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Pacific sockeye salmon during the annual migration. The Canadian government recently announced its (CAD) $647 million Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative. “Hopefully it’s not too little, too late,” says marine campaigner Emmie Page (Image by Oregon State University/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en).
Northwestern University
Monday, October 11, 2021
In June 2021, a heat wave spread over the Pacific Northwest, with people in the region wilting from record high temperatures. But, Fiona Skeggs reports, the threats are soaring for rivers and marine life as well.
Tags: ocean, conservation, salmon, orca, PNW, climate change
Celso Montalvo, who now works as a naturalist with Lindblad Expeditions, shared his experiences with the problematic goat population, growing up in the Galápagos. (Peter Jurich/University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | University of Wisconsin-Madison
Monday, September 30, 2019
In the first story of our series from our Storyfest 2019 expedition to the Galápagos, Peter Jurich examines an atypical invasive species: Goats. They were brought to the islands in the 1700s, and it took hundreds of years to eradicate them.
Tags: galapagos2019, invasive species, Invasive Removal, biology, Biodiversity, ecological threat, Threatened Ecosystem
A worker sprays a field with pesticide. (phhere.com/Public Domain)
Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Bartlett Durand of the Sand County Foundation discusses the effects of fertilizer use on waterways and what farmers can do to combat these effects.
Tags: profile, pollution, watershed, agriculture
After the 1986 nuclear disaster, the environment surrounding Chernboyl has begun to recover. Despite persisting levels of radiation, the absence of humans makes the area an ideal location to study rewilding. (C. Colourin/CC0 Public Domain)
New York University
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
The site of one of the world’s largest nuclear accidents provides a unique setting to study radiation and the resiliency of nature.
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SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
Thursday, February 09, 2023
Faced with the destruction and loss of nature, Ella finds her voice.
Tags: fiction, climate change, loss of nature, Deforestation
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Monday, September 29, 2014
Bill Hohenstein
How are college students handling the transition to all e-learning? Six students at SUNY Plattsburgh provided an update.
SUNY Plattsburgh
Thursday, April 09, 2020
SUNY Plattsburgh professor Curt Gervich interviewed six environmental science and studies students to find out how they are adapting to college life in the time of COVID-19 — and what we can learn from their experiences.