Showing posts with label Nature reserves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nature reserves. Show all posts

Saturday, October 3, 2020

Global heating. How will it impact the world’s nature reserves?

ScienceDaily

The Athabasca glacier in Jasper National Park, Canada.
Already a shadow of its former self, many fear it will be gone altogether
within a generation. A 2020 photo by Ethan Sahagun.

Nature reserves will be affected by future climate change in very different ways - especially in the tropics. A new study drawing attention to this fact, raises even more fears for wildlife species. It's based on forecasts for more than 130,000 nature reserves worldwide. Story here.



Dogs More Effective Than Any Other Method at Finding Oil Spills under Ice with Practical Implications for Protecting Water Supplies and Oceans: New Study

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