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2024-05-03 @ 17.11.30 ∈ In English

Researchers determine large numbers of wild mountain goats are killed every year by avalanches
The research team found that death by avalanche was common for the goats—in one region, it was responsible for 65% of deaths. They found that overall, approximately 8% of all wild mountain goat deaths in Alaska were due to avalanches—a percentage they describe as significant.
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2024-04-26 @ 16.25.43 ∈ In English

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Carbon Offsets Don’t Work. Here’s Why
Individuals, companies and governments “offset” carbon emissions by paying to plant trees or fund solar panels in one place, so they can emit them elsewhere. Carbon credits are exchanged in the open market with the idea that carbon prices will go up – forcing companies to emit less. Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant looks at why carbon offsets may not solve the climate crisis.
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2024-04-02 @ 11.07.11 ∈ In English

Saving a Sea Monkey Sanctuary | Hakai Magazine
If Great Salt Lake were to disappear, an annual five million tonnes of farmed fish and shrimp could disappear with it. That’s roughly equal to the wild seafood the United States and Canada combined manage to catch in a year.
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2024-03-14 @ 19.10.52 ∈ In English

Researchers: Sweden has vast ‘old growth’ forests, but they are being chopped down faster than the Amazon
Most of Europe’s natural ecosystems have been lost over the centuries. However, a sizeable amount of natural old forest still exists, especially in the north. These “old-growth” forests are exceptionally valuable as they tend to host more species, store more carbon, and are more resilient to environmental change.
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2024-02-27 @ 13.02.33 ∈ In English

Center of the Universe
I read something on the internet one recent evening that made a brief and tangential reference to a serial killer preying on Marines in Southern California in the 1970s and early ’80s. Having been stationed at Camp Pendleton, I thought, “How come I never heard about this?”
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2023-11-02 @ 19.04.40 ∈ In English

Ornithological society to rename dozens of birds—and stop naming them after people
Birds in North America will no longer be named after people, the American Ornithological Society announced Wednesday. […] Rather than review each bird named after a person individually, all such birds will be renamed, the organization announced.
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2023-02-04 @ 18.31.10 ∈ Suomeksi

Perhoset | Ihmeelliset monarkkiperhoset näyttävät pelastuneen sukupuuton partaalta Kaliforniassa
Vielä pari vuotta sitten vapaaehtoiset laskivat vain 2 000 perhosta. Viime marraskuussa perhosia laskettiin 330 000 yksilöä.
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2020-08-18 @ 17.45.51 ∈ In English

@amazingmap
The Northernmost part of Brazil is closer to Canada than it is to the Southernmost part of Brazil

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