Thursday, March 16, 2017

Aerial photography of northern Ontario's Ring of Fire

     Canadian
Geographic
Photo credit - Garth Lenz, Canadian Geographic.

The James Bay Lowlands contain both environmentally crucial peatlands and one of the largest potential mineral reserves in Canada. Story here.


How Protecting Native Forests Cost a Southeast Asian Activist His Life

YaleEnvironment360
Logging in Malaysia. Photo credit: Stephen Codrigtonn
Malaysian activist Bill Kayong fought to save native forest lands from logging and oil palm development. Like a troubling number of environmental campaigners around the world, he paid for it with his life. Second in a series.


















Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Millions of single-use plastic soft drink bottles sold every year, report shows

theguardian



A survey of five of the six biggest soft drinks firms found just 7% of throwaway plastic bottles are made from recycled materials. Story here. Story here.






A mute swan makes the best of a polluted world. 
Photo Credit - Wikimedia Commons.

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Humans face a shocking, chemical-induced reproductive crisis

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Endocrine disrupting chemicals in our environment have damaged male sperm, most of which are now misshapen and unable to swim properly. Story here.




Plastics like this contribute to the problem. 

Sunday, March 12, 2017

The top 10 threats to the most biodiverse place on planet Earth

The Guardian

Manu national park in Peru threatened by roads, oil/gas operations, narco trade, gold-mining, logging and ‘human safaris’ Story here.

In North America, there are also species in decline, 
like this Bobolink on the Canadian prairies. PinP photo.