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Category: Nature conservation
Without the oceans, WE ALL DIE!!! Seriously. And we are totally screwing up the oceans. And Obama has utterly failed to fix this problem after being in office for MONTHS!!! But wait, there's hope. Something is being done.......
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Category: Mammals
Minnesota moose experts generally agree that global warming is forcing the southern edge of the distribution of the moose northward into Canada, threatening this important US population of this ginormous deer species. Global warming denialists insist that this is the moose's fault, and has nothing...
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Category: Birds
The scientific evidence is overwhelming and unequivocal, climate change is a stark reality. It is largely caused by human activities and it presents very serious global risks for people and biodiversity around the world and it demands an urgent global response. Human activities, especially the...
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Category: Climate
We have had a cool summer here in Minnesota, and this has brought out the miscreants who for their own reasons do not want to get on board with the simple, well demonstrated scientific fact that global temperatures have risen, that we humans are the...
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Category: Nature conservation
Female monarchs in the eastern part of North America have declined in number over the last three decades, according to recent research....
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Category: Nature conservation
Don't forget to make use of the Nature Blog Network's blog, which recently posted a list of new nature blogs, and a community bulletin board. Also on NBN you'll find a list of upcoming carnivals and an interview/highlight of a featured blog (currently, Southern Fried...
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Category: Nature conservation
New Wildlife Blog There is a new blog that looks pretty darn good called "All About Wildlife" and focusing on threatened habitat and endangered species. It is called "All About Wildlife" and it is located here. I'd say this is one for the RSS feed....
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Category: Birds
Continued... For this final installation of How the Loon Terns, I'd like to very briefly address four different items of "common knowledge." Loons are driven off lakes by boaters. Loons use nursery pools. Loon are "ancient birds" "Loons winter in Mexico (or wherever)."...
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Category: Nature conservation
This has come up a couple of times recently, so I thought I'd summarize the information here. The distribution of water on Earth in cubic kilometers Salt water: 1,318,062,462 Glaciers: 28,005,430 Groundwater: 12,270,210 Lakes: 106,396 Swamps: 13,452 Rivers: 2,446 Vapor: 13,000 Biological: 1,120 (Biological means...
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Category: Birds
And now, for another installment in our series: How The Loon Terns, an exercise in skeptical thinking using Loons as a waterbird touchstone. (In case you missed it, the previous installment was here.)...
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