Antonio Kaczmarek 1 hour ago 4 mins The so-called ‘yellow streak’ disease is threatening corals in the Gulf of Thailand, here in the Surin Islands Nature Park. This is more bad news for marine biodiversity: in the Gulf of Thailand, a mysterious disease attacks the coral. Responsible for large yellow spots that cover entire sections … Read more
AFP extension ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 09:45•Edited today, 11:06 The nearly 200 countries attending the United Nations Biodiversity Summit in Montreal agreed on measures to protect ecosystems and animal and plant species. After nearly two weeks of negotiations, an agreement was reached. It was agreed, among other things, that by 2030 at least 30 percent of all land … Read more
Too many are still dying But did these “unprecedented acts” actually achieve anything? When asked by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, a spokesman said the mass deaths of manatees were “an ongoing event”. Current manatee mortality statistics range from January 1, 2022 to December 2, 2022. During that time, 760 manatees died, fewer than … Read more
Los herd of reindeer they have a long history in Northern Norway, Sweden and Finland and have shaped the mountainous landscape of the region called Fenoscandinavia, which includes the Scandinavian and Kola peninsula, Karelia and Finland. Now a study published in Scientific reports shows that most of these lands are threatened by the expansion of … Read more
Psychropotes longicauda – or gummy squirrel -, psychropotes verrucicaudatus, peniagone vitrea… These names to “sleep under water” are those of new species discovered by researchers from Natural History Museum British at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. And these are not the only ones: in all, thirty-nine new organisms have been unearthed in the abyss … Read more
May 20, 2022 at 2:31 p.m Recultivation in Grevenbroich : This is where the “Organic Champions League” plays – The qualified geographer and biologist Gregor Eßer has been in charge of the recultivation research center at RWE Power for six years. Here he can be seen at one of the shallow “troughs” in which yellow-bellied … Read more
Studies on the development of insects in Switzerland and around the world often come to the conclusion that species diversity has drastically decreased. The results are particularly worrying for insects on land, which perform important tasks as pollinators in the ecosystem. As part of the Blue-Green-Biodiversity research initiative launched by WSL and Eawag, Friederike Gebert … Read more
The Network of Women Philosophers of Latin America (REDDEM) was born in November 2018, at the request of World Philosophy Day (WPD), as an initiative of the Philosophy and Humanities Program of the UNESCO Regional Office for Sciences for Latin America and the Caribbean, from its office in Montevideo, to exchange and make visible the … Read more
The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean exchanged knowledge and experiences on the relationship between disaster risk reduction and the protection of cultural heritage to strengthen the resilience of cities. This exchange was carried out virtually, on Thursday, November 4, 2021, at the Learning Laboratory on Heritage Management and Disaster Risk Reduction as part … Read more
The US environmental authorities have declared 22 animal species and one plant species extinct. The great ivory-billed woodpecker is on the list. Only 11 species have previously been removed from the Endangered Species Act. – The US environmental authorities declared 23 species extinct for good on Wednesday. The list includes the great ivory-billed woodpecker, one … Read more