Brazil’s Atlantic forest: putting the pieces back together

BirdLife

INTERNATIONAL

Surrounded by a sea of cattle ranches and sugarcane plantations, a few ‘islands’ of Atlantic Forest remain. By establishing a private reserve and working with local people to connect forest fragments, SAVE Brasil is showing that it is possible to turn the tide on extinction. Story here.

World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency (Condensed Version)

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Alliance of World Scientists

Photo - public domain.

We scientists have a moral obligation to clearly warn humanity of any catastrophic threat. In this paper, we present a suite of graphical vital signs of climate change over the last 40 years. Results show greenhouse gas emissions are still rising, with increasingly damaging effects. With few exceptions, we are largely failing to address this predicament. Story here.
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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.