Habitats and ecosystems thread

[Pajarita]

Sir David Attenborough on climate change: "A crime has been committed"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sir-d ... r-BB19tW7F


Maryland will be first state to ban foam food products:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/maryl ... r-BB19tNY6


Colorful clothes are killing the environment:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/our-c ... r-BB19wbGV


Could the Sahara be green again?:

https://www.livescience.com/will-sahara ... ZI%2BuqYYj


Tree-killing epidemics on the rise:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science- ... M3MzQ5NQS2


Super enzyme eats plastic 6 times faster:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/scien ... li=BBnbfcL


Brazil revokes mangroves protections:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/brazi ... r-BB19y2lt

[Pajarita]

Biscayne Bay healthy corals surprise scientists:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/healt ... r-BB19BoGI


Brazilian court blocks government revoking mangroves protections:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/brazi ... r-BB19y2lt


Wildfire smoke's far reaching consequences:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... sequences/


Amazon rainforest loss fueling fires:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/co ... r-BB19zTSW


Can nature heal itself?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ca ... r-BB19DrYY


Brazil wants to transfer fire and deforestation monitoring to military:

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/brazi ... 10dbb013cd


Philippine women guarding marine protected area:

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/video ... 10dbb013cd


BlackRock's $400 million investment in Amazon meatpackers at odds with claim of 'sustainability' investments:

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/black ... 10dbb013cd


Brazil is burning and Environment Minister is rolling back more protections:

https://time.com/5895167/brazil-fires-r ... vironment/

[Pajarita]

Microplastic pollution in soil threatens human health:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... organisms/


California once rare mega fires are now the norm:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/calif ... d=msedgntp


Seismic blasting which could kill endangered whale is stopped:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/seism ... d=msedgntp


By 2100, Greenland will lose ice at rate not seen in 12,000:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/gre ... icks100420


Trump Admin is for speedy permit of seismic tests in Artic National Refuge:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump ... r-BB19H7PJ


Marine heatwaves caused by climate change:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... udy-shows/


Petition for UN to form task force on climate change:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... te-change/


Record 4 million acres burned down in California:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... d=msedgntp


Eco-friendly palm oil is a lie:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... -is-a-lie/

[Pajarita]

Body shop to buy 600 tons of plastic waste to produce eco-friendly packages:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... packaging/


Soil contamination in New Jersey from manufacturers using new forever chemicals:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/human-in ... ew-jersey/


This year's ozone hole was 'quite large':

https://www.zmescience.com/science/ozon ... -242789930


Large parts of Amazon rainforest becoming savannah:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/amaz ... -242789930


Trump Admin to allow logging in pristine national forest:

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/tru ... title_1120


Plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds banned in England:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... n-england/


Climate change is changing flowers colors:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... te-change/


14 million ton of microplastic on seafloor:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/micr ... -242789930


September 2020 is hottest on record:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/hott ... -242789930


Canada to ban single-use plastics by end of 2021:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/canad ... d=msedgntp

[Pajarita]

Docs reveal Exxon planning on increasing carbon emissions:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... emissions/


Scientist invents forever battery:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news ... -242789930


Large-scale changes in climate may originate in Pacific:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nor ... _Headlines


Intensive farming for food threatens Paris agreement goals:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/food ... -242789930


Europe to cut 60% of carbon emissions by 2023:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/eu-v ... -242789930


Sand dune protection worn out before hurricane season ends:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topst ... r-BB19PRVL


Countries failing to protect nature in virus recovery plans:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/covi ... -242789930

[Pajarita]

California wildfires to cost $10 Billion to the economy:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/calif ... r-BB19TYyj


Climate change cost to the economy is up in the trillions:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... c-damages/


Petition for Florida, Texas and Louisiana to commit to carbon neutrality by 2040:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... y-by-2040/


Toxic forever chemicals found in bottled water:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/toxic ... r-BB19V2bu


Everything you need to know about plastic pollution:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... pollution/


World's largest tropical wetland is now an inferno:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/202 ... fires.html


Deforestation and the importance of trees:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... -of-trees/

[Pajarita]

Amazon burning... what happens to bio-diversity?

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/as- ... title_1120


Five ways factory farming is killing the environment:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... vironment/


Children exposed to air pollution show Alzheimer's symptoms:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... ing-signs/


Global warming is heating up lakes, putting wildlife at risk:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/glob ... -242789930


Top ten climate change myths and how to debunk them (but, does anybody actually still believe in them?):

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... bunk-them/


Climate change killed half the corals in the Great Barrier Reef:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/clim ... -242789930


Tree count in Sahara - it's greener than you thought!

https://www.zmescience.com/science/saha ... -242789930


UK suppliers of supermarket salads investigated on toxins dumped in rivers:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/uk-su ... r-BB1a3ffU


Seagrass restoration brings back ecosystem:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sea ... _Headlines


Pope Francis on climate change: "It's necessary to act with urgency"

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... te-crisis/

[Pajarita]

Singapore plants 1 million trees to protect its future:

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/10/singa ... 10dbb013cd


Murky license process of Amazon meat plants:

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/10/the-m ... 10dbb013cd


Methane emissions up for 2020:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... r-BB1a43Di


Climate change wiped out five human 'cousins' - are we next?

https://www.zmescience.com/science/clim ... -242789930


Oceans reaching temperatures not seen in thousands of years:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/ocea ... -242789930


Droughts in already half of US will intensify:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... M4NDYxOQS2


Lockdown reduced pollution saved thousands of people:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/the- ... -242789930


Solar will be king of electric power:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/sola ... -242789930


Cameron Peak fire tops 200 thousand acres:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topst ... d=msedgdhp


Fast fashion industry destroys environment:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... vironment/


Ice melt in Alaska will mean mega tsunamis:

https://www.livescience.com/alaska-ice- ... 6mou_L8YYJ

[Pajarita]

NY is finally enforcing the plastic bag ban:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/ch ... 880803.ece


Baby bottles release millions of microplastics?!

https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/inf ... -242789930


Powerful climate tool: let forests regrow naturally

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... r-BB1agcBu


Fifth of world countries at risk of ecosystem collapse due to humans:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... -activity/


Air pollution = neurological disorders

https://www.zmescience.com/science/air- ... -242789930


Recycling paper might not be as good as we think:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/pape ... -242789930


Deepest, coldest parts of ocean are getting warmer:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/oce ... _Headlines


Colorado has biggest wildfires in history:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/color ... i-BB1akuTx


Long-term ice loss even if we stop climate change now:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/long ... -242789930


Great Plains drying out to new Dust Bowl:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/grea ... -242789930


largest French dairy company polluting rivers and killing fish for 10 years:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... st-decade/


40% of world's plant species at risk of extinction:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... ort-finds/


Huge tanker at risk of collapse in Caribbean:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/huge ... -242789930


Air pollution is costing Europeans $19 Billion a year:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/air- ... -242789930

[Pajarita]

What you should know about recycled plastic clothing:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/lifestyl ... -weary-of/


Microplastics, highest in Maldives:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... -maldives/


They planted thousands of trees in their farm as haven for birds:

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australi ... r-BB1alkwc


Colorado's record wildfires fueled by climate change:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... e-climate/


Investors helping in sea conservation:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-i ... r-BB1atid4


Better health care prevents tropical deforestation:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/heal ... -242789930


Coral taller than the Empire State bldg found in Great Barrier Reef:

https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/cora ... -242789930