https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt APES en-us 2018-06-04 14:42:10 UTC 2018-06-08 13:21:56 UTC hello@padlet.com anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265406405 Endangered Species Chocolate, an Indianapolis-based company donates 10 percent of its profits to wildlife conservation efforts. $5 million toward efforts to conserve wildlife and endangered species have been raised through the selling of chocolate. Beyond that, in the last year alone, ESC been able to help in discovering of a new species of shark, safeguarding more than 350,000 acres of rain forest and fighting against poaching of elephants.]]> 2018-06-04 14:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265406405 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265406882 A female Guam kingfisher bird was born at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute May 17. These birds are the most endangered animals living at the Front Royal site, and a few of the only 140 left on the planet. The group has hatched 19 of the birds since the 1980s as part of its Guam Kingfisher Species Survival Plan.]]> 2018-06-04 14:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265406882 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265407166 Wildlife researchers in central Africa conducted a recent census of the wild apes and came up with a total tally of 1,004 (it’s the first time the number of wild gorillas has exceeded 1,000 in decades and it's a 25 percent increase in their numbers since 2010). Still, there’s an extraordinarily long way to go towards getting the gorilla population off the critically-endangered list and back to sustainable levels. And the threats to the animals are not going away.]]> 2018-06-04 14:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265407166 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265407349 A recent survey found that constant media portrayals of pandas, polar bears, elephants and many of the big cats might actually hurt their chances of survival. The researchers think that's because we see these animals so often in the media that it creates a false impression of how well they're doing or even how much scientists know about them. ]]> 2018-06-04 14:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265407349 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265410438 Scientists believe that the asteroid, which struck Earth roughly 66 million years ago, eventually triggered a lengthy period of ferocious global warming. Upon impact, it vaporized solid limestone into gas, and it incinerated enormous swaths of forest. This unleashed so much heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere so quickly that, across all of Earth’s history, its rate of increase seems to be rivaled only by recent carbon pollution from factories, cars, planes, and modern industry.]]> 2018-06-04 14:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265410438 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265410677 A new study out of Oxford University suggests that if we want to save our planet, eating less meat may be the answer to global warming. Meat-eaters are responsible for almost twice as many dietary greenhouse-gas emissions per day as vegetarians and about two and a half times as many as vegans.The researchers found that the diets of people who eat more than 3.5 ounces of meat per day generate 15.8 pounds of carbon-dioxide , whereas vegetarians and vegans are responsible for 8.4 pounds and 6.4 pounds of carbon dioxide. ]]> 2018-06-04 14:59:40 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265410677 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265412080 One consequence of more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will be less nutritious rice, despite growth gains for some other crops. Scientists have found that rice grown at higher levels of carbon dioxide has an overall lower nutritional value. The researchers estimate that 600 million people for whom rice provides more than half their daily diet could be affected.]]> 2018-06-04 15:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265412080 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265413711 Pope Francis met with some of the world's oil executives last week, to give them a nudge to clean up their act on global warming. The conference will be a follow-up to the pope's encyclical three years ago calling on people to save the planet from climate change and other environmental issues.]]> 2018-06-04 15:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265413711 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265414757 The pace of human migration to urban environments is expected to sweep up more than 68 percent of the world population by 2050.About 4.2 billion people currently live in cities around the world, and an additional 2.5 billion are expected to be added over the next 30 years. According to the U.N., the world will host 43 mega cities with populations of more than 10 million inhabitants by 2030. ]]> 2018-06-04 15:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265414757 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265414921 Fertility rates in China have now dropped to an average 1.62 babies per woman, one of the lowest in Asia and below the rate of 2.1 required to keep most populations growing. The Chinese State Council commissioned a study on the consequences of ending the policy and plans to recommend the removal of all limits on how many children a couple can have. 
The birth-planning policy was introduced in 1979 by Deng Xiaoping who argued that the country was too poor to feed its rapidly-growing population.]]> 2018-06-04 15:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265414921 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265661076 One study predicts that the global population will peak at 9.4 billion later this century and fall below 9 billion by 2100. New projections of escalating growth increase the tension between humanity’s expanding needs and what the planet can provide. The new UN study out this week projects that the world's population growth may not stop any time soon. ]]> 2018-06-05 14:53:21 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265661076 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265661822 A large forest fire in central-eastern Sweden is still not under control after more than a day of efforts to fight it both on the ground and from the air. Four helicopters have carried out water bombing in an attempt to put out the blaze, and 150 members of the emergency services and armed forces were fighting the fire, as well as volunteers.]]> 2018-06-05 14:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265661822 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265662279 Several wildfires have forced evacuations in California, Colorado and New Mexico.The Stone Fire burning in Agua Dulce, California, grew to more than 2 square miles in a few hours' time. The 416 Fire in Colorado has burned into the San Juan National Forest and spurred more than 800 homes to be evacuated.
Fourteen buildings have been destroyed in a New Mexico inferno, and hundreds of homes are threatened, officials said.]]> 2018-06-05 14:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265662279 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265662668 One of the largest fires to burn in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range, the Rim Fire tore through 257,000 acres on the edge of Yosemite National Park in 2013. A fleet of bulldozers and trucks arrived, sent by billionaire Archie Emerson. Workers began ripping up the trees even as the brush nearby was still smoldering.]]> 2018-06-05 14:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265662668 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265663074 Officials with the Los Padres National Forest announced this week the largest wildfire in California's modern history is officially out, more than six months after it started. On December 23, the fire officially became the largest since the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection  also known as Cal Fire began compiling its list in 1932. The blaze consumed more than 1,000 structures throughout Southern California before it became 100% contained January 12. It also led to devastating mudslides that killed 17 people and destroyed dozens of homes.]]> 2018-06-05 15:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265663074 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265665188 Renewable energy once again achieved record increases in 2017, according to a report. The power sector, and specifically solar PV, led the results with 9 percent growth in overall generating capacity — 55 percent of which came from new solar. And for the first time in four years the decoupling of emissions and economic growth faltered, with energy-related carbon dioxide emissions growing by an estimated 1.4 percent. ]]> 2018-06-05 15:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265665188 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265665456 Women make up about a third of U.S. wind and solar energy jobs, higher than other technology fields.
A 2017 Department of Energy employee report found that women make up 32 percent of the wind industry workforce, which it found had a total 102,000 jobs. Women also made up 32 percent of the solar energy workforce. Those numbers are higher than some other tech industries; one recent search found women hold less than 20 percent of U.S. tech jobs overall.]]> 2018-06-05 15:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265665456 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265665760 India will add 227 GW of renewable energy capacity by March 2022, possibly scaling up its ranking to the top three countries making investments in the sector. The country will overachieve its 175 GW renewable energy generation capacity target on the back of new schemes like floating solar, manufacturing-linked solar and offshore wind projects, power and renewable energy.]]> 2018-06-05 15:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265665760 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265666125 Renewable power accounted for 70 per cent of net additions to global power generating capacity in 2017, the largest such increase in modern history of New Delhi. More than two-thirds of investments in power generation were in renewable energy in 2017 owing to increasing cost-competitiveness and the share of renewable energy in the power sector is expected to only continue to rise.]]> 2018-06-05 15:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265666125 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265899727 With 426 people per square kilometer, as of 2016, England is densely populated when compared to most other European countries. But it’s not as densely populated as the Netherlands, where there were 505 people per square kilometer, or a much poorer country such as Bangladesh, where there were 1,252 per square kilometer.]]> 2018-06-06 15:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265899727 anna_pierson https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265901532 2018-06-06 15:10:38 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_pierson/n8erxb9ynwbt/wish/265901532