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Conservation News ~ December 28, 2018

12/28/2018

2018 was the 4th warmest year in recorded history: https://grist.org/article/its-nearly-official-2018-was-the-4th-warmest-year-in-recorded-history/
Elephant-sized Dicynodont from Triassic Period discovered: Lisowicia bojani: http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/elephant-sized-dicynodont-triassic-period-lisowicia-bojani-06649.html
Maori community reconnects youth with their ancestral forests: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/maori-community-reconnects-youth-with-their-ancestral-forests/
Indigenous groups sues Exxon, Energy Majors over fracking waste contamination in Patagonia: https://www.ecowatch.com/argentina-fracking-indigenous-lawsuit-2623742584.html
Australia’s extreme heatwave spans five states with high of 49C forecast: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/27/australias-extreme-heatwave-spans-five-states-with-high-of-49c-forecast
Hundreds of workers who cleaned up the country’s worst coal ash spill are now sick: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/hundreds-workers-who-cleaned-countrys-worst-coal-ash-spill-are-now-sick-and-dying
Federal program pays $1.4 million to pikeminnow anglers: https://www.apnews.com/9a5507cf44d04504b060b27c376df423
Wolf killing leads to criminal investigation: http://www.lassennews.com/wolf-killing-leads-to-criminal-investigation/
Deep-sea exploratory mission finds upside-down lakes and waterfalls off Mexico: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/deepsea-exploratory-mission-finds-upsidedown-lakes-and-waterfalls-off-mexico-coast/
660 species of bees live in newly shrunk national monument: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/bee-city-at-risk-after-grand-staircase-escalante-divided/
Factory farms no longer have to report their air emissions: https://grist.org/article/factory-farms-no-longer-have-to-report-their-air-emissions-thats-dangerous-for-their-neighbors/
Electricity prices forecast to fall 2.1% in two years due to wind and solar: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/21/electricity-prices-forecast-to-fall-21-in-two-years-due-to-wind-and-solar
White House signs Executive Order for more logging: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-executive-order-forest-management-wildfire_us_5c1d7c4ce4b05c88b6f8bde4
Baby sharks caught swimming between uteruses eating their unborn siblings: https://www.sciencealert.com/new-underwater-ultrasound-tool-discovers-the-lengths-baby-sharks-go-to-for-a-meal
Critically Endangered Phillippine Eagle hangs on despite horde of threats: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/critically-endangered-philippine-eagle-hangs-on-despite-horde-of-threats/
Tracking collars on new Isle Royale wolves show where there is 1 spot they won’t go: https://www.mlive.com/expo/life-and-culture/erry-2018/12/a5479ac5c62911/tracking-collars-on-new-isle-r.html
Montana Sen. Mike Phillips plans to draft bill to outlaw predator derbies: http://www.explorebigsky.com/the-new-west-montana-sen-mike-phillips-plans-to-draft-bill-to-outlaw-predator-derbies
There’s a huge and hidden migration in North America – of dragonflies: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/12/21/theres-huge-hidden-migration-america-dragonflies/
New Jersey sets CO2 limit for power plants as it slowly returns to climate pact: https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/environment/2018/12/18/gov-phil-murphy-slowly-brings-nw-jersey-back-greenhouse-gas-reduction-pact-rggi-co-2-climate-change/2338826002/
Chestnut-killing wasp threatens major harvest: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43377056
In Venezuela, Russia pockets key energy assets in exchange for cash bailouts: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-venezuela-russia-pockets-key-energy-assets-in-exchange-for-cash-bailouts/2018/12/20/da458db6-f403-11e8-80d0-f7e1948d55f4_story.html
US hunter who boasted of gunning down animals faces criminal charges: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6526885/US-hunter-boasted-gunning-animals-trip-Scottish-island-faces-criminal-charges.html
Groups sue White House for harassing whales with seismic blasting: https://grist.org/article/groups-sue-trump-administration-for-harassing-whales-with-seismic-blasting/
Colorado’s largest battery comes online as the state pivots to cleaner energy: https://www.cpr.org/news/story/colorado-s-largest-battery-comes-online-as-the-state-pivots-to-cleaner-energy
Dracula ant sets new record or fastest animal movement: https://phys.org/news/2018-12-dracula-ants-fastest-animal-appendage.html
2nd camp set up to block pipeline company’s access to Wet’suwet’en land: https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/unist-ot-en-camp-injunction-coastal-gaslink-1.4954970
Copper mine destroying forests in Panama’s Mesoamerican Biological Corridor: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/copper-mine-destroying-forests-in-panamas-mesoamerican-biological-corridor/
Germany closes its last active coal mine, ending 200 year industry: http://fortune.com/2018/12/21/germany-closes-last-coal-mine/
Scotland considers continental wildcats to save native species from extinction: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/24/scotland-considers-continental-wildcats-to-save-native-species-from-extinction
