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Acoustic monitoring and AI were used to track biodiversity recovery in tropical Chocó forest in NW Ecuador. 🌎
Researchers found that species returned to regenerating forests in as little as 25 years, indicating positive progress in forest recovery:
Researchers found that species returned to regenerating forests in as little as 25 years, indicating positive progress in forest recovery:
Sound recordings and AI tell us if forests are recovering, new study from Ecuador shows
Does planting trees bring back the animals? Around the world, people are working to restore forests, either by planting trees or allowing the flora to return naturally. But as the trees grow, it can b...
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October 23, 2023 at 11:23 PM
Acoustic monitoring and AI were used to track biodiversity recovery in tropical Chocó forest in NW Ecuador. 🌎
Researchers found that species returned to regenerating forests in as little as 25 years, indicating positive progress in forest recovery:
Researchers found that species returned to regenerating forests in as little as 25 years, indicating positive progress in forest recovery:
Walden Pond on a rainy afternoon
October 16, 2023 at 9:27 PM
Walden Pond on a rainy afternoon
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Happy to be at BlueSky, looking forward to leaving twitter behind :D. Sharing my SciFri interview to celebrate.
In some forests, canopy soil is formed way up above the ground. Jessica Murray, a Ph.D. at Utah State University, says that she’s seen an entirely unique world residing on the tops of trees in Costa Rica. 🧪
Learn more:
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/tre...
Learn more:
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/tre...
October 9, 2023 at 7:52 PM
Happy to be at BlueSky, looking forward to leaving twitter behind :D. Sharing my SciFri interview to celebrate.
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🌎 Aware of the role of Indigenous peoples in preserving biodiversity, 8,000 Indigenous women occupied Brasília during the latest March of Indigenous Women:
Brazil’s Indigenous women march again for the rights of their people and lives
“Our voice is a political voice,” says Samela Sateré Mawé, communicator of the National Articulation of Indigenous Women Warriors of Ancestry (ANMIGA) and Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of B...
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October 5, 2023 at 2:52 PM
🌎 Aware of the role of Indigenous peoples in preserving biodiversity, 8,000 Indigenous women occupied Brasília during the latest March of Indigenous Women:
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Our Liz Kimbrough interviews Ken Burns about his 2-part documentary, The American Buffalo, set to premiere Oct. 16 and 17 on PBS 🌎
Read his thoughts about this 'heartbreaking but hopeful' story of racism, redemption and restoration here [or listen via Mongabay's podcast, wherever you get podcasts]
Read his thoughts about this 'heartbreaking but hopeful' story of racism, redemption and restoration here [or listen via Mongabay's podcast, wherever you get podcasts]
Ken Burns discusses heartbreak & hope of ‘The American Buffalo,’ his new documentary
Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns tells stories that shed light on the complexities and nuances of the United States’ cultural tapestry. This time, Burns has turned his lens on a symbol of the vast ...
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October 4, 2023 at 6:37 PM
Our Liz Kimbrough interviews Ken Burns about his 2-part documentary, The American Buffalo, set to premiere Oct. 16 and 17 on PBS 🌎
Read his thoughts about this 'heartbreaking but hopeful' story of racism, redemption and restoration here [or listen via Mongabay's podcast, wherever you get podcasts]
Read his thoughts about this 'heartbreaking but hopeful' story of racism, redemption and restoration here [or listen via Mongabay's podcast, wherever you get podcasts]
Grateful to have contributed to this amazing project
The very first beat: How a heart starts to pulse
One moment there's nothing, the next... a heartbeat. As a vertebrate embryo grows, its heart tissue starts to pulse well before it's needed. But how does the...
