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Mercury-Levels Rising Fast In Hawaiian Yellowfin Tuna, Research Finds

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Mercury levels in Hawaiian Yellowfin Tuna have been rising fairly rapidly over the last few decades, according to new research from the University of Michigan and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The work — which was done by compiling and re-analyzing three previously published reports on yellowfin tuna caught near Hawaii — found that, in […]

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20-25% Of All Well-Known Marine Species Headed Towards Extinction, Research Finds

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A significant proportion — 20-25% — of all well-known marine species are headed rapidly towards extinction, new research from the University of Sheffield’s Department of Animal and Plant Sciences has found. The new work — which made use of the most comprehensive conservation data available for both marine and non-marine organisms — demonstrates that marine

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Endangered Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee Subspecies Will See Population Plummet, Research Finds

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One of the most endangered primates, and the most endangered chimpanzee subspecies in the world — the Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) — is likely to see its numbers plummet over the coming years, according to new research published in BMC Evolutionary Biology. As it stands currently, there are around ~6,000 individuals of this subspecies

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Hard-Hitting Documentary Tells the Disastrous Story Of Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans

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Think plastic pollution in the ocean is somebody else’s problem? Think again. The “environmental abomination” of plastic pollution, and its effects on the world’s oceans, is a disaster in the making, and one that will affect every one of us in the near future, if it hasn’t already. Our food chain is intricately linked with

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Gold Mining Boom In Tropical Forests Of South America Causing Extensive Deforestation, Research Finds

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The ongoing ‘gold rush’ occurring in the tropical forests of South America has led to extensive deforestation over the last few years, new research from the University of Puerto Rico has found. Gold-mining in the region has been increasing rapidly in recent years — with a huge spike in such activity being seen since the

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Pitcher Plants Use Complex Strategy To Increase Number Of Ants They Capture, Amazingly, Research Finds

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Believe it or not, the carnivorous-plants known as pitcher plants actually use a relatively complex strategy to maximize the number of ants that they catch, new research has shown. The plants actually use what is probably one of the oldest tricks in the book as far as strategy goes — randomization, makes yourself one way

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Nitrate Levels Rising In The North Pacific Ocean Due To Human Activity, Research Finds

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Nitrate levels are rising relatively rapidly due in the North Pacific Ocean due to human activity, according to new research from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The rising levels are primarily due to industrial and agricultural processes and practices — this change is having a significant impact on the upper ocean nitrogen cycle in

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Fred The Cockatoo Turns 100 — Famous Bird Is Now (At Least) 100 Years Old

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Fred the cockatoo — the infamous sulphur-crested cockatoo currently living at the Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary — has just turned 100! Well, turned “at least 100” anyways, as the that number is a very conservative estimate. He could actually be considerably older than 100, going by what is currently known. The cockatoo’s birthday was actually recognized

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The Film That Environmental Organizations Don’t Want You To See

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According to the filmmakers behind this recent release, this is the film that environmental organizations don’t want you to see, in part because it reveals the truth behind the world’s most destructive industry. That industry is not what you would expect, and in a world of limited resources, it’s surprisingly not nearly as popular of

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Gigantic Dino “Dreadnoughtus” Outsizes All Titanosaurs

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Paleontologists in southern Patagonia, Argentina, have discovered fossils of a new long-necked, long-tailed dinosaur the size of 12 elephants. Bigger than a Boeing 737. At 65 tons, it’s now the largest terrestrial animal with a body mass that can be accurately determined from the fossil record. Ken J. Lacovara, from the Department of Biodiversity, Earth

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Ebola: And Senegal Makes Five

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As you may know, PlanetSave posts important health stories as well as the popular science, nature, and climate reports we’re usually known for. (In fact, we’re working toward 500 health posts over these few years!) Today we excerpt from Examiner.com some news that follows up our Ebola story and exclusive interview with public health expert Vince Silenzio

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Discarded Fishing Traps Wreaking Extensive Environmental Damage, NOAA Research Finds

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It may not be something that you’ve ever given any thought to, but there are literally thousands of fishing traps that are lost or simply abandoned every year in US waters — what happens to these traps after being abandoned? It should go without saying, they continue to catch and kill sea-life (fish, turtles, carbs,

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Conversations Between Plants, Bacteria, And Fungi Explored By New Research

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Most people may not think about plants or bacteria or fungi as being forms of life that carry on conversations with each other, but, in fact, that’s exactly what they’re doing nearly all of the time. The highly complex interactions of these different organisms via the mechanical forces and chemical signals that they release constitutes

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Can Poverty Be Reduced through Environmental Protection of Natural Areas?