An illegal mining epidemic is spreading across the Amazon rainforest: https://psmag.com/environment/illegal-mining-epidemic-spreads-across-the-amazon
British pet shops to be banned from selling puppies and kittens: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/23/pet-shops-to-be-banned-from-selling-puppies-and-kittens
New app allows those enjoying New Zealand’s great outdoors to report outbreaks of invasive species: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/new-app-allows-those-enjoying-zealands-great-outdoors-report-outbreaks-invasive-wilding-conifers
Grizzles ranging far and wide across NW Montana into Idaho: https://kpax.com/news/montana-outdoors/2018/12/12/grizzlies-ranging-far-and-wide-across-nw-montana-into-idaho/
New research suggests forests, like humans, require a balanced diet: https://wvutoday.wvu.edu/stories/2018/12/18/new-research-suggests-forests-like-humans-require-a-balanced-diet
Dolphins discovered ‘timesharing’ the sea for the first time: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/dolphins-discovered-timesharing-sea-first-time
Pressure on Ethiopian wolves and wild coffee mounting: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/pressure-mounting-for-the-home-of-wild-coffee-and-ethiopian-wolves/
Extreme heat wipes out 23,000 flying foxes: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-19/heat-wipes-out-one-third-of-flying-fox-species/10632940
New snake species discovered in another snake’s belly: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/new-snake-species-found-in-serpents-stomach/
New manatee population estimate hits 7,000 to 10,000 but more than 700 have died this year: http://www.tampabay.com/environment/new-manatee-population-estimate-hits-7000-to-10000-but-more-than-700-have-died-this-year-20181218/
Juvenile wolf killed to protect sheep grazing on public lands: https://nywolf.org/juvenile-wolf-killed-to-protect-sheep-grazing-on-public-lands/
90.5% of plastic not recycled: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/years-scariest-statistic-90-5-for-share-of-plastic-not-recycled/
Another California Condor – the 3rd in the past two months – released near San Simeon: https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/community/cambrian/article223286535.html
Previously unknown mushroom found in Cascade-Siskiyou Monument: https://www.ijpr.org/post/previously-unknown-mushroom-found-cascade-siskiyou-monument
PNG farmers use agroforestry to fight crop diseases and reduce labor: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/png-farmers-use-agroforestry-to-fight-crop-diseases-and-reduce-labor/
Female park rangers protect sea turtles from traffickers with great success in Nicaragua: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/the-female-park-rangers-protecting-turtles-from-traffickers-in-nicaragua/
Pa. man facing charges for crossbow hunting from car: https://www.wkbn.com/news/pennsylvania/pa-man-facing-charges-for-crossbow-hunting-from-car/1657245928
DNA test helps officials dodgy shark shipments: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/dna-test-helps-officials-spot-dodgy-shark-shipments/
Marine life worse off inside protected areas, analysis reveals: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/20/marine-life-worse-off-inside-protected-areas-analysis-reveals
World’s first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/22/worlds-first-no-kill-eggs-go-on-sale-in-berlin
Scientists push to protect endangered porpoise: https://www.pressherald.com/2018/12/19/scientists-push-to-protect-endangered-porpoise/
Melting Arctic ice is now pouring 14,000tons of water per second into the ocean: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/21/melting-arctic-ice-is-now-pouring-tons-water-per-second-into-ocean-scientists-find/
Authorities baffled by young sea lion at Oakland Airport: https://www.sfgate.com/g00/bayarea/article/sea-lion-oakland-airport-alameda-marine-mammal-13481693.php?i10c.encReferrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8%3d&i10c.ua=1&i10c.dv=6
Indonesia attack shines a light on controversial road project: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/indonesia-attack-shines-a-light-on-controversial-road-project/
Global agreement on conserved areas marks new era of conservation: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/global-agreement-on-conserved-areas-marks-new-era-of-conservation-commentary/

Conservation News ~ December 21 2018

12/21/2018

Scientists race to avert a salamander crisis: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/death-by-a-thousand-holes-scientists-race-to-avert-a-salamander-crisis/
Small victory for Yangtse porpoise can carry species forward: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2178868/chinas-smiling-angel-small-victory-yangtse-river-porpoise-big
Federal judge orders stronger cold-water fish protections in Oregon rivers: https://www.opb.org/news/article/cold-water-salmon-steelhead-trout-oregon-rivers-protection-lawsuit/
Binder Park announces the arrival of a female Mexican Gray Wolf: https://wwmt.com/news/local/binder-park-announces-the-arrival-of-a-female-mexican-gray-wolf
