Weekly Roundup | Earth and Nature: Top 20 stories of the week of April 20 - 27th, 2017
"We need the tonic of wildness - to wade sometimes in marshes where the bittern and the meadow-hen lurk, and hear the booming of the snipe; to smell the whispering sedge where only some wilder and more solitary fowl builds her nest, and the mink crawls with its belly close to the ground. At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be infinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature." - Henry David Thoreau
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BP oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to natural resources, scientists find in first-ever financial evaluation of spill’s impact
The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to the natural resources in the Gulf of Mexico, a team of scientists recently found after a six-year study of the impact of the largest oil spill in U.S. history. This is the first comprehensive appraisal of the financial value of the natural resources damaged by the 134-million-gallon spill. “This is proof that our natural resources have an immense monetary value to citizens of the United States who visit the Gulf and to those who simply care that this valuable resource is...
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Submitted on April 21st 2017 by ckshenn with 1 comments
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2 +16y+ ago
Aurora photographers find new night sky lights and call them Steve
A group of aurora enthusiasts have found a new type of light in the night sky and named it Steve. Eric Donovan from the University of Calgary in Canada spotted the feature in photos shared on a Facebook group. He did not recognise it as a catalogued phenomenon and although the group were calling it a proton arc, he knew proton auroras were not visible.
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Submitted on April 24th 2017 by TNY
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How gardeners can combat climate change
Gardening simply requires greater vigilance than before.
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Submitted on April 23rd 2017 by gladsdotter
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Dramatic rescue saves 7 horses from icy death in frozen-over slough
Firefighters near Grande Prairie, Alta., used their specialized training to rescue 10 frantic horses that broke through an ice-covered slough on Sunday. Dramatic video shows how firefighters saved the horses, three of which later died from the ordeal. The herd had wandered onto the ice before falling through, said Trevor Grant, regional fire chief in the County of Grande Prairie.
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Submitted on April 23rd 2017 by hxxp
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Exploding Sea Cucumber Butt Threads Are a New Material
Whoever named the sea cucumber after a vegetable didn’t give it enough credit. Yes, sea cucumbers are soft, warty tubes that scoot eyelessly along the seafloor. But they aren’t helpless. Some secrete a poison that’s deadly to other animals. And some, when threatened, shoot sticky threads out of their anuses to tangle up predators.
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Submitted on April 22nd 2017 by CatLady with 1 comments
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Cougars spotted 'taking a stroll' along SkyTrain tracks in Port Moody,B.C.
The animals tripped an alarm early Friday morning.
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Submitted on April 22nd 2017 by jcscher
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7 +16y+ ago
The Wall at the End of the Empire
The long and varied history of life along Hadrian’s Wall
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Submitted on April 20th 2017 by Appaloosa
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8 +16y+ ago
How to Photograph an Orchid
These fascinating plants are worlds unto themselves. By Alexa Keefe. Photographs by Christian Ziegler.
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Submitted on April 22nd 2017 by gladsdotter
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9 +16y+ ago
Bill Nye criticizes CNN on air for inviting climate change skeptic
Bill Nye on Saturday accused CNN of doing a "disservice" to viewers by bringing a climate change skeptic onto the network for a panel discussion. "I will say, much as I love CNN, you’re doing a disservice by having one climate change skeptic, and not 97 or 98 scientists or engineers concerned about climate change," Nye said during an appearance on CNN's "New Day." Nye was participating in a panel discussion on the network with May Boeve, the executive director of the environmental group 350.org, and William Happer, a physicist and climate change skeptic.
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Submitted on April 23rd 2017 by distant
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Lazy fit animals: How some beasts get the gain without the pain
Wish you could get fit without the effort? Make like a goose and just sit around and eat, says Richard Lovett.
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Submitted on April 25th 2017 by AdelleChattre
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Indonesia's 'Hobbits' Are Far Older Relatives Than We Originally Thought
Once upon a time, on an island in Indonesia, there lived a hobbit.
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Submitted on April 22nd 2017 by kxh
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12 +16y+ ago
Let’s Remember Exxon’s Extremely Fucked Up Response to Its Catastrophic Oil Spill
After the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Exxon launched a ruthless crusade to intimidate and discredit government scientists. By Sarah Emerson.
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Submitted on April 26th 2017 by AdelleChattre with 1 comments
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This spinach leaf is actually a tiny, beating human heart
Spinach makes the heart grow fonder.
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Submitted on April 26th 2017 by b1ackbird
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14 +16y+ ago
Centuries Old Pemmican-Making Camp Uncovered in Montana
The camp, used by Blackfoot peoples from to the 14th to 17th centuries, sheds light on a key commodity of the pre-contact Northern Plains.
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Submitted on April 21st 2017 by CatLady
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NASA Releases Amazing New Photos of the World at Night
NASA scientists have released new global maps of Earth at night, providing the clearest-yet views of the patterns of human settlements across our planet
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Submitted on April 22nd 2017 by CatLady
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16 +16y+ ago
Our Climate Future Is Actually Our Climate Present
How do we live with the fact that the world we knew is going and, in some cases, already gone? By Jon Mooallem.
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Submitted on April 24th 2017 by AdelleChattre
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Console Repairmen Explain Why Cockroaches Love PS4s
First, there were snakes on a plane. Then, we had sharks in tornadoes. Now, there is a darker and more prevalent combination of pests and unlikely places they exist: cockroaches in your PS4.
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Submitted on April 20th 2017 by mariogi
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18 +16y+ ago
Naked mole-rats ‘turn into plants’ to survive without oxygen, scientists find
It may have missed out on good looks, but the naked mole rat is once again amazing scientists with its fascinating super-powers. By Sarah Knapton.
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Submitted on April 23rd 2017 by AdelleChattre
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19 +16y+ ago
Thailand to increase green areas by 40 percent in next 20 years
Thailand plans to create forests in urban areas to help absorb air pollution and build more green offices. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) Permanent Secretary Wijarn Simachaya said in a seminar on topic of forests in cities and sustainability that the ministry is now pursuing its 20-year plan to increase green areas in the country by 40 percent, compared to 32 percent at present.
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Submitted on April 24th 2017 by geoleo
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20 +16y+ ago
[U.S.] Lead Hazards Afflict Thousands as Trump eyes funding cuts
Reuters uncovers hundreds more U.S. areas with child lead-poisoning rates double that found in Flint. Yet cities worry as President Trump plans funding cuts. By M.B. Pell, Joshua Schneyer and Andy Sullivan.
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Submitted on April 24th 2017 by AdelleChattre with 3 comments
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/t/environment 28 posts, 12 comments, 139 votes.
/t/climate 25 posts, 8 comments, 115 votes.
/t/biology 19 posts, 8 comments, 19 votes.
/t/animals 17 posts, 4 comments, 137 votes.
/t/archaeology 17 posts, 2 comments, 86 votes.
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