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News & Articles By Divina Ramirez
08/21/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Millions of mountain pine beetles are killing forests
Forests around the globe are fighting a pandemic, too – that of beetle infestations. The outbreaks of mountain pine beetles – bugs no bigger than a grain of rice – are killing mature pine trees in record numbers across the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC), according to a recent report from Bloomberg. The mountain pine beetle has […]
08/19/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Microplastics in the Atlantic Ocean could amount to more than 200 million tons, according to recent projections
There could be more than 200 million tons of minuscule plastic fragments floating across and beneath the entire Atlantic Ocean, and that’s just for three of the most littered plastics. In a major breakthrough, scientists from the U.K.’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) found 12–21 million tons of polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene suspended in the top 200 meters (m) of the Atlantic. Lead author […]
08/18/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Deadly pesticides STILL in use: Neonics are killing bees and birds, warn researchers
Migration is important in the life of birds. It lets them find good food, a good mate and a good nesting site. Should migration be stalled, birds risk missing all of these benefits that, more often than not, could mean life or death. In a recent breakthrough, researchers from the University of Saskatchewan (USask) in Canada found […]
08/16/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Disease outbreaks are causing an alarming increase in mass die-offs of marine mammals, warns expert
Mass strandings, or “beachings,” of marine mammals are now on the rise, raising concerns that ocean health is deteriorating. According to wildlife expert Claire Sanderson, disease outbreaks like the COVID-19 pandemic are to blame for the rapid increase in mass die-offs of marine mammals. Scientists are perhaps more alert to the catastrophic impacts of infectious disease in both […]
08/14/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Bees live shorter, become sicker because of air pollution, scientists find
Breathing in toxic fumes from polluted air is one of the major contributors to premature death around the globe as it can exacerbate lung and heart conditions. But despite the emerging threat of air pollution to humans, little research has been done on its impact on the health of animals. In one of the first […]
08/14/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
FOOD COLLAPSE: German farmers in despair as field mice strip bare arable land
Plagues of mice had stripped bare more than 120,000 hectares of German farmlands, reported authorities. Farmers suspect that the succession of arid summers, among other factors, had enabled field mice to reproduce at a rate that had not been seen since the 1970s. Farmers said that the mice had been tunneling under the fields for […]
08/12/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Dolphins in the English Channel have high levels of mercury in their skin AND blubber: Chemicals have been poisoning dolphins for decades, warn scientists
Bottlenose dolphins might not be an endangered species, but these charming marine mammals do face certain threats, such as commercial fishing and habitat destruction. Nonetheless, scientists find that neither of these is as serious nor as pressing as another emerging threat: chemical poisoning. In a major breakthrough, scientists from the University of Liege (ULiege) in Belgium and […]
08/09/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Indigenous hunting is crucial for sustainable forest management, expert finds
Hunting has a bad reputation – and for good reason. Forests and habitats are protected to curb sport hunting and senseless poaching as both of these practices are some of the major culprits behind the dwindling populations of certain animal species. But national forest management and protection strategies fail to take an important factor into account: indigenous […]
08/04/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Study: Age-related macular degeneration risk doubles when exposed to vehicle exhaust pollutants
From lung cancer to premature death, exposure to pollutants has been linked to a heightened risk of chronic diseases and their related health complications. Now recent research published in the BMJ Journal of Investigative Medicine adds another troubling pollution-related risk: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a chronic disease that can lead to irreversible vision loss. Scientists from China Medical University (CMU) Hospital […]
08/04/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
The future of algal-biofuels: Study reveals how alga called diatoms harness solar energy for photosynthesis
Scientists from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (RU) have exposed the mechanisms behind photosynthesis in diatoms, a major group of algae found in the oceans that produce 20 percent of the Earth’s oxygen. Their groundbreaking results, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, demonstrated that diatoms harness light using an active set of […]
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