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A non-profit organisation recently declared Malibu Surfrider Beach the first ever World Surfing Reserve. This is a huge step in preserving both the shape and cultural significance of the world’s most renowned waves and beaches. Read more…
Invasive plants are an ever-looming problem around the world, affecting native food webs, availability of water, and overall plant biodiversity. Easily navigating their way on plane, car, boat, and boot, the problem becomes all the more daunting when you look out the window and realize nearly every plant you see is not, in fact, in its original environment. Although some invasives have a much larger impact on their host environment than others, it’s the immensity of the invasive populations that make any eradication solution less than than appetizing. Unless, of course, you have a fork. Read more…
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The Gulf of Mexico has had its fair share of environmental disasters over the last decade with its annual hurricane season and the recent BP oil spill. What gets lesser attention is the impact that human beings have had on the Gulf with overfishing and more specifically shark fishing. Read more…
The Amazon, from my plane window
For several months last year, I lived in Peru. Seeing Machu Picchu was my lifelong dream. But the part of the trip that affected me most was my time in Iquitos, the world’s largest city that cannot be reached by road. Jungle-locked, overlooking the Amazon River, and overrun by motorcycles, it is a wonder. From a dugout canoe hundreds of miles from anywhere, I saw pink river dolphins jump and play. That’s what I remember most. Read more…
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Over the past decades, fisheries in general have been on the decline. Modern technology helps increase total catch resulting in dwindling populations. Authorities are forced to place quotas on species in hopes of preserving school size. Though this is typically the case, Florida authorities are encouraging divers to capture and kill Lionfish! Read more…
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As the hurricane season rapidly approaches we can’t help but notice the severity of other natural disasters that have occurred this summer. As wildfires rage in Russia and over 20% of Pakistan is now underwater from unprecedented flooding we wonder: are these incidents statistical anomalies, or clear signs that global climate change is finally showing us its true colors? Read more…
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While we are watchfully embracing the capping of the BP Gulf oil spill after 85 long days and 184 million gallons, it’s important to remember the damaging effects the oil has had on countless species of wildlife. The devastating oil spill is not only threatening fish (and fisherman), birds and marine mammals, but sea turtles as well. Already claiming the lives of over 467 endangered sea turtles, the survival of many others is unknown. Read more…
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Logging has been the cause of complete deforestation for many years. Illegal logging is an even bigger problem because it is unregulated and ruthless. However, for the first time in a long time there is some good news. Read more…
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One day in her job at the supermarket, Angela Maldonado and a delivery man made a trade: money to repair the man’s grocery truck for the man’s pet wooly monkey. She decided to set the monkey free in the jungles of Vaupe. She then went home and started a job in management with Coca-Cola. Now, 10 years later, Angela Maldonado considers it her life’s work to preserve the population of night monkeys in the Colombian rainforest. Read more…
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Though the verdict is still out on who actually killed the LA River, some policymakers are making progress to return it to its natural state. Just recently, the EPA announced that the entire 51 miles of the river, from the San Fernando Valley to the San Pedro Bay will be designated ‘traditional navigable waters’. This designation is crucial for Clean Water Act protections to be applied to the waterway. Read more…
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