New York Times Science reported on ocean life facing mass extinction risk today. They reported A team of scientists, in a groundbreaking analysis of data from hundreds of sources, has concluded that humans are on the verge of causing unprecedented damage to the oceans and the animals living in them. “We may be sitting on […]
Ocean Life Faces Mass Extinction — Natural History Wanderings
Brazil’s Amazon Suffered Record Rate of Deforestation in April MAY 10, 2022 In Brazil, deforestation in the Amazon rainforest surged to a new record high for the month of April. Last month’s forest loss nearly doubled the amount reported last April which itself set a record. Deforestation has surged under the right-wing presidency of Jair […]
As World Warms, Brazil Destroys Record Rate its Amazon Forrests — Eslkevin’s Blog
In a new video from BBC Earth, CABI’s Dr Arne Witt tells us about the devastating impact of Chromolaena odorata, commonly known as ‘Devilweed’. As part of the BBC’s Our Green Planet initiative, the video raises awareness about the impact of invasive species on biodiversity and livelihoods. Dr Witt describes the spread of Devilweed as……
Devilweed: the ‘green invasion’ that’s destroying biodiversity and livelihoods — Invasive Species Blog
Geographical Magazine reports In South Africa, a new wave of poaching has taken off, but this time it isn’t big cats, elephants or rhinos that are in the firing line, but tiny succulent plants In recent years, ornamental succulents have become fashionable around the world and the burgeoning demand from plant collectors has fuelled what botanists […]
South Africa’s new plant poaching epidemic — Natural History Wanderings
The BBC reports The iconic cactus plant is veering into trouble say researchers. The most serious problem is illegal smuggling. Despite the international ban on uncontrolled trade in cacti, policing the smuggling faces many problems and semi-professional hunters continue to uproot plants to order, stealing from National Parks, Indian Reservations, but more significantly from the […]
Prickly Cactus Species ‘Under Threat’ — Natural History Wanderings
NPR Reports The current rate of greenhouse gas pollution is so high that Earth has about 11 years to rein in emissions if countries want to avoid the worst damage from climate change in the future, a new study concludes. Despite dipping in 2020 because of the global pandemic, greenhouse gas emissions are on track […]
Climate change report: Earth has 11 years to avoid the worst scenarios — Natural History Wanderings
NPR reports The Western U.S. and northern Mexico are experiencing their driest period in at least 1,200 years, according to the new study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change. The last comparable — though not as severe — multidecade megadrought occurred in the 1500s, when the West was still largely inhabited by Native American […]
Study finds Western megadrought is the worst in 1,200 years — Natural History Wanderings
In celebration of World Wildlife Day we take a look back at the 87 species of South African wildlife we featured in detail here at de Wets Wild during the past year. Cinnamon-breasted Bunting A Flying Handkerchief – the male Mocker Swallowtail – seen along the trail in Hilltop Camp Red-throated Wryneck Rain Spider, the […]
World Wildlife Day 2022 — de Wets Wild
Chake Conservancy Rangers with wire snares that they find on patrol. Chake Community Conservancy image and copyright. Equatorial Africa! Do any other two words convey such promise of romantic adventure? Maasai Mara, perhaps. Most people know that Kenya’s Maasai Mara is one of the great wonders of the Natural World, but did you know that […]
Chake Community Conservancy Launches Awareness Tours For Reforestation — Wild Open Eye – Natural Vision, News from Wild Open Eye
The BBC reports The number of trees cut down in the Brazilian Amazon in January far exceeded deforestation for the same month last year, according to government satellite data. The area destroyed was five times larger than 2021, the highest January total since records began in 2015. Environmentalists accuse Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro of allowing […]
Amazon deforestation: Record high destruction of trees in January — Natural History Wanderings
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