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[Originally published at Inspired Economist] Little is known about the mechanisms through which ecosystem conservation programs affect poverty, but scholars are now accumulating evidence about the effects of environmental programs on social outcomes. A recent article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences highlights the progress being made by researchers in Costa

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The Nefarious Connection Between Agriculture and Our Rivers (Part 4 of 4)

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By Brad Walker – Rivers Director, with illustrations and other contributions from Joe Mohr Part 4: Solutions In the three (1, 2, 3) previous segments of this series we have discussed the problems created on and within our rivers when special interests work together to manipulate the political system. In order to justify the destruction of

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Shape-Shifters, Vampires, And Chimeras Under The Sea (video)

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Where did that octopus emerge from? (Gallo TED talk) Having recently visited Fabien Cousteau’s Mission 31 under the sea and a water creature from long ago (Lyrarapax unguispinus), we thought it might interest you to revisit what’s hiding deep in the oceans today. For this, we turn to a classic video from oceanographer David Gallo: “Underwater

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The Nefarious Connection Between Agriculture and Our Rivers (Part 3 of 4)

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This is part 3 of a 4 part series by Brad Walker of the Missouri Coalition for the Environment analyzing The Nefarious Connection Between Agriculture and Our Rivers. Read parts 1 and 2 Part 3: Small steps towards river repair There are currently effective Congressionally-authorized programs on the Missouri, Illinois and Upper Mississippi Rivers that

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The Nefarious Connection Between Agriculture and Our Rivers (Part 2 of 4)

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This is part 2 of a 4 part series by Brad Walker of the Missouri Coalition for the Environment analyzing The Nefarious Connection Between Agriculture and Our Rivers. Read Part 1 Part 2: The major culprit There are many well-documented critiques of the industrialized agricultural system, so we will not dwell in detail about why

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Epic Mission 31 Night Dive Unlocks Secrets Of “Inner Space” (videos)

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Underwater habitat at Aquarius Reef Base (photo provided to Flickr courtesy of Stephen Frink, www.stephenfrink.com/) On July 2, 2014, ocean scientists who have spent the last 31 days living in an ocean-floor habitat 63 feet underwater will decompress and return to the surface. They’ve been down there on “Mission 31” intensively studying ocean acidification and climate

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Everglades Restoration Plans Running Into Bureaucratic And Financial Hurdles, Report Finds

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A congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council has found that despite the great advances made in Everglades restoration project planning over the last few years actual project implementation has hit a bit of a brick-wall of sorts — thanks, largely, to financial, procedural, and policy constraints. In order to address these issues —

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Solar For Goodall’s Congo Chimps Needs Crowdfund Help

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. The Tchimpounga chimpanzee sanctuary in the Republic of Congo needs some help with solar power. Jane Goodall Institute, founded by renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, runs the sanctuary and wants to install new solar panels to power it reliably. Home to 160 chimpanzees, Tchimpounga currently gets electricity to run lighting, veterinary medical equipment, administrative machinery,

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Watch Cousteau Ocean Climate Study LIVE in June! (videos)

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Fabien Cousteau, ocean explorer and grandson of famed Jacques-Yves Cousteau, began a historic subsea mission on Sunday. He’s studying ocean impacts of climate change (especially acidification, which occurs as the sea absorbs atmospheric carbon dioxide), effects of plastic and other pollution on marine life, and overfishing of marine resources, which diminishes the ocean’s biodiversity. You

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Human Impact On Amazon Via Deforestation, Logging, & Fires, Is Greatly Underestimated, Research Finds

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The Amazon rainforest is taking a much worse beating from human-activity than was previously estimated, according to new research from an international group headed by Lancaster University. With said gross underestimation of human impact, the researchers also found that carbon loss is being grossly underestimated well. The underestimation is due to previous models not fully

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