Divers Assess Risk of Oil Leak From Sunken Ship
A large feed boat belonging to fish farming company Laxar sunk in Reyðarfjörður, East Iceland last weekend. Vísir reports that divers were sent out to the ship yesterday to assess the risk of oil …
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North America’s most valuable resource is at risk
This story appears in the December 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. For the Anishinaabe, hunting has never been a sport, and life is never taken lightly. So when the big bull moose …
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OCA downplays environmental risk from ship’s oil leak
An oil leak from a freighter that sank off the coast of Kaohsiung on Friday is not expected to cause an environmental crisis, the Ocean Conservation Administration (OCA) said yesterday. The …
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Palm oil peril: Is your peanut butter putting primates at risk?
Palm oil is used in half of all consumer goods. But to produce it, rainforests get destroyed and wildlife is endangered.
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Press Worries About a Fracking Ban’s ‘Risk’ to Democrats—Not Fracking’s Threat to Planet
In last week’s vice presidential debate between Sen. Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence, Harris reiterated Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s rejection of a fracking ban, despite her earlier call …
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Climate Change Could Put Tiny Krill at Big Risk
Antarctic krill, centimeter-long shrimp-like crustaceans that feed primarily on phytoplankton, are a key part of the Antarctic marine food chain. Click image to enlarge. Credit: NOAA NMFS SWFSC …
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Small oil palm farmers face survival crisis in risk to future output
When Shell engineer Incham Serdin quit his job four years ago to start a small palm plantation in his native Malaysia, prices of the fleshy fruit bunches used to make the world’s most-consumed …
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Satellite Data Shows Amazon Rainforest Is Drier And Could Be At Risk For Fires
New satellite data shows that the Amazon rainforest is drier than usual and could be at risk of fires this year
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Dissolved oxygen and pH policy leave fisheries at risk
During the past two decades, scientists have learned how hypoxia and acidification can act and interact to harm marine organisms. Hundreds of low oxygen or dead zones have been identified across the …