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Rising pollution is endangering species - The Ecologist
Oct 4, 2019 · Climate change and pollution continue to rise as threats, with severe weather, changing ecosystems and rising temperatures responsible for 33 animal extinctions, while pollution is responsible for 37 extinctions to date, new data shows. Agriculture and aquaculture is the biggest threat to endangered species, including the fishing and harvesting ...
Should governments take more responsibility for the environment?
May 8, 2018 · Global reach. Many people are arguing for governments to take more responsibility for the environment. While there’s always an opposing side, there are some good reasons to hold the government to higher levels of accountability regarding climate change. Read on for some reasons governments can make a bigger impact if they take more action to ...
Why is it so hard to get people to switch to renewable energy?
Mar 13, 2018 · In reality, the prices of renewable energy are highly variable but rarely backbreaking. The basic package for personal solar panels, for instance, typically runs between $9,000 and $12,000 after tax credits, and covers both panels and installation. Though the return on investment may take years, the package cost is much less than many imagine.
Wendell Berry - poet, essayist, farmer, activist, rural philosopher
Jul 10, 2017 · Wendell Berry is all these and now his life's work sits at the heart, writes HARRIET GRIFFEY, of Look and See - a newly-released film about his life and philosophy. ‘Look and see' was the gentle instruction that Berry gave to his young daughter, Mary, as he shared with her the world around them. In 1965, when she was seven years old, Berry ...
The failures of animal testing - The Ecologist
Mar 29, 2021 · Killed. A 2019 Ipsos MORI report revealed a growing shift in attitudes towards animal experiments in the UK with two thirds of those surveyed concerned about the use of animals in research, and more people disagreeing with the use of dogs (86 percent against), monkeys (86 percent against) and pigs (79 percent against) in tests, even if it ...
Survival of world's largest butterfly no longer dependent on a …
Sep 27, 2017 · Survival of world's largest butterfly no longer dependent on a wing and a prayer. A local landowner with a female Ornithoptera alexandrae (c) Eddie Malaisa. The Queen Alexandra's Birdwing - or Ornithoptera alexandrae - is the world's largest and most spectacular butterfly. But it is under threat from encroaching agriculture and logging.
How important is energy independence in the US? - The Ecologist
Sep 10, 2018 · Energy independence can have huge benefits for countries - particularly the United States. Energy independence gives economic freedom and the opportunity to branch out further into the renewable energy sector. EMILY FOLK reports. Energy independence has become a popular position in the United States recently.
Insights into the Serengeti ecosystem - The Ecologist
Nov 15, 2019 · American ethologist Richard Despard Estes is a world authority on the wildebeest (gnu) and their epic migration through the Serengeti national park in Tanzania (including the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, the gateway to the Serengeti), an extension of the Masai Mara ecosystem in neighbouring Kenya.Estes, now age 91, received his doctorate in vertebrate zoology from Cornell University following ...
How will the world end? - The Ecologist
Jun 10, 2019 · A new comprehensive study considers the most likely ways the world will end, including disease, nuclear war, natural disaster and asteroid impact. Climate change poses a significant threat to humanity, as a rise in sea levels would lead to an increased incidence and intensity of natural disasters, including floods, tsunamis, earthquakes ...