As Rhino poaching declines, other Kruger species are targeted in snaring spree: https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/life/2018-12-20-as-rhino-poaching-declines-other-kruger-species-are-targeted-in-snaring-spree/
World’s oldest flower unfurled its petals more than 174 million years ago: https://www.livescience.com/64354-oldest-fossil-flower.html
Plan to close fish farms on salmon migration routes a step in the right direction: https://thetyee.ca/News/2018/12/16/Salmon-Farms-to-Close/
Vast Bitterroot ecosystem grows in importance as Grizzly bear recovery unfolds: https://missoulacurrent.com/outdoors/2018/12/grizzly-bitterrroot/
Reactions from Utqiagvik on a whaling quota rule change: https://www.alaskapublic.org/2018/12/06/reactions-from-utqiagvik-on-a-whaling-quota-rule-change-we-dont-have-to-beg-anymore/
SCDNR contacted after seal swims up on Myrtle Beach: https://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/scdnr-contacted-after-seal-swims-up-on-myrtle-beach-shore/1666515867
Japan set to withdraw from International Whaling Commission: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-iwc/japan-to-withdraw-from-international-whaling-commission-kyodo-news-idUSKCN1OJ070
Leopard kills meditating monk in India: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/13/asia/india-leopard-monk-scli-intl/index.html
Shorebirds can no longer count on the Arctic as a safe haven for rearing their young: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/shorebirds-can-no-longer-count-on-the-arctic-as-a-safe-haven-for-rearing-their-young/
More areas of BC coastal waters designated as killer whale sanctuaries: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-coastal-waters-killer-whale-sanctuaries-1.4952600
Solar households expected to give away power to energy firms: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/dec/18/solar-power-energy-firms-government
CDFW releases Conservation and Management plan for California Elk populations: https://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2018/12/13/cdfw-releases-conservation-and-management-plan-for-california-elk-populations/
Columbia Sea Lion bill, killing 1k a year, signed by president: http://nwsportsmanmag.com/columbia-sea-lion-bill-signed-by-president/
Amazon forests not changing fast enough to keep up with climate change: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/amazon-forests-not-changing-fast-enough-to-keep-up-with-climate-change-study/
Deep sea survey of Australian marine parks reveals striking species: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/deep-sea-survey-of-australian-marine-parks-reveals-striking-species/
US whale entanglement figures steady in 2017: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/whale-entanglement-figures-in-the-us-steady-in-2017/
Relative of Penis Snake amphibian named after US president: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/relative-of-penis-snake-amphibian-named-after-donald-trump/
Chinese and Russian scientists have been heating huge portions of the atmosphere: https://www.iflscience.com/physics/chinese-and-russian-scientists-have-been-heating-huge-portions-of-the-atmosphere-on-purpose/
Seal pups poisoned by chemicals in mothers’ milk: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17303745.seal-pups-poisoned-by-chemicals-in-mothers-milk/
Most diverse butterfly center in the US to be bulldozed for US border wall: https://www.ecowatch.com/butterfly-center-trumps-border-wall-2623393125.html
IUCN protected planet 2018 report is released: https://www.protectedplanet.net/c/monthly-updates/2018/january-2018-update-of-the-wdpa
Conservationists call for halt on old-growth logging in Nahmint Valley: https://globalnews.ca/video/4772380/conservationists-call-for-halt-on-old-growth-logging-in-nahmint-valley-near-port-alberni
Newborn Rhino decides to adopt the men who saved her life: https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/Maarifa-baby-rhino-adopts-rescuers
Madagascar elections: An environmental disaster in waiting: https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/madagascar-elections-environmental-disaster-waiting-181217095423818.html
Clemson scientist working to prtect future of rare and popular sportfish: http://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/clemson-scientist-working-to-protect-future-of-rare-and-popular-sportfish/
The ‘Eagle Whisperer’ talks about a career spent saving eagles: http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/the-eagle-whisperer-talks-about-a-career-spent-saving-the-nations-bird
Lawsuit launched to help protect salmon for starving orcas: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/southern-resident-killer-whale-12-18-2018.php
Deer poacher ordered to watch Bambi once a month in jail: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/18/deer-poacher-ordered-to-watch-bambi-once-a-month-in-jail
Teen activist scolds world leaders on climate: http://www.insidenova.com/news/national/teen-activist-scolds-world-leaders-on-climate/video_0584f6ca-4fe5-5fb2-a966-454490c19e6a.html
145-million-year-old dinosaur footprint treasure trove discovered in England: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/uoc-to121418.php
Former fossil fuels lobbyist to head Interior department as Zinke exits: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/16/david-bernhardt-ryan-zinke-lobbyist-interior-department
