https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas Made with a lightning strike of genius en-us 2018-06-05 21:06:30 UTC 2018-06-11 12:18:18 UTC hello@padlet.com lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/265745134 (https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliviapinnock/2018/06/05/can-this-t-shirt-reduce-air-pollution/#4cec1cb92a35)
Kloters, an independent loungewear brand in Italy, has made a the world’s first pollution-absorbing t-shirt called RepAir. The t-shirt can absorb pollution from the patented chest pocket insert made from a special fabric called The Breath. The Breath is able to absorb and lower pollutant molecules such as nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, and Benzene C6H6.]]> 2018-06-05 21:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/265745134 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/265749191 (http://time.com/5299868/whale-dies-eating-plastic-bags/)
A pilot whale died in Thailand after eating more than 80 plastic bags and other debris. The whale had threw up five plastic bags before dying and an autopsy exhumed more than 17 lb of additional plastic rubbish from the whale’s stomach.]]> 2018-06-05 22:09:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/265749191 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/265750913 (http://www.krdo.com/news/colorado-springs/colorado-parks-wildlife-work-to-save-endangered-state-trout/749532965)
Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists set up a laboratory alongside Bear Creek to catch and spawn an endangered trout species: the greenback cutthroat trout. The trout were believed to be extinct, in 1937, because of pollution and pressure from fishing and competition from other species, but were discovered in Bear Creek in 2012.]]> 2018-06-05 22:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/265750913 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/265754034 (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/amazon-installs-solar-panels-at-fulfilment-centres-to-generate-8000-kw-of-solar-energy/articleshow/64465478.cms)
Amazon India launched a new initiative to generate clean energy by installing solar panels onto the top of its fulfillment centres and sortation sites in India. They plan to further install large-scale solar panel systems on rooftops of an additional five fulfillment centres and two sortation sites]]> 2018-06-05 23:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/265754034 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/265755327 (https://electrek.co/2018/06/05/electric-cars-charge-on-sunlight-tesla-powerpacks-smart-solar-charging-station/)
Tesla has been installing its solar products and energy storage systems on its charging network in order to have their cars drive on solar power. The same products can also benefit all other electric vehicles. During the day, electric vehicles can charge on sunlight and the excess solar power is stored in Tesla’s battery packs.]]> 2018-06-05 23:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/265755327 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/265756383 (http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2018/06/invasive_swarming_tick_is_now_found_in_fourth_nj_c.html)
An invasive species of tick that is known for its tendency to infest livestock is found in Mercer County. The Longhorned tick, or East Asian tick, has been in the U.S.A. for at least 5 years and has also been found in Virginia and West Virginia. The tick is not considered a threat to people, but may have a major impact on animals like cattle, horses, deer, sheep and goats.]]> 2018-06-05 23:27:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/265756383 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/265855467 (http://www.businessinsider.com/japans-population-is-shrinking-demographic-time-bomb-2018-6)
Japan’s population is declining very quickly. Their fertility rates are falling as the lifespan of their citizens increases.. The aging population problem causes various problems for Japan.]]> 2018-06-06 12:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/265855467 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266093379 (https://www.channel3000.com/news/report-wisconsin-wolf-population-may-be-stabilizing-1/749992745)
Wisconsin’s suggests the state's wolf population may be stabilizing after decades of growth. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed the animals from the federal Endangered Species Act in 2011, but a federal judge returned the wolves back onto the endangered species list in 2014. A few more years of data are needed to confirm the population stabilization.]]> 2018-06-07 12:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266093379 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266120073 (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180606132709.htm)
Pollution is changing the fungi that provide mineral nutrients to tree roots, possibly explaining the malnutrition trends in Europe's trees. A study of 13,000 soil samples across 20 European countries showed many tree fungi communities are stressed by pollution.]]> 2018-06-07 14:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266120073 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266293683 (http://www.kcrg.com/content/news/New-Hartford-man-charged-with-possession-of-an-endangered-species-484867131.html)
Iowa DNR Officers seized an endangered Massasauga Rattlesnake from a house in New Hartford. DNR staff came to the house after receiving complaints about an endangered species being at the residence.]]> 2018-06-08 11:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266293683 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266296308 (https://www.thenews-messenger.com/story/news/local/2018/06/07/wildlife-crews-search-sandusky-river-next-week-grass-carp/681582002/)
