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World Orangutan Day: Ongoing threats & habitat loss haunt these great apes https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/08/world-orangutan-day-ongoing-threats-habitat-loss-haunt-these-great-apes/

World Orangutan Day: Ongoing threats & habitat loss haunt these great apes
Despite years of research into their complex behavior and intelligence, orangutans remain critically endangered on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, where they’re endemic. Mongabay has extensively covered the threats they face from habitat degradation and what studies say about how human activities affect them. This World Orangutan Day, on Aug. 19, we take a […]

For those who don't read my blog at @… I'll post some of the photos from our trip to the #schwarzwald separately.
This one was one of the first "tests" to get into seeing details in the chaotic and dark forest. I was just simpl…

"To save a rare South African ecosystem, conservationists bought the land"
#SouthAfrica #Conservation #Environment

To save a rare South African ecosystem, conservationists bought the land
Three conservation trusts have together purchased an area of a severely threatened vegetation type found in the Overberg region of South Africa’s Western Cape province. Known as the renosterveld, this unique habitat characterized by shrubs and grasses is also a breeding ground for endangered black harriers, the three groups announced in a joint press release. […]

Capitalism is just one witty ad campaign after another until we suddenly find ourselves extinct due to self-inflicted habitat loss. https://mastodon.online/@pluszysta/115428982968522861

Sea Turtles Rebounding Worldwide as Nests and Habitat are More Protected, Says 2025 NOAA Study https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/sea-turtles-rebounding-worldwide-as-nests-and-habitat-are-being-protected-says-2025-noaa-st…

Sea Turtles Rebounding Worldwide as Nests and Habitat are Being Protected, Says 2025 NOAA Study
With new protections and conservation efforts, sea turtle populations are rebounding worldwide, even as oceans change, says 2025 NOAA study.

Momentum transfer coefficient constraints for the 2024 PDC25 Hypothetical Asteroid Impact Scenario
Christoph M. Sch\"afer, Uri Malamud, Tamir Manoach, Hagai B. Perets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19000

Transforming drab alleys into insect havens with the Pollinator Pathways Project in Bristol. Creating vital habitats for pollinators and connecting people with nature to combat declining insect populations. #climatechange #climatesolutions

Day 28: Samira Ahmed
As foreshadowed, we're back to YA land, which represents a lot of what I've been enjoying from the library lately.
I've read "Hollow Fires", "This Book Won't Burn", and "Love, Hate, and other Filters" by Ahmed, along with "Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know" which is quite different. All four are teen ~romances with interesting things to say about racism & growing up as a South Asian Muslim, but whereas the first three are set in small-town Indiana, the third is set in France and includes a historical fiction angle involving Dumas and a hypothetical Muslim woman who was (in this telling) the inspiration for several Lord Byron poems.
Ahmed's novels all include a strong and overt theme of social justice, and it's refreshing to see an author not try to wade around the topic or ignore it. Her romances are complex, with imperfect protagonists and endings that aren't always "happily ever after" although they're satisfying and believable.
My library has a plethora of similar authors I've been enjoying, including Adiba Jaigirdar (who appeared earlier in this list), Sabaa Tahir ("All my Rage" is fantastic but I'm less of a fan of her fantasy stuff), Sabina Khan ("The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali"), and Randa Abdel-Fattah ("Does My Head Look Big In This?"; from an earlier era). Ahmed gets the spot here because I really like her politics and the way she works them into her writing. Her characters are unapologetic advocates against things like book bans, and Ahmed doesn't second-guess them or try to make things more palatable for those who want to ban books (or whatever). Her historical fiction in "Mad..." is also really cool in terms of "huh that could actually totally be true" and grappling with literary sexism from ages past.
#30AuthorsNoMen

Loss of spawning pools, insects and marshy habitats has had ‘catastrophic effect on our flora and fauna’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/15/hedgehogs-salmon-and-birds-at-risk-after-dry-summer-says-natural…

"Advanced Whale Communication Technology Could Reshape Conservation Efforts"
#Whales #Animals #Conservation

Advanced Whale Communication Technology Could Reshape Conservation Efforts | Happy Eco News
Whale communication technology is advancing rapidly as Project CETI works to translate sperm whale vocalizations in the Caribbean. This technology could transform animal rights law, prevent ship collisions, protect critical habitats, and provide insights into marine ecosystems, while challenging assumptions about the fundamental differences between humans and animals.