Wild porpoises burn energy twice as fast as humans: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/16/david-bernhardt-ryan-zinke-lobbyist-interior-department
COP24 climate talks end in agreement: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/15/health/cop24-climate-change-talks-agreement/index.html
In a big diplomatic success, Pakistan elected as Vice President of COP to UN convention on Climate Change: https://timesofislamabad.com/16-Dec-2018/in-a-big-diplomatic-success-pakistan-elected-as-vice-president-of-cop-to-un-convention-on-climate-change
Rare snails found only on O’ahu were released into the wild: https://www.kitv.com/story/39656865/rare-snails-found-only-on-oahu-were-released-into-the-wild
Jaguar protection plan signed by 14 Latin American countries: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/latam-eco-review-jaguar-protection-plan-signed-by-14-latin-countries/
New discovery pushes origins of feathers back by 70 million years: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181217125908.htm
Kenyan warriors compete during Maasai games replacing lion-hunting: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6499775/Kenyan-warriors-compete-running-jumping-spear-throwing-Maasai-games-replacing-hunting.html
Scientists discover upside-down lakes and waterfalls at the bottom of the ocean: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/439pd3/scientists-discover-upside-down-lakes-and-waterfalls-at-the-bottom-of-the-ocean-pescadero-basin
Save Langebaan Lagoon sues to protect sensitive habitat in South Africa: https://www.change.org/p/daff-save-langebaan-lagoon-from-a-potential-aquaculture-disaster
Giant Salvinia clears substantially at Caddo Lake thanks to weevils and freeze: https://www.easttexasmatters.com/news/local-news/giant-salvinia-clears-substantially-thanks-to-weevils-and-freeze/1662956911
Norway to heavily restrict palm oils linked to devastating deforestation: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/norway-palm-oil-fuels-deforestation-rainforests-orang-utans-biofuels-a8666646.html
Pumas engineer their environment, providing habitat for other species: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/pumas-engineer-their-environment-providing-habitat-for-other-species/
Deforestation in Brazil’s cerrado falls: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/deforestation-in-brazils-cerrado-falls/
FBI kept files on peaceful climate change protestors: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/13/fbi-climate-change-protesters-iowa-files-monitoring-surveillance-
Cambodia nabs more than 3 tons of illegal ivory: https://www.npr.org/2018/12/16/677177377/cambodia-nabs-more-than-3-tons-of-illegal-ivory
China is printing new Zimbabwe currency in exchange for oil and diamonds: https://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-151633.html
California to protect birds as Trump administration abandons them: http://ca.audubon.org/press-release/california-protect-birds-trump-administration-abandons-them
Huge Oregon ‘Archery’ Buck actually killed with a rifle, shooter sentenced: http://nwsportsmanmag.com/huge-oregon-archery-buck-actually-killed-with-a-rifle-shooter-sentenced/
Local and international experts to train 1,221 environmental rangers: https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/local-and-international-experts-train-1221-environmental-rangers
Rat poison found in 85 percent of tested Mountain Lions, Bobcats, and Fishers: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/rat-poison-12-12-2018.php
Half of Costa Rica’s regrown forests are gone within two decades: https://psmag.com/environment/costa-ricas-young-forests-never-had-a-chance
Something living at the bottom of the sea is absorbing large amounts of the CO2 in the oceans: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/something-living-at-the-bottom-of-the-sea-is-absorbing-large-amounts-of-the-co2-in-oceans/
Zinke to leave the Interior: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/415988-interior-secretary-ryan-zinke-steps-down
Quoting the Lorax, Court pulls permit for Pipeline crossing the Appalachian trail: https://www.npr.org/2018/12/14/676950106/quoting-the-lorax-court-pulls-permit-for-pipeline-crossing-appalachian-trail
Climate change responsible for South Australian dolphin deaths: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-12/20/c_137686778.htm
5 Fantastically Bizarre New Nudibranch Species Have Just Been Announced: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-described-five-new-nudibranchs-that-look-stranger-than-ever
Kremlin to talk with far East officials of detained orcas, white whales: https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/-kremlin-to-talk-with-far-east-officials-of-510480.html
Small habitats crucial to species survival: https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2018/dec/small-habitat-species-survival
Japan to resume commercial whaling after leaving IWC: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/20/japan-to-resume-commercial-whaling-after-leaving-iwc-report

Conservation News ~ December 15 2018

12/15/2018

Los Cerritos Wetlands restoration wins Coastal Commission approval: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2018/12/13/controversial-long-beach-wetlands-deal-approved-more-oil-drilling-expected/
