"In Alaska's Fat Bear Week Election, There's No Party Like A Salmon Party"
"In many ways, it's a model election. The campaign runs for only one week, and all the candidates are well-grounded and devoid of hypocrisy."
Source: NPR, 10/05/2022
Biodiversity
Things related to the web of life; ecology; wildlife; endangered species
"Snail Darter, Focus Of Epic Conservation Fight, Is Recovered"
"The snail darter, a tiny Southeastern fish that derailed a federal dam during an epic battle over Endangered Species Act protection in the 1970s, is no longer considered imperiled, officials announced Tuesday."
Source: AP, 10/05/2022
"Australia Announces Plan To Halt Extinction Crisis And Save 110 Species"
"The federal government has set a goal to prevent any new extinctions of Australian wildlife. It is the first time a federal government has announced a zero extinctions target for the country’s plants and animals."
Source: Guardian, 10/05/2022
"America’s Lost Crops Rewrite the History of Farming"
"The old, epic story of agriculture in North America had two heroes, long sung and much venerated. One was human ingenuity. The other was corn."
Source: Atlantic, 10/04/2022
Supreme Court To Hear Case On California Ban On Extreme Confinement Crates
"A ruling against the state’s Prop 12 animal welfare law could affect a range of regulations across the country".
Source: Guardian, 10/04/2022
"Colorado’s State Fish Swims Back From Brink Of Extinction"
"The greenback cutthroat trout, Colorado’s state fish, was declared extinct over 50 years ago. But last week officials found the first confirmation that the trout are once again reproducing in the wild."
Source: CNN, 10/03/2022
On the Persistence of Ocean Plastics
Concerns about seaborne plastic waste go back decades, but science writer Juli Berwald suggests that myths and disinformation about sources and solutions continue to cloud the waters. From lentil-sized nurdles to sprawling fishing nets, 200 million tons of plastic now fill the ocean and, for her, it has become evident that the ocean plastics story is really a land story. But will the newly signed international treaty on plastics offer relief?
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"In A First, U.S. Appoints A Diplomat For Plants And Animals"
"As temperatures rise and habitats shrink, hundreds of thousands of plant and animal species around the world are at risk of vanishing. For the first time, the United States is designating a special diplomat to advocate for global biodiversity amid what policymakers here and overseas increasingly recognize as an extinction crisis."
Source: Washington Post, 09/30/2022
"A Moonshot for Coral Breeding Was Successful"
"Wearing a navy-blue polo neck emblazoned with the Florida Aquarium logo, Keri O’Neil hugs a white cooler at Miami International Airport. “Coral babieeeeees,” she says, before letting out a short laugh. Relief. The container holds 10 plastic bottles teeming with thousands of tiny peach-colored specks."
Source: Hakai, 09/29/2022
"Zoonotic Diseases Like COVID-19 And Monkeypox Will Become More Common"
"Cases of monkeypox are on the rise in the U.S., with about 67,600 global cases, including about 25,500 in the U.S. Simultaneously, the world is still facing a COVID-19 pandemic, despite the number of cases tapering off. Researchers say these types of viruses, known as zoonotic diseases, or ones that spread between humans and animals, will become increasingly commonplace as factors such as the destruction of animal habitats and human expansion into previously uninhabited areas intensify."
Source: NPR, 09/29/2022
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