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.