White House to strip protections from up to two-thirds of California streams and wetlands: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-clean-water-rollback-20181210-story.html
Madagascar auctioning a large swath of virgin waters for oil exploration: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/madagascar-auctioning-a-large-swath-of-virgin-waters-for-oil-exploration/
Argentina creates two new marine parks to protect penguins, sea lions: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/argentina-creates-two-new-marine-parks-to-protect-penguins-sea-lions/
Palm oil giant Wilmar promises to take harder line with errant suppliers: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/palm-oil-giant-wilmar-promises-to-take-a-harder-line-with-errant-suppliers/
Indonesian court throws out lawsuit against green expert’s testimony: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/indonesian-court-throws-out-lawsuit-against-green-experts-testimony/
Video shows wolves fishing in Voyageurs National Park: https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/science-and-nature/4542765-video-shows-wolves-fishing-voyageurs-national-park
15-Year-Old Calls for Global Climate Strike: https://www.ecowatch.com/greta-thunberg-climate-strike-2623294546.html
150 new species discovered in Southeast Asia last year: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/meet-the-150-new-species-discovered-in-southeast-asia-last-year-including-the-skywalker-gibbon-/
Washington Governor Jay Inslee $1.1 billion to help save Puget Sound’s critically endangered orcas: https://weather.com/news/news/2018-12-14-governor-billion-dollar-plan-save-endangered-orcas
Unprecedented new map unveils illegal mining destroying Amazon: https://www.ecowatch.com/unprecedented-new-map-reveals-illegal-mining-destroying-amazon-2623200925.html
German government invest $780,000 to make vegan meat texture more ‘realistic’: https://www.livekindly.co/german-government-invests-780000-to-make-vegan-meat-texture-more-realistic/
Devastated by war, African Gorongosa park wildlife is now thriving: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/african-wildlife-is-rebounding-gorongosa-national-park/
A massive, never-before-seen cave has been found in Canada: https://www.sciencealert.com/gigantic-unexplored-cave-hidden-in-canada-may-never-have-been-seen-by-human-eyes
Vast Bitterroot ecosystem grows in importance as Grizzly Bear recovery unfolds: https://missoulacurrent.com/outdoors/2018/12/grizzly-bitterrroot/
Golden Eagles keep riding the current; numbers strong during annual survey: https://helenair.com/lifestyles/recreation/golden-eagles-keep-riding-the-current-numbers-strong-during-annual/article_788b55e2-fea1-5121-b7ba-75b6f710c6e2.html
Judge throws out Idaho predator control expansion: https://www.capitalpress.com/ag_sectors/livestock/judge-throws-out-idaho-predator-control-expansion/article_5044e3d8-fcae-11e8-9a0b-0b8297bd7c9c.html
Butterfly sanctuary to be bulldozed for border wall: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/13/butterfly-sanctuary-border-wall-mission-texas
Nearly 150 climate activists arrested in mass demonstration for Green New Deal: https://sojo.net/interactive/nearly-150-climate-activists-arrested-mass-demonstration-green-new-deal
US accused of obstructing talks at UN climate change summit: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/11/us-accused-of-obstructing-talks-at-un-climate-change-summit
Rapidly disintegrating Arctic sea ice leaves scientists ‘shocked’: https://thinkprogress.org/scientists-shocked-that-warming-has-wiped-out-oldest-thickest-arctic-sea-ice-febe927ab619/
Once thought extinct, bizarre horned frog reappears in Ecuador: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/lost-marsupial-frog-rediscovered-ecuador-choco-forest/
The Senate just passed an $867 billion farm bill: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/12/11/congresss-billion-farm-bill-is-out-heres-whats-it/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e27d0be16377
Brazilian regulators deny French oil giant total license to drill near Amazon Reef: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/brazilian-regulators-deny-french-oil-giant-total-license-to-drill-near-amazon-reef/
Arctic reindeer numbers crash by half: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46516033
Alaska moose poacher fined $100,000, sentenced to jail: https://www.apnews.com/6e1c6c84795b47fc9979fe11ee871ada
White House auctions off 150,000 acres of public lands for fracking near Utah National Parks: https://www.ecowatch.com/fracking-utah-national-parks-2623200218.html
An indigenous Guatemalan community rejects, then accepts, a protected area: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/guatemala-an-indigenous-community-rejects-then-accepts-a-protected-area/
New Cascales Municipal Conservation Area in Amazon: https://www.andesamazonfund.org/blog/
London mayor unveils plan to tackle ‘climate emergency’: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/11/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-city-climate-emergency
California Condor chick successfully fledges for first time in Santa Barbara since 1982: https://ktla.com/2018/12/11/california-condor-chick-successfully-fledges-for-first-time-in-santa-barbara-county-since-1982/
