#NewSpecies!
New microsnail from #thailand just crawled in:
Acmella krueangensis
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CD7E2B23-C490-5593-A0E0-804970919958
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1256.157322
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First, it eliminates vast tracts of previously suitable land around industrial sites. Second, and more damaging, it narrows the definition of "industrial site" from any industrially classified land to only sites that have obtained environmental authorization. The cascade effect is ruthless: available land for solar development contracts dramatically, permitting timelines lengthen, and investor certainty evaporates
On 22 November, Italy enacted a decree that should alarm every EU policymaker concerned with climate ambition. Yet it will likely be dismissed as a domestic regulatory matter. This is precisely the problem, writes Patrizio Donati, CEO and founder of Terrawatt, an Italian Independent Power Producer (IPP) (pictured, below). The decree, framed as an emergency […]
2-Dec-2025
Golden #Eagles in the West appear stable, but Nevada tells a different story
Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) have been protected in North America since 1962 and their populations in the West are considered stable. However, a new study published in the Journal of Raptor Research found that the Nevada population is declining and could be headed for something worse.
2-Dec-2025
What happens to #eagles after rehab?
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1108428 #science #conservation #ecology #birds #raptors
There are many ways for an eagle to suffer a human-caused death. Electrocution, lead poisoning, vehicle collisions, or being shot, to name a few. Some of these deaths are “offset” through a provision within the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act of 1962 (BGEPA) that requires eagles to be replaced when they are removed from the population by certain human actions.
Higher plant diversity in agricultural grasslands increases yields with lower inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. That is the headline finding of a landmark, international study led by Trinity College Dublin that paints a promising picture for more sustainable agriculture.
The Government’s 59 policy changes that are destroying the country’s climate response
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
#NewSpecies!
New gecko from #india just climbed in:
Hemidactylus kalinga
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/63E5500E-1E96-5948-89B3-ADC5EDCFD941
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.38.e175753
#Herpetozoa #HemidactylusKalinga
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#NewSpecies!
New bandfish from #taiwan just swam in:
Owstonia smithvanizi
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C6C0704-F2DE-57E4-92F1-8BEDDAD233BD
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1262.167436
#ZooKeys #OwstoniaSmithvanizi
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I highly recommend this book:
Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
by James Bridle
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58772732-ways-of-being
#NonFiction #Science #Philosophy #Nature #technology #ecology #psychology #books #audiobooks #bookstodon
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