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Press Release: European Parliament rejects Pesticide Reduction Law
Today, Members of the European Parliament rejected the Sustainable Use of Pesticide Regulation (SUR). Despairingly, MEPs fell for the misleading and deceptive information spewed out through a massive lobbying campaign from pesticide corporations. This piece of legislation, which is an essential part of the European Green Deal and the “Farm to Fork” strategy, was supposed…
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One Reason Migrating Birds Get Lost Is Out of This World
In 1958, dozens of red-breasted flycatchers, like the one pictured here, flew off course and visited the United Kingdom. Davidvraju via Wikimedia Commons under CC By-SA 4.0 During the first week of September 1958, keen observers spotted hundreds of rare birds in the British Isles. According to a report at the time, they saw melodious…
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Who Was The World’s First Scientist?
Humans are inquisitive by nature. It’s why we went to the Moon; it’s the reason we stuck that fish in the giant magnet that one time – heck, it’s responsible for like 90 percent of Florida Man. And, Florida Man aside, we tend to call that inquisitiveness “science”, and the people who follow it are…
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Aftershocks Can Occur Centuries After Original Earthquake, Says Study
Large earthquakes are always followed by aftershocks — a series of smaller but still potentially damaging quakes produced as the ground readjusts. But how long does it take for the aftershocks to die out? A new study suggests some areas can experience aftershocks decades or even centuries after the original earthquake. From a report: In…
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This ecologist is looking at the Amazon’s past to save its future
ancestor: A predecessor. It could be a family forebear, such as a parent, grandparent or great-great-great grandparent. Or it could be a species, genus, family or other order of organisms from which some later one evolved. For instance, ancient dinosaurs are the ancestors of today’s birds. (antonym: descendant) cacao: The name of a tropical tree…
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Science Behind Our Snowstorms
Well winter is making its annual return soon which means so is the snow. Now across the Northeast, and esp. in Upstate New York, there are a variety of mechanisms to produce steady snow. In this latest edition of Science with Sam, we will dive into the different types. Alberta Clipper: Seen above, the Alberta…
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The Principles for Responsible Banking introduce industry-first guidance on nature target setting
Today marks the release of the new Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) Nature Target Setting Guidance, aimed at helping the banking industry align with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and address nature and biodiversity loss. Developed with 34 PRB signatories and key external stakeholders, the industry-first guidance aims to integrate nature considerations into the…
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The Environmental Wisdom Encoded in Endangered Languages
Further South in Mexico, however, an effort is underway to make this knowledge-sharing model work. In 2022, two Wixárika communities in Mexico agreed to an ambitious project to document their rich knowledge of plants, traditional farming practices, and the language they use to describe them. This knowledge is at risk as people increasingly leave the…
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‘A Shot in the Arm’ Documentary Treats Vaccine Denialism with a Dose of Empathy
Global vaccination trends are telling us both good news and bad news stories, nearly four years after the start of a global pandemic. On the plus side, some childhood immunizations have begunrecovering to pre-COVID rates. Against that, almost half of the 73 countries that reported pandemic-related declines in vaccine rates haveeitherflatlinedorcontinuetodrop. Also on the downside,…
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Greenland Glaciers Melt 5 Times Faster than 20 Yrs Ago
Reuters file photoValleys cut by glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet are seen along the mountains of Greenland on Aug. 3. Reuters 14:46 JST, November 22, 2023 COPENHAGEN (Reuters) — Global warming has increased the speed at which glaciers in Greenland are melting by fivefold over the last 20 years, scientists from the University of Copenhagen…