ small-scale natural interventions are valuable. In dry areas, beaver ponds restore moisture to the soil; in wet zones, their dams and ponds can help to slow floodwaters. These ecological services are so useful that land managers are translocating beavers in the U.S. and the United Kingdom to help restore ecosystems and make them more resilient to climate change. #beavers #beaverdam #waterresources

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E.O. Wilson’s Lifelong Passion for Ants Helped Him Teach Humans About How to Live Sustainably With Nature

clnAdrian — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 00:00:11 +0000

E.O. Wilson discovered the chemical means by which ants communicate. He worked out the importance of habitat size and position within the landscape in sustaining animal populations. And he was the first to understand the evolutionary basis of both animal and human societies. #EOWilson #biodiversity

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Why the Saola Is Endangered and What We Can Do?

clnAdrian — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:00:09 +0000

Not much is known about the saola, a mysterious horned mammal native to forests in the Annamite Mountains of Laos and Vietnam. At least one thing seems fairly certain, though: The saola is a very endangered species. #endangeredspecies #Saola

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Sea Otters Demonstrate That There Is More To Muscle Than Just Movement – It Can Also Bring the Heat

clnAdrian — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 11:00:23 +0000

Understanding energy use in animals adapted to life in the cold may also provide clues for manipulating human metabolism. Sea otters are born with a supercharged metabolism. #SeaOtter #metabolism

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What’s Being Done to Help Save Endangered Bornean Elephants?

clnAdrian — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 11:00:28 +0000

The world's smallest elephant is facing challenges from habitat loss, human conflict, and poaching. Bornean elephants have been considered endangered with a decreasing global population since 1986, though they were believed to be “very rare” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as early as 1965. #borneanelephants #endangeredspecies

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Indian Wolf is One of World’s Most Endangered Wolves

clnAdrian — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:00:56 +0000

Findings indicate Indian wolves are only found in India and Pakistan, where their habitat is threatened by land-use changes and human population shifts. #IndianWolf #endangeredspecies

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‘Momentous’ Moratorium on Deep Sea Mining Adopted at Global Biodiversity Summit

clnAdrian — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 11:00:03 +0000

A vote overwhelmingly in favor of placing a moratorium on deep-sea mineral mining at a global biodiversity summit this week has put urgent pressure on the International Seabed Authority to strictly regulate the practice. #ProtectTheOceans #DeepSeaMining

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Blue Whales Return to Spain’s Coast After Disappearing for 40 Years

clnAdrian — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 12:00:45 +0000

The return of the blue whales following a decades-long absence may be driven by homesickness or the cultural memory of the species, experts believe. #bluewhales

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Yellowstone is Losing Its Snow as the Climate Warms, and that Means Widespread Problems for Water and Wildlife

clnAdrian — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 10:00:45 +0000

A new assessment of climate change in the two national parks and surrounding forests and ranchland warns of the potential for significant changes as the region continues to heat up. #climatechange #YellowstoneNationalPark

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EPA Inaction Blamed as US Bees Suffer Second Highest Colony Losses on Record

clnAdrian — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 11:00:12 +0000

Beekeepers lost nearly half of their colonies between April 2020 and April 2021, according to the Bee Informed Partnership survey. #savethebees

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