Researchers suggest broiler chicken is the hallmark of the Anthropocene: https://phys.org/news/2018-12-broiler-chicken-hallmark-anthropocene.html
Thousands of unstudied plants may be at risk of extinction: https://www.wired.com/story/thousands-of-unstudied-plants-may-be-at-risk-of-extinction/
ExxonMobil launches environmental awareness: https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/09/12/2018/ExxonMobil-launches-environmental-awareness-campaign
Giraffes were just added to list of animals facing extinction: https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/giraffes-were-just-added-to-list-of-animals-facing-extinction/
Taiwanese captain sentenced 20 years for shark finning in Tanzania: http://www.seashepherd.org.nz/news-and-commentary/news/taiwanese-captain-sentenced-20-years-for-shark-finning-in-tanzania.html
Ancient whale named for UW paleontologist Elizabeth Nesbitt: https://www.washington.edu/news/2018/12/10/ancient-whale-named-for-uw-paleontologist-elizabeth-nesbitt/
Ground-feeding birds in Southeast Asia may be going extinct outside protected areas: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/ground-feeding-birds-in-southeast-asia-may-be-going-extinct-outside-protected-areas/
Humpback whale freed after being trapped at fish farm near Tofino: https://www.pqbnews.com/news/trapped-humpback-whale-freed-from-salmon-farm-near-tofino/
Developers of Village at Wolf Creek take another hit in attempt to reinstate land swap: https://durangoherald.com/articles/254370
Increasing seal population will not harm largest fish stocks in the Baltic: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181210072530.htm
Banned toxins passed from mother to young in European dolphins: https://phys.org/news/2018-12-toxins-mother-young-european-dolphins.html
Graphic video reveals brutality of pangolin poaching in northeast India: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/graphic-video-reveals-brutality-of-pangolin-poaching-in-northeast-india/
Kenya coins replace leaders with animals: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46523670
CNN gave a platform to climate deniers, then debunked their lies: https://grist.org/article/cnn-gave-a-platform-to-climate-deniers-then-debunked-their-lies/
Illegal dog beach at the Santa Ana River mouth endangers rare birds: https://www.ocregister.com/2018/12/11/illegal-dog-beach-at-the-santa-ana-river-mouth-endangers-rare-birds-experts-say/
Gambia is selling Tuna for 136 Euro per ton to the EU: https://greenworldwarriors.com/2018/12/11/how-gambia-is-selling-its-tuna-for-136-euro-per-ton-to-the-eu/
The Arctic Ocean has lost 95 percent of its oldest ice: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/11/arctic-is-even-worse-shape-than-you-realize/
World’s largest sea turtle emerges from the sea and it is incredible: https://www.apost.com/en/blog/worlds-largest-sea-turtle-emerges-from-the-sea-and-it-is-incredible/11311/?rd=n
NOAA confirms 42 dead dolphins in Lee and Collier counties: https://www.nbc-2.com/story/39567473/noaa-confirms-42-dead-dolphins-in-lee-and-collier-counties
Youth activists busted up promotion of coal at UN climate talks: https://grist.org/article/team-trump-promoted-coal-at-the-u-n-climate-talks-youth-activists-busted-it-up/
UN conference sets agenda for biodiversity research: https://www.scidev.net/global/biodiversity/news/un-conference-sets-agenda-for-biodiversity-research.html
Interior Dept. officials downplayed federal wildlife experts’ concerns of border wall: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/11/interior-officials-downplayed-federal-wildlife-experts-concerns-about-trumps-border-wall-documents-show/
Life in deep Earth totals 15-23 billion tons of carbon of micro-organisms: https://deepcarbon.net/life-deep-earth-totals-15-23-billion-tonnes-carbon
196 countries agree to scale up investments in nature, people towards 2020 and beyond: https://www.thegef.org/news/196-governments-agree-scale-investments-nature-and-people-towards-2020-and-beyond
Billionaires are the leading cause of climate change: https://www.gq.com/story/billionaires-climate-change
A NASA prob just found evidence of water on a distant asteroid: https://futurism.com/osiris-rex-spacecraft-found-evidence-liquid-water-in-bennu-asteroids-past
100% of sea turtles in global study found with plastics in their bellies: https://www.ecowatch.com/sea-turtles-plastics-oceans-study-2622572557.html
Surging development dangers in Indonesian New Guinea: http://alert-conservation.org/issues-research-highlights/2018/12/4/surging-development-dangers-in-indonesian-new-guinea
Vegan Lewis Hamilton blasts meat industry for ‘animal torture’ to 9 million followers: https://www.plantbasednews.org/post/vegan-lewis-hamilton-meat-industry-animal-torture-9-million-followers
Tackle climate or face financial crash, say world’s biggest investors: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/10/tackle-climate-or-face-financial-crash-say-worlds-biggest-investors
A botanist criticized Tejon Ranch. So he got kicked out – along with 10,000 of his friends: https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-tejon-blacklist-20181210-story.html
Norway become first country to ban all palm oil based biofuel to protect rainforest: https://www.livekindly.co/norway-ban-palm-oil-biofuel/
The Supreme Court dismisses an environmental challenge to border wall: https://grist.org/article/the-supreme-court-dismisses-an-environmental-challenge-to-border-wall/
