Habitats and ecosystems thread

[Pajarita]

Soy and deforestation:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... livestock/

Protecting half the planet may help solve climate change and extinctions:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pro ... icks090620


Wind and solar energy doubled since the Paris agreement:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/wind ... -242789930


Why the oil industry does not want reduced plastic consumption:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/fall ... companies/


New study reveals irreversible societal collapse if we continue destroying forests:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... r-forests/


43 Million Americans baking under record temperatures:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/weather/ ... li=BBnbfcL


Times up on the MVP (petition for FERC)

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tel ... ecurring=1

[Pajarita]

Discovery of threatened species might protect Vietnam forest:

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/disco ... 10dbb013cd


Three story tall whale made out of ocean waste:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... ic-crisis/


Colorado temperature swing of 60 degrees in only 24 hours:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topst ... d=msedgntp


Zimbabwe bans mining in wildlife parks:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/zi ... d=msedgntp


Calif fires break new record:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/cali ... -242789930


One month after spill, there is still oil on Mauritius beaches:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oil-r ... i-BB18QIMB


Opinion: Black Hills pines benefit community and environment:

https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/691 ... e/?src=rss

[Pajarita]

Acceleration of pandemics is due to climate change:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/scien ... d=msedgdhp


Sea creature slows down climate change:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/m ... i-BB18TU0M


Time to save biodiversity is running out:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/time- ... i-BB18SjuY


Why the health of the Amazon river matters to all of us:

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/why-t ... 10dbb013cd


Mercury from gold mining contaminating the Amazon:

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/mercu ... 10dbb013cd


Experts question Indonesia's claim of 'avoided deforestation'

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/green ... 10dbb013cd


Earth barreling toward 'hothouse' state not seen in 50 million years:

https://www.livescience.com/oldest-clim ... pCLfl_U44o


Space images of West Coast fires:

https://www.livescience.com/west-coast- ... dbxPbs1KKO


Emissions back at pre-pandemic levels:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/emis ... -242789930


Study links coronavirus mortality to air pollution:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... r-BB18WmYo

[Pajarita]

Trees that grow fast, die young - and that's not good for the climate crisis:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/tree ... -242789930


New worry over August Amazon deforestation:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ne ... d=msedgdhp


900,000 acres burned down and 500,000 people evacuated in Oregon:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/over- ... i-BB18WA4c


More than 1 Billion people will be displaced by 2050:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/more ... -242789930


Three environmental groups sue Spain on climate change:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/gr ... d=msedgdhp


Western USA has worst air quality in the world:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-w ... r-BB191Gqr


New maps show how warm water is reaching Thwaite's Glacier underbelly:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ant ... _Headlines


Pet pig has to be auctioned because law says it's farm animal and cannot be adopted:

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local ... 99610.html

[Pajarita]

Multi-trillionaire investors urge companies to follow net-zero emissions programs:


https://www.zmescience.com/science/inve ... -242789930


Human-induced erosion could make soils unfarmable:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/huma ... -242789930


1/3 of global warming is due to ozone-depleting refrigerants, propellants and solvents:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... l-warming/


It's not only in California, there are fires caused by climate crisis in the entire world:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topst ... li=BBnb7Kz


Western US fires smoke reaches Europe:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topst ... li=BBnb7Kz


Dalai Lama Op-Ed to world leaders asking them to act on climate change:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... te-change/


European chemical giants sell banned pesticides to Brazil:

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/for-e ... 10dbb013cd


Oil palm plantations worsen floods in communities:

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/oil-p ... 10dbb013cd


Ten years ago, the world set biodiversity goals, they did not meet a single one!

https://www.zmescience.com/science/worl ... -242789930

[Pajarita]

Global warming pushing the Artic into new climate:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/glob ... -242789930


Yosemite closes due to bad air from fires:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/yosem ... r-BB199S4c


Trump Admin EPA deals another blow to the environment:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets ... li=BBnb7Kz


"A climate in crisis":

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topst ... i-BB199OH5


Thousands of birds dying could reveal bigger environmental tragedy (this is about the hundreds of thousands of migrating birds found dead in Western USA - they were all half starved and the bad air weakened them further until they dropped out of the sky)

https://www.popsci.com/story/environmen ... ew-mexico/

[Pajarita]

Petition to stop Trump Admin from cutting down old forest:

https://forcechange.com/569915/protect- ... r-cutting/


West Coast air: like smoking several packages a day:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/like- ... r-BB19e53j


Climate change caused more harm to military than Iran missiles:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/clima ... r-BB19dQbk


Melting ice sheets will raise sea level 40 cm:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/melt ... -242789930


Sally moved so slowly due to climate change:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... gwNjEwNAS2


Emissions of richest 1% more than doubled poorer half's:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/emis ... -242789930

[Pajarita]

Famous NYC clock now shows time before climate crisis becomes irreversible:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... eversible/


Secret tapes show mine executives detailing sway over political leaders up to White House:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/in-se ... d=msedgntp


Despite many studies going back to 2000 show pesticide is linked to child brain damage, EPA is now questioning it:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... r-BB19jWBu


California grants Joshua trees a temporary endangered species classification:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/calif ... r-BB19jW9E


UN climate report warns of ocean damage and urges immediate action:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/un ... i-BB19i6jV

[Pajarita]

Climate change, a threat to Superfund sites:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/clima ... r-BB19nufQ


Calif governor wants all new cars to be zero emissions by 2035:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/calif ... r-BB19miE4


China aims for carbon neutrality by 2060:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/chin ... -242789930


Recycling expanding fast in UK:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/desp ... -242789930


Climate change contributes to political instability:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... stability/


Carbon-sucking bionic weeds, weapons against climate change:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets ... d=msedgntp


Morgan Stanley linked to deforestation in Amazon:

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/how ... title_1120


Governments involved in climate hypocrisy:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/clim ... -242789930

[Pajarita]

Climate crisis and animals:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... pulations/
https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... ng-koalas/


Paper and plastic bag ban in New Jersey will be first in USA:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/paper ... r-BB19qEC7


Iowa businesses get award for efforts reducing emissions:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topst ... r-BB19qHpx


Zombies storms caused by climate change:

https://www.livescience.com/zombie-stor ... VEBV5NU773


New record low temperatures in Greenland:

https://www.livescience.com/coldest-day ... 2ORQE5BSSA


Trump Admin extends drilling ban off Virginia and North Carolina coast:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump ... r-BB19r45t


Pollution impairing growth of trees:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/mini ... -242789930


What environmental scientists want from a US president:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/us-e ... -242789930


Rare hurricane-force winds in Alaska:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topst ... d=msedgntp


New tropical depression swirls in Atlantic:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/weather/ ... d=msedgntp


Climate change is main driver in Calif fires:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/clim ... s-2463463/