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Several Types of Fungi eat Plastic
Read story →: Several Types of Fungi eat PlasticSeveral species of fungus have been discovered to consume plastic. These fungi can assist with the plastic waste problem by eating and breaking down plastic into simpler compounds. Notable plastic eating fungi…
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Herring Loss Attributed to Many Factors
Read story →: Herring Loss Attributed to Many FactorsThere is less herring in the oceans. Overfishing, fewer nutrients, and other organisms which feed the herring is declining. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-june-10-2019-1.5168766/little-fish-big-impact-how-the-loss-of-herring-hurts-more-than-our-oceans-1.5168777#:~:text=The%20Current-,Little%20fish%2C%20big%20impact%3A%20How%20the%20loss%20of%20herring%20hurts,for%20the%20oceans%20%E2%80%94%20and%20us. It’s going to take all of us.
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Worldwide Carbon Emissions
Read story →: Worldwide Carbon EmissionsWorldwide carbon emissions show largest increase in 7 years. https://www.kqed.org/science/1935220/worldwide-carbon-emissions-highest-increase-in-7-years It’s going to take all of us.
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Bering Straight Ice is Missing
Read story →: Bering Straight Ice is MissingFor several years in a row, the Bering Straight Ice is missing. Scientists believe this is due to climate change and rising temperatures. Indigenous populations in the area rely on the ice…
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Humans Contributing Animal Extinction
Read story →: Humans Contributing Animal ExtinctionHumans are contributing to the extinction of the world’s megafauna due to our need for meat. https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-are-quickly-eating-the-world-s-largest-animals-to-extinction It’s going to take all of us.
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Extremely Rare Bird Spotted in USA
Read story →: Extremely Rare Bird Spotted in USAA hobbyist photographed an extremely rare bird, a blue rock thrush, at Hug Point State Park in Oregon. A prior sighting in Canada in 1997 was rejected, as these birds live in…
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The Sixth Extinction
Read story →: The Sixth ExtinctionWe are possibly living the sixth extinction. Elizabeth Kolbert explores this potention loss in her book ‘The Sixth Extinction’. She investigates the prior five extinctions and talks with world experts It’s going…
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Newly Discovered Clam
Read story →: Newly Discovered ClamA newly discovered clam has pinstripes and eats wood. https://news.northeastern.edu/2019/02/13/northeastern-researchers-discover-new-species-of-shipworm-in-philippines Be an earth steward!
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Delaware Shorebirds Dwindling
Read story →: Delaware Shorebirds DwindlingDelaware shorebirds are dwindling due to overfishing of their food source, horseshoe crab eggs. Become an earth steward!