A ‘sun in a box’ could be the key to delivering renewable energy on demand: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/sun-in-a-box-could-help-renewables-deliver-energy-on-demand/
The White House eases emissions standards for new coal plants: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/06/epa-announces-plan-ease-carbon-emissions-rule-new-coal-plants/
The White House plans major rollback of Sage Grouse protections to spur oil exploration: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/06/epa-announces-plan-ease-carbon-emissions-rule-new-coal-plants/?utm_term=.2746bd823f85
Polar bears to turn to whale meat as their hunting grounds melt: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06989-8
World’s oldest known bird to become a mother for the 37th time: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/07/worlds-oldest-bird-lays-egg-wisdom-albatross
Scientists prepare for ‘the most detailed whale poo expedition ever’: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/26/scientists-prepare-for-the-most-detailed-whale-poo-expedition-ever
Global warming today mirrors conditions leading to Earth’s largest extinction event: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/global-warming-today-mirrors-conditions-during-earths-largest-extinction-event-uw-study/
US and Russia ally with Saudi Arabia to water down climate pledge: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/09/us-russia-ally-saudi-arabia-water-down-climate-pledges-un
COP24 fails to adopt key climate report: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46496967
EJF finds illegal shark finning, dolphin killing in Taiwan’s tuna export industry: https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2018/12/05/ejf-finds-illegal-shark-finning-dolphin-killing-in-taiwans-tuna-export-industry/
White House swaps academics for business executives on National Park Services: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/06/trump-administration-swaps-academics-businessmen-national-park-service-advisory-panel/
World Bank to invest $200 billion to combat climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/03/world-bank-invest-climate-change
Grey Wolf protections on track to survive the current Congress: http://www.timberwolfinformation.org/gray-wolf-protections-on-track-to-survive-the-current-congress/
Alberta planning eight new parks for land protection: https://theprovince.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/alberta-planning-eight-new-parks-for-land-protection-and-recreation/wcm/0e506b07-2668-44d2-acf5-405143f1176c

Conservation News ~ December 7 2018

12/7/2018

A new giant salamander species was discovered in Florida and Alabama: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/new-species-of-giant-salamander-siren-discovered-florida/
Machine learning helps protect worldwide plant conservation priorities: https://news.osu.edu/machine-learning-helps-predict-worldwide-plant-conservation-priorities/
Amazon indigenous groups and truckers ally to oppose Brazil’s Grainrail: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/amazon-indigenous-groups-and-truckers-ally-to-oppose-brazils-grainrail/
Plants re re-sprouting in the burned areas of the Santa Monica Mountains: https://www.nps.gov/samo/learn/news/plants-are-re-sprouting-in-the-burned-areas-of-the-santa-monica-mountains.htm
Australia has cut its plastic bag use by 80 percent in just 3 months: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/australia-has-cut-its-plastic-bag-use-by-80-percent-in-just-3-months/
New butterfly named for pioneering 17th century entomologist: http://news.ufl.edu/articles/2018/12/new-butterfly-named-for-pioneering-17th-century-entomologist.php
Half of Canada’s Chinook Salmon endangered: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-half-of-canadas-chinook-salmon-populations-are-endangered-scientists/
For decades B.C. failed to address selenium pollution: https://thenarwhal.ca/for-decades-b-c-failed-to-address-selenium-pollution-in-the-elk-valley-now-no-one-knows-how-to-stop-it/
Extreme floods on the rise in the Amazon: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/extreme-floods-on-the-rise-in-the-amazon-study/
Culls push endangered bat closer to extinction in Mauritius: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/culls-push-endangered-fruit-bat-closer-to-extinction-in-mauritius/
7 convicted of killing Honduran indigenous activist Berta Caceres: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/7-convicted-of-killing-honduran-indigenous-activist-berta-caceres/
Deadly parrot virus found in native birds from Asia and Africa: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/deadly-parrot-virus-found-in-native-birds-from-asia-and-africa/
Congress considers changing law or pipeline crossing of Appalachian Trail: https://www.richmond.com/congress-considers-changing-law-for-pipeline-crossing-of-appalachian-trail/article_99c33695-eb87-57df-988a-55a0bb9430d9.html
Top US flooring retailer linked to Brazilian firm snagged in timber bust: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/top-us-flooring-shop-linked-to-firm-suspected-of-illegal-logging/
Indigenous people wnt to make Amazon rainforest world’s biggest protected area: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/amazon-rainforest-indigenous-people-biodiversity-united-nations-protected-area-a8645086.html
