Carbon bomb: Study says climate impact from loss of intact tropical forests grossly underreported

Science News - Wildlife Conservation Society

A tropical forest in Guatemala.
Photo by Chixoy.

A new study says that carbon impacts from the loss of intact tropical forests has been grossly underreported. Story here.

'Landmark New Research' Links Neonics With Collapse of Fisheries

Common Dreams

"Marine Life" by Andrey Narchuk is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 

"Just awful, what gruesome harm we are inflicting on the environment." Story here.

RELATED: Two stories by Larry Powell.

• New Studies Show Farm Chemicals Are Affecting More Than Bees. Bird Populations are Declining, Too. Is modern agriculture’s hold on nature becoming a death grip?
• Will New Research From Europe Nudge Canada into a "Neonic" Ban?

The Amazon River: A Major Source of Organic Plastic Additives to the Tropical North Atlantic?

Environmental Science & Technology

The Amazon empties into the Atlantic.
"Flick" Coordenação-Geral de Observação da Terra/INPE

Dissolved surface water concentrations of two important families of plastic additives were found in remarkably high concentrations in the Amazon river plume. Story here.

Why fish ARE getting smaller (Video)

Vid

Agricultural impacts of our climate crisis are becoming more apparent

PhysOrg

Photo credit - IPCC.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change presents a sobering analyses addressing the substantial contributions of agriculture to climate change and the ways the climate crisis is projected to jeopardize global food security if urgent action isn't taken. Story here.

Save the Wilderness. A music video by Eric Bogle and Larry Powell

With special thanks to Eric Bogle, for granting me permission to use his song for this video!

Thanks, Eric! You are the greatest! Larry.

Rising sea levels pose threat to homes of 300m people – study

The Guardian

Photo by Christian Ferrer

Figure based on new analysis of coastlines is more than three times previous estimate. Story here.

Glacial rivers absorb carbon faster than rainforests, scientists find

The Guardian

Ellesmere Island, northern Canada. Satellite photo by NASA.
‘Total surprise’ discovery overturns conventional understanding of rivers. Story here.

The Real Case for Saving Species: We Don’t Need Them, But They Need Us

YaleEnvironment360

Conservationists argue that humans need to save species in order to save ourselves. The truth is we could survive without wild species — but they can’t survive without us, and the moral argument for protecting them and the beauty they bring to the world is overwhelming. Story here.

Red-winged blackbird. A PinP photo.

Trump’s Justice Dept. Sues California to Stop Climate Initiative From Extending to the Province of Quebec.

The New York Times

The Trump administration took another legal shot at California on Wednesday, suing to block part of the state’s greenhouse gas reduction program and limit its ability to take international leadership in curbing planet warming emissions. Story here.

Understanding extinction — humanity has destroyed half the life on Earth

CBC Radio

A PinP photo.
There's less life overall, and much of it is domesticated plants and animals instead of wildlife.  More here.