r/environment

We didn’t just fail to stop Ebola. We caused it. The driver of zoonotic outbreaks isn’t bad luck. It’s habitat destruction, wildlife trade, and decades of ignoring science.

We didn’t just fail to stop Ebola. We caused it. The driver of zoonotic outbreaks isn’t bad luck. It’s habitat destruction, wildlife trade, and decades of ignoring science.

therevelator.org
u/The_Weekend_Baker — 10 days ago

To cull or not to cull: Greenland debates fate of world’s slowest shark. As trawlers compete with Greenland sharks for halibut and cod, conservationists and fishers clash over what to do about misunderstood species.

theguardian.com
u/The_Weekend_Baker — 10 days ago

Google Is Accused of Destroying Nearly 500 Football Fields of Forest for New Data Center Project. Finnish regulator LVV examines whether Google’s local unit cleared 300 hectares near Muhos before a required environmental review was complete

gadgetreview.com
u/esporx — 10 days ago
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Future of Amazon rainforest policies at stake in Brazilian presidential election. Opposition presidential candidate Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro says he doesn’t believe climate change is real.

apnews.com
u/The_Weekend_Baker — 11 days ago

Polar oceans transformed as warming melts ice habitats: research. As temperatures rise, Arctic sea ice has shrunk by nearly half a million square kilometres per decade since 1979, equivalent to losing an area the size of Spain every 10 years.

france24.com
u/Wagamaga — 11 days ago

Record heat fries greater San Diego for third day and won’t end until next Sunday. Escondido got to 105, tying a record last set in 1987 and 1893. And Ramona hit 101, one degree higher than a record achieved in 1987 and 1974.

sandiegouniontribune.com
u/Wagamaga — 10 days ago

EPA to give $90M for clean water and restoration projects in Chesapeake Bay watershed | Announcement comes weeks after Trump canceled Obama-era order calling for feds to take leadership role in bay cleanup

marylandmatters.org
u/FreeHugs23 — 10 days ago