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'Five-Alarm Threat to Our Food Supply': Monsanto-Bayer Merger Advances

CommonDreams Chemical and GMO giants agree on takeover offer worth $66 billion; mega-merger to be reviewed by antitrust agencies worldwide. Story here.

Summer Arctic Sea Ice Set to Become Second-Lowest on Record (NASA VIDEO)

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That information comes from the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre. The video below shows the trends.

Dakota Access Construction Will Continue, Pipeline Corp CEO Vows

CommonDreams As corporate head promises to go ahead with controversial pipeline project, nonviolent water protectors halt construction at one North Dakota site. Story here.

Arctic Death Spiral: Icebreakers Reach North Pole as Sea Ice Disintegrates

ThinkProgress Second-lowest sea ice minimum, lowest average annual sea ice extent.  Arctic sea ice continued its long-term death spiral in 2016, thanks to warming-driven ice melt. As the ice sheet shrinks and thins, it’s becoming easier and easier for icebreakers to reach the North Pole. Story here.

'Climate Change Is Here': August Was Another Hottest Month for the Record Books

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Common Dreams Copyright © 2016 PinP As one climate scientist noted, the temperature has risen even though this year's unusually strong El NiƱo is on the wane. Story here.

Biologist Stumbles Upon 2 Winged 'Beasts' New to Manitoba

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CBC News Cherry-faced Meadowhawk..... Sympetrum internum.... female Copyright © 2016 PinP (Not one of the "new winged beasts." Just an attractive dragonfly found in Manitoba. šŸ˜Š) A Winnipeg biologist has had not one, but two chance encounters with winged insect critters this summer that aren't supposed to be in Manitoba. Story here.

The World Has Lost a Tenth of All Its Wilderness in The Past Two Decades

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The Washington Post Mule deer - Grasslands Nat'l. Park, Saskatchewan, Canada.   Copyright © 2016 PinP Wilderness areas on Earth have experienced alarming losses in the past two decades, a new study suggests. Story here .