‘Software disease’ — The hazards of plastic, net wrap and twines

    Canadian Cattlemen

Animal Health: Ingestion of plastics has become a common killer. Story here.

U.S. Air Force Is Spraying 6 Million Acres With Chemicals in Response to Harvey

EcoWatch

The Air Force has dispatched big spray planes to control pests which they claim pose a health risk to rescue workers around Houston. Sadly, those "pests" include the good ones, like bees. Story here.

Living Planet Report Canada - Our Vanishing Wildlife

World Wildlife Fund

                   Burrowing owl.                                  

Great Blue Herron.

Bobolink. (PinP photos.)

The fate of wildlife in Canada is in our hands. WWF -Canada’s Living Planet Report Canada shows that wildlife is on a troubling decline. It’s time to come together and turn things around. Story here.

Unraveling a major cause of sea ice retreat in the Arctic Ocean

ScienceDaily

Quantitative analysis has evidenced the acceleration system of melting ice: dark water surfaces absorb more heat than white ice surfaces, thus melting ice and making more water surfaces in the Arctic Ocean. Details here.

Global fingerprints of sea-level rise revealed by satellites

NATURE|NEWS

Geological processes send more meltwater from glaciers and ice sheets to Earth's mid-latitudes. Story here.

Greenland. Photo by Uffe Wilken

Fire damages ranches in southwestern Alberta

The Western Producer

Damage has been reported to farms and ranches on the perimeter of Waterton Lakes National Park as a wildfire continues to burn in southwestern Alberta. Details here.

On The Road To Extinction, Maybe It's Not All About Us

CommonDreams

The devastating consequences of human superiority over nature. Story here.

The remains of a rare northern right whale run over by a ship. NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries photo.

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