https://padlet.com/18dariad/q0ta97gj6w38 en-us 2018-01-24 14:35:34 UTC 2026-01-13 02:17:16 UTC hello@padlet.com 18dariad https://padlet.com/18dariad/q0ta97gj6w38/wish/224238690 The 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) discovered that air quality is the leading environmental threat to public health. The tenth EPI report ranks 180 countries on 24 performance indicators across 10 issue categories that covers environmental health and ecosystem vitality. Switzerland, France, Denmark, Malta, and Sweden are all leading nations of sustainability. India, Bangladesh, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nepal are the bottom five of the rankings. Investments in safe drinking water and modern sanitation result in improved environmental health results, while income is a clear determinant of environmental success.]]> 2018-01-24 14:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/18dariad/q0ta97gj6w38/wish/224238690 18dariad https://padlet.com/18dariad/q0ta97gj6w38/wish/224365627 Biologists at the Universities of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh have figured out why some crows create tools out of branched twigs. the article that was published explains and elaborates on why these crows go the extra mile to make these tools, instead of just using simple given tools. basically, it create a way for them to find and get hidden food a lot faster than not being creative about it. New Caledonian crows are specifically famous for using these tools to collect beetle grubs and other small bugs out of hidden places and crevices. however, scientists still do not know how they acquire the knowledge to do so.]]> 2018-01-24 18:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/18dariad/q0ta97gj6w38/wish/224365627 18dariad https://padlet.com/18dariad/q0ta97gj6w38/wish/224372882 Male sea turtles are disappearing all over the world and mostly in Australia. in southeast Florida, researchers found that 97 to 100 percent of hatchlings are generally female ever since 2002. These hatchlings are the first to provide information as to why and how moisture conditions and heat inside the nest impact the development and sex ratios of turtle embryos. They figured this out by using a technique that they created to estimate the sex ratios with a male-specific, transcriptional molecular marker called Sox9. Researchers recently conducted a gender ratio study that revealed 99 percent of young green turtles from Australia's Northern Great Barrier Reef are actually female, and that male sea turtles are entirely disappearing.]]> 2018-01-24 18:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/18dariad/q0ta97gj6w38/wish/224372882 18dariad https://padlet.com/18dariad/q0ta97gj6w38/wish/224378607 In North-East Greenland, researchers measured the loss of heat that comes up from the interior of the Earth to get information about thermal issues. The area that they tested is a huge geothermal hot spot. This hot spot melts the ice sheet from below the surface and triggers the sliding of glaciers towards the sea. The ice sheet in Greenland is becoming even smaller and smaller. The melting occurs due to the increased strength and high speed that no models have predicted in the past. The researchers believe that their new discoveries will help to improve ice sheet dynamic models, which would allow much better predictions of the stability of the Greenland ice sheet, its melting predictability, and the global water rise that would result.]]> 2018-01-24 18:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/18dariad/q0ta97gj6w38/wish/224378607 18dariad https://padlet.com/18dariad/q0ta97gj6w38/wish/224381993 Asian elephants in Sri Lanka are scared of honey bees, alike to their African counterparts. This new study proved that Asian elephants responded alarmingly to bee simulations. Not only that, but they also retreated a lot further away and vocalized a great deal more in response to the bee sounds compared to the controlled simulations. The study was led by Dr Lucy King, a Research Associate with the Oxford University Department of Zoology, and head of the Human-Elephant Co-Existence Program for Save the Elephants. Ten trial beehive fence projects are presently being tested to see if it can reduce human-elephant conflict for farms in central Sri Lanka, in a partnership with the Sri Lankan Wildlife Conservation Society and Australia's Newcastle University. ]]> 2018-01-24 18:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/18dariad/q0ta97gj6w38/wish/224381993 18dariad https://padlet.com/18dariad/q0ta97gj6w38/wish/224382342 Although efforts to build new power poles that have more safety standards, electrocution still remains a very significant cause of death for golden eagles. in North America alone, an estimated 504 eagles die from electrocution from these poles annually, making it a global conservation problem. This article examined the risk factors and mitigation techniques from articles published from 1940-2016. It leads to provide new strategies to target high-risk poles by region, to eliminated, or at least reduce the deaths.]]> 2018-01-24 18:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/18dariad/q0ta97gj6w38/wish/224382342