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October 4, 2023 at 2:13 AM
Grateful to have contributed to this amazing project
Little Island Strolls
October 1, 2023 at 10:44 PM
Little Island Strolls
Autumn strolls
September 23, 2023 at 10:56 PM
Autumn strolls
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Brazil's Supreme Court sides with Indigenous rights
Legal challenge that would have stripped Indigenous land rights and opened up traditional territories to mining and agribusiness quashed:
Legal challenge that would have stripped Indigenous land rights and opened up traditional territories to mining and agribusiness quashed:
Brazil Supreme Court quashes time frame proposal in win for Indigenous rights
Brazil’s Supreme Court voted against the highly controversial time frame proposal, a legal challenge that would have stripped Indigenous rights and opened up traditional territories to mining and ag...
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September 22, 2023 at 1:50 PM
Brazil's Supreme Court sides with Indigenous rights
Legal challenge that would have stripped Indigenous land rights and opened up traditional territories to mining and agribusiness quashed:
Legal challenge that would have stripped Indigenous land rights and opened up traditional territories to mining and agribusiness quashed:
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As a Ph.D. student, @murryloub.bsky.social studied how barn swallows grow when exposed to light pollution.
However, early on, she sensed she wasn’t welcome in her rural field site and soon learned that many marginalized individuals often felt the same doing fieldwork.
However, early on, she sensed she wasn’t welcome in her rural field site and soon learned that many marginalized individuals often felt the same doing fieldwork.
September 21, 2023 at 4:32 PM
As a Ph.D. student, @murryloub.bsky.social studied how barn swallows grow when exposed to light pollution.
However, early on, she sensed she wasn’t welcome in her rural field site and soon learned that many marginalized individuals often felt the same doing fieldwork.
However, early on, she sensed she wasn’t welcome in her rural field site and soon learned that many marginalized individuals often felt the same doing fieldwork.
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Can 'road ecology' save millions of animals?
On the Mongabay Newscast @mongabay.bsky.social, I speak with environmental reporter Ben Goldfarb about the increasing problem of roads, the havoc the wreak upon our ecosystems, and emerging adaptive efforts.
news.mongabay.com/2023/09/can-...
On the Mongabay Newscast @mongabay.bsky.social, I speak with environmental reporter Ben Goldfarb about the increasing problem of roads, the havoc the wreak upon our ecosystems, and emerging adaptive efforts.
news.mongabay.com/2023/09/can-...
Can ‘road ecology’ save millions of animals?
Designing roads with wildlife in mind is an idea whose time hasn’t come soon enough: nearly a million animals are killed on roads every day, just in the U.S., and this sobering statistic is very lik...
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September 19, 2023 at 10:34 PM
Can 'road ecology' save millions of animals?
On the Mongabay Newscast @mongabay.bsky.social, I speak with environmental reporter Ben Goldfarb about the increasing problem of roads, the havoc the wreak upon our ecosystems, and emerging adaptive efforts.
news.mongabay.com/2023/09/can-...
On the Mongabay Newscast @mongabay.bsky.social, I speak with environmental reporter Ben Goldfarb about the increasing problem of roads, the havoc the wreak upon our ecosystems, and emerging adaptive efforts.
news.mongabay.com/2023/09/can-...
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Plane has the chance to do the funniest thing of all time
September 18, 2023 at 3:57 PM
Plane has the chance to do the funniest thing of all time
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The UN has claimed to be at least 95% climate neutral since 2018, largely through the use of carbon credits
We teamed up w/ The New Humanitarian to explain how this is not the case
The UN’s credits are linked to environmental damage & displacement while others were deemed worthless by experts:
We teamed up w/ The New Humanitarian to explain how this is not the case
The UN’s credits are linked to environmental damage & displacement while others were deemed worthless by experts:
Revealed: Why the UN is not climate neutral
The UN claims to be almost entirely climate neutral, yet that claim is based on buying millions of carbon offset credits that experts say do little to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, The New Humanita...
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September 13, 2023 at 3:46 PM
The UN has claimed to be at least 95% climate neutral since 2018, largely through the use of carbon credits
We teamed up w/ The New Humanitarian to explain how this is not the case
The UN’s credits are linked to environmental damage & displacement while others were deemed worthless by experts:
We teamed up w/ The New Humanitarian to explain how this is not the case
The UN’s credits are linked to environmental damage & displacement while others were deemed worthless by experts: