Biodiversity Conservation

Bloomsburg University Environmental Science: Geography and Planning student. Environmentalist, Geographer, Artist, Activist. Promoting biodiversity, conservation, ecology as well as other environmental topics. "In the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught." ~ Baba Dioum.

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A Deadly Fungus Could Wipe Out Tree Frogs: Here’s How to Help

A team of biologists in Honduras are racing to protect these rare amphibians from extinction due to a deadly disease

Thanks to People Magazine for writing a story about my frog rescue project!

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[welcometothegreenside]

A Student In Iceland May Have Just Saved The Planet

The answer to our world's plastic pollution problem is here.

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A team of glaciologists climbs Chhota Shigri, a glacier in northern India, to measure how rapidly it’s melting.

More on their treacherous journey. 

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An Atlas of Pollution

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Powerful art from Robin Wood. 

We can’t allow the Arctic to become another sacrifice zone for Big Oil.  Tell President Obama to put the Arctic off-limits to new offshore drilling!

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Startling images reveal devastating coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef

Startling images have emerged of the devastating coral bleaching unfolding across parts of the Great Barrier Reef, as the marine park authority overseeing the prized environmental icon raised its response to the highest level possible.

It is very hot down under, and the combination of climate change and El Nino is devastating for the corals along the Great Barrier Reef. This is so heartbreaking. This has prompted the government to implement its highest response level (level three) to help tackle the crisis.

(Photo source)

A level three response means stepped-up surveys to better understand and tackle threats to the reef.

The Great Barrier Reef is comprised of about 3,000 reefs and 900 islands, stretching 2,000km along Australia’s northeast coast. It is considered the world’s largest living structure. The Australian economy is highly dependent on the reef, as more than $3bn is generated each year from the reef’s tourism industry.

(Photo source: XL Catlin Seaview Survey)

If you want to learn more about coral bleaching, you can check out this article I wrote on the topic a few months ago, where I was discussing coral bleaching in the Caribbean waters following a really hot episode in the summer of 2014.

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Big win

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World City Populations Time-Series Map

[welcometothegreenside]

Warington Township: Keep Warrington Ridge Open Space Intact

We, the citizens of Warrington Township and (or) resident of Bucks County, petition Warrington Township Supervisors to consider purchasing the 3.53 acres lot that was recently listed for sale by the Keane’s located on Bristol Rd. within the Estates of Warrington Ridge. We are requesting Warrington Township...

[welcometothegreenside]

Forests currently cover approximately 30 percent of the Earth's land surface. Each year, however, chunks of forest that amount to the size of Panama, according to "National ...

[welcometothegreenside]

Killer Fungus/Disease

Chytridiomycosis Chytridiomycosis is an often fatal infectious skin disease that seriously affects amphibians. The condition is caused by the chytrid fungus. Two types of this fungus has been...

Disease. Save the salamanders.  

Did you know that amphibians, a key species for our ecosystems are top species to go extinct in north america, the most amount of species in the world. No natural resistance found in lab trials. 

U.S Fish and wildlife service trying to help

[welcometothegreenside]

The Environmental Impact of GMOs

Touching on today’s class topic on Genetically Modified Organisms that have highly negative impacts on disease on species 

[citronhygieneus]

We're growing super bacteria in space.

We’re growing super #bacteria in space. http://ow.ly/Ccita

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Diversity of nature formulated

We humans are affecting nature to a greater and greater degree and this is contributing to the reduction of biodiversity globally.

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Most Americans could be sustained on local foods alone—except in NY and LA

The researchers found that based on population data from the year 2000, up to 82% of people in the US could eat a standard American diet with food from within 50 miles of home. That proportion goes up to 85% for a vegetarian diet, and down to 80% for a meat-intensive diet. If the foodshed radius expands to 100 miles, the potential for a standard American diet goes up to 90%, 93% for a vegetarian diet, and 88% for a meat-intensive diet.

Not everyone can eat so locally, though, even in the utopian model created with the study’s computer programs and algorithms. While most cities, including Chicago and San Francisco, can feed 100% of their populations with food from within 50 miles, large cities that have relatively little nearby cropland cannot. “New York City and Los Angeles, for example, can support only about 10% of their populations with a 50-mile foodshed radius but as much as 30-50% with a 100-mile foodshed radius.”

Read the whole story: http://qz.com/420086/most-americans-could-be-sustained-on-local-foods-alone-except-in-ny-and-la/

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Eating Local - Sustainability Practices

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“UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”~The Lorax, Dr. Seuss