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Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
Proof of Concept is a video series profiling the science and scientists behind some of the environment’s most unexpected research. When Chelsea Wood was a child, she would often collect Periwinkle snails on the shores of Long Island. “I used to pluck them off the rocks and put them in buckets and keep them as
“Stories of Life: The Nature, Formation, and Consequences of Character” by Davidson Loehr
An Eccentric Journey through Character, War, and Wisdom Houston, TX – WEBWIRE – Friday, January 26, 2024 In the spellbinding mosaic of life, Davidson Loehrs journey unfolds, beckoning readers into a narrative that goes beyond the ordinary. From questioning Sunday School tales to a transformative odyssey through the military, photography, woodworking, academia and the ministry
Nature risk reporting lags far behind climate disclosures, CDP finds
Most companies that disclose data on their climate risks and dependencies are failing to report their impacts on nature, despite growing awareness of the deep links between the global biodiversity and climate crises. That is the conclusion of a study released by the environmental disclosure platform CDP, which reveals a huge gulf between the level
Nature retracts controversial superconductivity paper by embattled physicist
NEWS 07 November 2023 This is the third high-profile retraction for Ranga Dias. Researchers worry the controversy is damaging the field’s reputation. Nature has retracted a controversial paper1 claiming the discovery of a superconductor — a material that carries electrical currents with zero resistance — capable of operating at room temperature and relatively low pressure.
How to Instill a Love of Nature in Your Kids
“There are about 100 million people in the United States, including 28 million children who don’t live within a 10-minute walk of a high quality park or green space,” Ostfeld says. If this rings true, know that there are still ways to work nature into your day-to-day—whether it’s by visiting “pocket parks” in your city
Use Nature as Infrastructure
Credit: Martin GeeCoastal cities worldwide are squeezed by two opposing forces: urban sprawl and the rising sea. This struggle is intensely visible in the flatlands of South Florida, where burgeoning neighborhoods routinely flood and saltwater inundation damages the estuaries that protect communities from the worst of our climate crisis. Massive resources are being put into
Published February 6, 20238 min readNational Geographic Photographer Gab Mejia has been to Singapore four times, but it wasn’t until his last trip in April that he witnessed something thoroughly unexpected. The Manila-based conservation photographer has hiked up remote snow-capped mountains and trekked through arid deserts to capture images of exotic wildlife and breathtaking landscape.
Time Spent in Nature Appears to Slow Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s
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Draft UN nature deal calls to protect 30% of planet by 2030
Bees gather pollen alongside a butterfly at Kodo Temple (Gyogan-ji Temple) in central Kyoto, Japan. A UN nature deal proposed Sunday calls to protect at least 30 percent of the planet by 2030 and asks rich countries to stump up $30 billion in yearly aid for developing nations to save their ecosystems. Fraught talks seeking
Seychelles: Nature Seychelles Goes High-Tech With Huawei On Cousin Island
One of the world's leading providers of information and communication technology company, Huawei Technologies, is supporting a local environmental non-profit organisation to improve conservation through use of novel technology in Seychelles. The NGO, Nature Seychelles, has received a grant of $200,000 from the tech giant that will go toward a new project that has been