Crews from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources will search the Sandusky River for grass carp so they could capture the invasive species for research and removal. Grass carp are known to eat aquatic vegetation that directly affects the river's natural habitat.]]> 2018-06-08 12:07:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266296308 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266317855 (http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/colorado-butterfly-plant-06-07-2018.php)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed removing Endangered Species Act protections for the Colorado butterfly plant, a flower species that has made a rapid recovery because of the act. The flower was threatened by urban sprawl along the Front Range of Colorado and southern Wyoming, but the Fish and Wildlife Service says it doesn’t need federal protection anymore.]]> 2018-06-08 14:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266317855 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266320918 (https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkart/2018/06/07/system-can-shut-down-wind-turbines-to-save-eagles/#5544140d7e72)
Eagles are protected by federal law, and worth protecting from the blades of wind turbines. There’s research in the journal Biological Conservation on an automated system that scans the skies and can turn off a windmill if a bald or golden eagle is headed toward the blades.]]> 2018-06-08 14:24:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266320918 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266321422 (http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/mandatory-boat-inspection-turns-invasive-species-washington-idaho-border)
An inspection at the Washington-Idaho border turned up highly invasive zebra mussels. An Aquatic Invasive Species crew with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife found zebra mussels on a pontoon boat from Michigan heading to Alaska. Zebra mussels are a freshwater mussel that are from the Caspian Sea and were transported in ship ballast to the Great Lakes in the 1980s. They’ve been found in 20 states and two Canadian Provinces and can clog waterways and smother native species.]]> 2018-06-08 14:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266321422 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266352840 (http://fox13now.com/2018/06/07/biologists-and-volunteers-collect-data-on-fish-population-at-strawberry-reservoir/)
Hundreds of fish were pulled from the Strawberry Reservoir, so fishery biologists could see how the population is doing. They’re checking to see how many of them get eaten, what sizes of fish large predators are targeting, and how successful stocking the reservoir has been. The population seems to be doing better than in previous years.]]> 2018-06-08 18:02:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266352840 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266354876 (https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/little-skellig-looks-like-a-rubbish-tip-due-to-plastic-pollution-1.3523185)
Skellig Islands are becoming a focal point for the growing debate on plastic sea pollution. The nests of gannet seabirds are increasingly constructed from waste instead of seaweed. There are two sources: pollution in Irish rivers and along the coast, and the dumping of other materials from further out.]]> 2018-06-08 18:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266354876 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266385051 (http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/2149750/rhino-horn-ivory-and-endangered-species-traffickers-must-feel-full)
Hong Kong Customs officers arrested a man carrying 5.9kg of rhino horn and 410 grams of ivory in his luggage; he arrived from South Africa. All African rhinoceros are critically endangered or near-threatened, and trading their horns is prohibited. Rhino horns are traded on the black market for up to $100,000 per kilogram.]]> 2018-06-09 02:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266385051 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266385598 (http://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/despite-unknowns-geothermal-heating-could-grow-exponentially-in-the-netherlands/)
Production of renewable geothermal energy in the Netherlands can grow from 3 petajoules (PJ) to 50 PJ per year in 2030 and 200 PJ in 2050. By jointly drilling, parties spread the financial risks, new operators make use of past experience, knowledge about the subsoil is shared, it is better to respond to the demand for heat and the design of the required infrastructure, and finally cost savings.]]> 2018-06-09 02:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266385598 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266385822 (http://www.winknews.com/2018/06/08/large-invasive-lizards-spotted-in-swfl-cause-for-concern-to-pet-owners/)
Argentine Black and White Tegu lizards are posing a threat to SW Florida pets and are known to prey upon other small animals. They are the newest invasive species spreading throughout Florida. Most can be found in Hillsborough and Miami-Dade counties, but they’re making their way to Charlotte County. Tegu Lizards are a concern because they eat native species, alligator eggs, small rodents and could eat small pets.]]> 2018-06-09 02:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266385822 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266434385 (https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/local/communities/collier-citizen/2018/06/09/cane-toad-hunter-southall-mission-spare-pet-lovers-pain/672396002/)
Jennifer Southall is a cane toad hunter who is trying to help homeowners remove this invasive species that can be deadly to pets. Pets poisoned by a cane toad will become sick and may die while for people the fluid it produces can burn eyes and may irritate the skin.]]> 2018-06-09 21:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266434385 lily_tran https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266595774 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J9JlLlU2G665uA2Bl67U3CICuur9R1lN8Nc4sKsXP8I/edit?usp=sharing]]> 2018-06-11 12:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lily_tran/flagd6w3gcas/wish/266595774