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50 Critical Environmental Reforms President Biden Can Enact Without Congress — Natural History Wanderings

Center for Biological Diversity News Release WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity released transition recommendations today detailing key actions the incoming Biden administration can take to address the extinction crisis and climate change without waiting on a divided Congress. The report starts by recommending that President Biden rescind every single Trump executive order and other […]
50 Critical Environmental Reforms President Biden Can Enact Without Congress — Natural History Wanderings

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December 13, 2020

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Fish that eat microplastics face more challenges, study shows — KRISHNA KUMAR SINGH

Microplastics can modify the conduct of fish, with those that ingest the poisons liable to be bolder, more dynamic and swim in hazardous territories where they kick the bucket as a group, as per another examination. The endurance hazard presented by microplastics is likewise exacerbated by corrupting coral reefs, as biting the dust corals make […]
Fish that eat microplastics face more challenges, study shows — KRISHNA KUMAR SINGH

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November 1, 2020

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Bad Species news, conservation, Endangered Species, Environment, fish, habitat, Plastic, pollution, The Oceans

May 28, 2020

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This 17 March 2018 video is called Mealworms & Superworms Can Digest Styrofoam? with Eddy Garcia. From the American Chemical Society in the USA: Superworms digest plastic, with help from their bacterial sidekicks May 27, 2020 Resembling giant mealworms, superworms (Zophobas atratus) are beetle larvae that are often sold in pet stores as feed for […]

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May 20, 2020

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When we think of pollution, we often think of it as a visible problem. The term usually conjures up images of rubbish dumps and oil slicks. Most forms of pollution are invisible to the human eye and come in a variety of different forms. This week, we thought we’d look at the seven major forms […]

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March 18, 2020

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The Interceptor 004, a vessel that will gather plastics o the Ozama River and prevent them from reaching the Caribbean Sea, has already set sail for the Dominican Republic from Rotterdam port in the Netherlands. The NGO Countries Under The Ocean Cleanup, which donated the vessel, tweeted the announcement. “Last night in Rotterdam, we said […]

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March 18, 2020

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A report by Palko Karasz for the New York Times. Come for the beaches, say tourism ads for the Dominican Republic. But it has some beaches you might want to skip right now. The Caribbean nation is known for sapphire seas and ivory beaches, but it is grappling with waves of garbage washing up on […]

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February 25, 2020

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ScienceDaily Researchers studied recent extinctions from climate change to estimate the loss of plant and animal species by 2070. Their results suggest that as many as one in three species could face extinction unless warming is reduced. Read article at One-third of plant and animal species could be gone in 50 years — ScienceDaily

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February 12, 2020

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To continue with the theme of getting ready and getting pretty, let’s have a quick re-visit to our “toilette.” The French refer to the “toilette” as the act of dressing or grooming oneself. Daily….we can only hope…. Remember Dear Reader, we are not going for perfect. Perfect doesn’t exist. We are looking for better. Better […]

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January 28, 2020

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A report from The Jamaica Information Service. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the benefits to be derived from the ban on single-use plastics and polystyrene foam will materialise over the medium to long-term. He noted that as the society adjusts to the measure “you are going to see less plastics [and polystyrene] littering […]

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January 28, 2020

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The Yucatan Times reports that seven countries in the Caribbean region—Jamaica, Belize, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Bahamas—will ban the use of single-use plastic from January 1, 2020. Starting January 1st, 2020, single-use plastics and polystyrene will be banned in seven Caribbean countries, with the main objective of preventing ocean pollution […]

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