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"Conserving just 35% of the nation's waterways could sustain freshwater biodiversity"
#Biodiversity #Conservation

Conserving just 35% of the nation's waterways could sustain freshwater biodiversity
By evaluating the health of waterways across the U.S., researchers have identified a network encompassing about one-third of rivers and streams that, if conserved and restored, could sustain the nation's freshwater biodiversity in the face of habitat degradation and climate change. Mark Anderson of The Nature Conservancy, U.S., led the new study, published Sept. 16, 2026, in the journal PLOS One.

I'm reading the Scottish Government's latest #Biodiversity Action Plan. A great deal of it is pure fantasy unless we also urgently tackle the #ClimateEmergency (which we are not doing) but the ambition is good.

Biodiversity: delivery plan 2024 to 2030
The first in a series of rolling Delivery Plans which form part of our Strategic Framework for Biodiversity, in conjunction with the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy. It includes actions needed to ensure we are on track to achieving the vision and outcomes in the Strategy.

"Only 13% of biodiversity promises from 180 influential companies pass accountability test"
#Biodiversity #Business

Only 13% of biodiversity promises from 180 influential companies pass accountability test
New research by the University of Oxford and the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University has revealed that most biodiversity commitments made by large, influential companies are not precise enough to enable society to evaluate whether they are making progress toward meeting their commitments. The results have been published in One Earth.

I rewarded myself for #BackToSchool preparation with this book by Anders Kofoed, and it's wonderful. Every Danish home should own it as a beautiful guide to the wildlife and the challenges that we encounter in Danish waters. And then maybe we'd do something finally about our choking seas. A huge recommend on #bookstodon for #DKmastodon from me.
I hope it is translated, the format would do well all round the North and Baltic Seas.
A particularly tasty nugget unearthed today: the Kattegat hosts one of the world's rarest and shallowest of ecosystems, a cold seep which is rather wonderfully named a bubble reef (boblerev) in Danish.
I think we should use this term in English - surely a bubble reef sounds much more appealing than a cold seep?
#biodiversity #marineBiology #Stem #BiodiversityCrisis #danmark

"Brazil’s expanding offshore oil frontier puts biodiversity at risk: study"
#Brazil #Biodiversity

Brazil’s expanding offshore oil frontier puts biodiversity at risk: study
In late August 2019, fishing communities along the northeast coast of Brazil reported black oily stains washing up on beaches, with crude clumping between the roots of mangroves, on the shells of turtles and on growing numbers of beached fish. The origin of the spill was never confirmed: Then-president Jair Bolsonaro first blamed a Venezuelan […]

"Birdsong data from Merlin ID app to help global biodiversity project"
#Birds #Biodiversity

Birdsong data from Merlin ID app to help global biodiversity project
Cornell Lab for Ornithology plans data linkup between app and population monitoring on eBird platform

Mein Beileid geht raus an die neu entdeckten Arten, die sich bisher erfolgreich vor Menschen verstecken konnten. 🤭
Bei einer Tiefsee-Expedition im argentinischen Mar-del-Plata-Canyon wurden 57 neue #Meeresarten entdeckt. Darunter befinden sich fünf neue wissenschaftliche Gattungen mit #Korallen, #Seegurken und #Krebstieren.
#Argentinien #Meeresforschung #biodiversity #environment