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Looking for something to listen to this weekend? Check out President of #WILD, @vancegmartin's convo with @LCEndeavors about our changing environment & the beauty & the precarious balance of the natural world.
Listen here or wherever you stream podcasts: https://t.co/jfyPrh9APC
It's the #yearoftherat, the first in the 12-year cycle of Chinese zodiac signs. Those born during the year of the rat are said to be diligent and resourceful, and take advantage of opportunities, kind of like the deep #sea#chimaera, also lovingly known as the #ratfish. #oceanx
Excited to share our recent #podcast with @lcendeavors! Recorded with @earthxorg - we share what it’s like diving on an oil rig and how we see a future for these structures to be re-purposed as reefs! #marineconservation#rigstoreefs
https://t.co/NvxXJJ47p4
“Ocean heat content is, in many ways, our best measure of the effect of climate change on the earth,” said Zeke Hausfather, the director of climate and energy at the Breakthrough Institute in California. https://t.co/JA8CQaYaH5 via @actionsprout
It's more than coincidence that lands managed by #Indigenous Peoples make up more than 1/3 of Earth's remaining pristine forests. Empowering traditional land practices is the most effective strategy for preserving Earth's biodiversity. #IndigenousRights https://t.co/K3DfuzRR87
Love octopuses? Celebrate #CephalopodWeek with a symbolic octopus adoption!
All donations go toward making our world's oceans healthier and safer, for generations to come. https://t.co/tcfWfXfdYi
Victory for sharks! Canada has banned the import and export of shark fins! After an outpouring of support from more than 300,000 people on @OceanaCAN’s petition, Canada’s role in the cruel shark fin trade has finally ended. #FinBanNow
Check out our most recent #podcast episode of Conservation Connection where we talk about the new exhibit at the @NMNH Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History! You won’t want to miss the great stories in this one! @earthxorg
Humboldt penguins grip prey with a mouth and throat lined with fleshy backward-pointing spines, which we won’t show you because it’s so upsetting, also because we don’t have a photo. It’s pretty metal though.
To find sloths today, you have to look carefully in the rainforest canopies of Central and South America. But even just 11,700 years ago, giant ground sloths like Eremotherium were hard to miss in dry North American landscapes. #DeepTime (Illustration by: Julius Csotonyi)
The world's coral reefs are in crisis and dying off at an alarming rate, but conservationists are working day and night to protect them! In episode 10, you’ll meet Guyon Brenna and Zoë Ward, two members of Reef Life Foundation who are doing just that.
https://t.co/AXjRqmZ9q0
Conservation looks different for everyone! You could be a forestry worker in the backcountry or a venture capitalist on Wall Street: all that matters is that you apply your talents to making this world a better place. Check out Episode 09 launching this Thursday!
We all have to start somewhere. ♻️Whatever change you can incorporate in your daily routine that benefits the earth, start there! You’ll be surprised with how fast good habits form. 🌎 @ZeroWasteChef#zerowaste
#ICYMI: Maine became the first state in the U.S. to ban polystyrene, or Styrofoam, food containers. Other states also are considering restrictions on plastic foam materials. More, via @CBS: https://t.co/98R5fLyxVy