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Can The Great Barrier Reef Be Saved?

August 17, 2017 By EarthWise

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There have been many stories in the media about the ongoing environmental crisis at Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.  Over the past two years, the reef has lost almost half of its coral because of bleaching events.   Faced with this situation, the Australian government created the Reef 2050 Plan, a strategy to protect and maintain the reef through the year 2050.

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Doing More Harm Than Good

August 1, 2017 By EarthWise

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A group of more than 200 scientists and medical professionals has issued a consensus statement in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives urging that antimicrobial chemicals like triclosan and triclocarban should not be used in consumer products.  The experts say that these substances offer no health benefits and are actually causing health and environmental harm.

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Saving Borneo’s Forest

July 3, 2017 By EarthWise

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Borneo is the third-largest island in the world, home to part of Indonesia, part of Malaysia, and the small sultanate of Brunei.   It is also home to the oldest forest on earth – 130 million years old – which is more than twice as old as the Amazon rain forest.

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Mapping Risk

June 6, 2017 By EarthWise

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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the global authority for determining species’ vulnerability in the face of threats such as habitat loss and climate change. How widely a species can be found – its geographic range – is a key indicator used by the IUCN to assign an appropriate conservation status.

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Melting Ice Adds Life To The Sea

May 19, 2017 By EarthWise

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The changing climate has many effects upon the world’s ecosystems, some of which are surprising.  One of these relates to the effect of the increasing melting of ice in the Arctic.  The ice melt is leading to more life in the Arctic sea.

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Pesticides And Food Insecurity

April 19, 2017 By EarthWise

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A newly released report by the United Nations takes a strong stance against the use of industrial agrochemicals, saying that they are not necessary for feeding the world.  The continued use of pesticides at the rate the world currently does in fact can have very detrimental consequences.

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A Helpful Invader

April 5, 2017 By EarthWise

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Invasive species are a great concern for the health and stability of ecosystems.  They are defined as plants, animals or pathogens that are non-native to the ecosystem under consideration and whose introduction causes or is likely to cause harm.  It is that latter consideration that isn’t always obvious.

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Squeaking By

March 14, 2017 By EarthWise

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Amphibians are one of the most threatened groups of animals on the planet.  Since the late 1980s, scientists have measured dramatic population declines from locations all over the world.  The plummeting amphibian populations are perceived to be one of the most critical threats to global biodiversity.  According to the IUCN, about 1 of every 3 amphibian species is facing extinction.  Some of the greatest threats facing amphibians include climate change, disease, and habitat destruction. 

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Saving Saharan Oases

February 6, 2017 By EarthWise

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An oasis is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source such as a pond or a small lake.  Oases can provide habitat for animals as well as people.   Oases have long been essential for trade and transportation routes in desert areas; caravans typically travel via oases so that supplies of water and food can be replenished.

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Fencing Out People And Animals

February 2, 2017 By EarthWise

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The flood of refugees from the Middle East and Africa has prompted governments in the Balkan countries to erect hundreds of miles of border fences.  Countries like Slovenia have put up razor-wire security fences to stem the tide of migrants.  These border fences are built with little if any consideration of the environmental impacts on wildlife.

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Livestock And Antibiotics

January 19, 2017 By EarthWise

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According to the FDA, approximately three-quarters of all antibiotics used in the U.S. are fed to livestock for non-therapeutic purposes.  This routine administration of antibiotics promotes the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which can spread to animals and humans.   And as antibiotic-resistant bacteria spreads, medicines used to treat human diseases can become less effective. Antibiotic resistant infections kill 90,000 Americans each year.

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Changing National Parks

January 12, 2017 By EarthWise

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America’s National Parks are special places of incomparable beauty and fascination.  When the National Park Service was first created 100 years ago, it was instructed to leave these places “unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.”   We now live in a time when the changing climate is altering many aspects of the landscape including in many national parks.  The parks are protected, but they are changing.

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Lake Baikal

January 4, 2017 By EarthWise

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Lake Baikal is an ancient and massive body of freshwater found in the mountainous Russian region of Siberia.  Deep and voluminous, Lake Baikal holds 20% of the planet’s unfrozen freshwater.  And it’s often been described as the world’s cleanest and most pristine lake. 

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Wildlife Corridors

December 28, 2016 By EarthWise

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It is widely thought that we are in the midst of the 6th great mass extinction of species on Earth and, unlike the previous ones that were caused by things like asteroid impacts or ice ages, this one is caused by us.  Our impact on the climate, on natural resources, on landscapes and habitats, and more, has wreaked havoc on ecosystems across the globe.

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Wiping Out Wildlife

December 1, 2016 By Nationally Produced Shows

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According to a new report from the World Wildlife Fund, the world’s animal populations have suffered widespread population declines in the last half century.  And thousands of species are now scrambling to survive. 

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Why Do Animals Eat Ocean Plastic?

November 21, 2016 By Nationally Produced Shows

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It’s no secret that there is a lot of plastic debris in our oceans.  In fact, scientists estimate that there is more than 165 million tons of plastic trash swirling about in our oceans today, with an additional 8.8 million tons flowing in every year.  And as the oceans swell with plastic litter, hundreds of marine species are ingesting the stuff – often with dire consequences.

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Animal Welfare

November 1, 2016 By Nationally Produced Shows

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One week from today many of us will head to the polls to make critical decisions about who will represent us in the White House, in Congress, and in state and local offices.  And in several states, people will also vote on the humane treatment of animals.

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Lessons From The Forest

July 29, 2016 By Nationally Produced Shows

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For more than half a century, scientists have converged on Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in New Hampshire’s White Mountains to explore how forest ecosystems work.  The site was established by the U.S. Forest Service to study the relationship between forests and New England’s water supply. In the 1960s, inquiry was expanded to include ecology, biogeochemistry, and studies of birds and other animals.

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Should We Rescue Distressed Animals?

June 27, 2016 By Nationally Produced Shows

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From time to time, we encounter wild animals in distress.   A baby robin falls out of its nest.  A fawn is orphaned when its mother is hit by a car.  A bald eagle staggers on the ground, unable to fly.

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Alligator Security Guards

April 22, 2016 By Nationally Produced Shows

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Complex ecosystems often create complex interrelationships between animals.  One of the more surprising ones is that between waterbirds and alligators in the Florida Everglades.

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