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Man Spends 40 Years Planting a Tree on Barren Island Every Day | My Modern Met
By Kelly Richman-Abdou on August 9, 2018 This man has been planting a tree every day, since he was 16 years old, and now the fruitless island is a giant forest that’s bigger than Central Park. In 1979, Jadav … Continue reading
Understudied deeper water reefs could teach us how to better conserve
In three decades of diving at locations including the Red Sea and Great Barrier Reef, Gal Eyal has seen coral reefs transform in front of his eyes. ‘The change is tremendous,’ said Dr Eyal, a marine ecologist at Bar-Ilan University … Continue reading
Skimming the Surface – Using Seabirds to Monitor Plastic in the Arctic
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology in cooperation with the Council of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) showcase the problem of plastics pollution in the Arctic, and explores plastic interactions with seabirds to build support for a circumpolar plastics monitoring program … Continue reading
The Green New Deal(s) | US and European Union
Ecosia is the search engine that plants trees: https://ecosia.co/info 00:00 Intro 00:20 1.5 degrees 01:46 What are the Green Deals? 02:53 US Green New Deal, explained 03:56 How to save the US GND 05:06 European Green Deal, explained 06:52 How … Continue reading
Lands That Will FLOOD in Our Lifetime
Some places are more threatened by rising sea levels than others, but in the end we’ll all be paying a price. Alternate titles include: “Where You Shouldn’t Invest in Real Estate,” “Places You Should Vacation to Before They’re Gone,” and … Continue reading
Thai project turns fishing nets into protection gear
A new environmental project in Thailand is paying local fishermen to collect discarded fishing nets and recycle them into medical gear #PlasticBagFreeDay
Busting ghost fishing nets in the Baltic Sea | Focus on Europe
Tons of lost or abandoned plastic fishing nets are polluting the Baltic and endangering its fish and other marine life. Recovering and disposing of these ghost nets is proving problematic for both environmental activists and the authorities.
Sea Turtle Entangled in Ghost Net Rescued
This video shows the detrimental effects of so-called ghost nets on marine animals. https://www.seaturtlebiologist.com
How the US poisoned Navajo Nation
The biggest radioactive spill in US history. As World War Two was ending, the growing nuclear arms race put the US in need of uranium. It turned to Navajo Nation, where the uranium mining industry thrived for four decades — … Continue reading
BrewDog goes carbon negative with wind-powered breweries
Beer company BrewDog has gone carbon negative by switching to wind power for its breweries and bars, with plans to plant a forest’s worth of trees. As well as wind, BrewDog’s breweries are also powered by leftover grain from the … Continue reading
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