Shell to link carbon emissions targets to executive pay: https://www.wsj.com/articles/shell-to-link-carbon-emissions-targets-to-executives-pay-1543843441
New trout species found in species-rich loch: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-46411233
US refuses to ban wildlife-killing M-44 ‘cyanide bombs’: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/cyanide-bombs-11-26-2018.php
Oreo cookie mker linked to orangutan habitat destruction for palm oil: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/oreo-maker-linked-to-destruction-of-orangutan-habitat-in-indonesia/
Bull moose poached north of Enterprise, Oregon: http://nwsportsmanmag.com/bull-moose-poached-north-of-enterprise/
Tokyo Olympics built with wood from threatened forests: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/29/tokyo-olympics-venues-built-with-wood-from-threatened-rainforests
Guam’s invasive bird-destroying snake less unique than thought: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/guams-invasive-bird-destroying-snake-less-unique-than-thought/
Forest Service to cancel grazing permit of convicted wolf killer: https://nywolf.org/forest-service-to-cancel-grazing-permit-of-convicted-wolf-killer/
Provincial parks proposal released for Bighorn area of Rocky Mountains: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-bighorn-parks-rocky-mountains-1.4918209
Australia named as one of the world’s worst performers on biodiversity: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/30/australia-named-as-one-of-the-worlds-worst-performers-on-biodiversity
Discovery of ancient reef off South Carolina is one more reason not to drill the Atlantic: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/discovery-ancient-reef-south-carolina-one-more-reason-not-drill-atlantic
Sea Shepherd’s flagship M/Y Steve Irwin retires: https://www.google.com/search?q=Sea+Shepherd%E2%80%99s+flagship+M%2FY+Steve+Irwin+retires%3A&oq=Sea+Shepherd%E2%80%99s+flagship+M%2FY+Steve+Irwin+retires%3A&aqs=chrome..69i57.294j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Jaguars hunt endangered sea turtles in surprising new footage: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/jaguars-eating-sea-turtles-costa-rica-animals-news/

Conservation News ~ December 1 2018

12/1/2018

Famous Alpha Wolf’s daughter Spitfire is killed by a hunter: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/science/wolf-spitfire-killed.html
Feds approve harmful seismic blasting in Atlantic: https://usa.oceana.org/press-releases/feds-authorize-companies-harm-dolphins-and-whales-seismic-airgun-blasting-activities
Snow Leopard shot dead at Dudley Zoo after escaping its enclosure: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/30/uk/snow-leopard-shot-dead-dudley-zoo-gbr-scli/index.html
Audi releasing electric car with recycled vegan interior: https://www.livekindly.co/audi-releasing-electric-car-recycled-vegan-interior/
Oil pipeline spills 8k barrels of crude in Peruvian Amazon: https://in.reuters.com/article/us-peru-oil-spill/vandals-cause-8000-barrels-of-oil-to-spill-in-peruvian-amazon-idINKCN1NX2LK
Brilliant iron molecule could provide cheaper solar energy: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181130111640.htm
EL Paso to drink treated sewer water due to climate change: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/30/health/water-climate-change-el-paso/index.html
Feds, state pay deer farmers $330k after wiping out herds: https://www.apnews.com/18fa74de420b438ebddd643746300541
Extinct Denisovan people may have lived on Earth’s highest plateau: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2186984-extinct-denisovan-people-may-have-lived-on-earths-highest-plateau/
USFWS extends red wolf review in North Carolina: https://www.fws.gov/southeast/news/2018/11/service-extends-red-wolf-review-in-north-carolina/
Oregon and California crabbers sue fossil fuel companies: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Oregon-and-California-crabbers-sue-fossil-fuel-13422887.php
Siberian Unicorn walked Earth with humans: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46358789
Effort clarifies major brach of insect tree of life: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181126154113.htm
Another 50 pilot whales die off NZ: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46395410
Chinese environmental photographer Lu Guang disappears in Xinjiang: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/28/asia/chinese-photographer-lu-guang-missing-intl/index.html
EU palm oil ban risks lucrative weapons deal with Malaysia: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/palm-oil-malaysia-arms-deal-eurofighter-typhoon-biofuel-biodiesel-a8342211.html
Teacher and infant daughter dead in Grizzly Bear Attack in Yukon: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/zmdz95/teacher-and-her-infant-daughter-dead-in-grizzly-bear-attack-in-yukon
Salmon habitat improvements paying off on one California river: https://www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/Salmon-surge-Habitat-improvements-paying-off-on-13426484.php
Magistrate says no more court delays in alleged rhino poaching kingpin case: https://zululandobserver.co.za/182959/no-court-delays-magistrate-tells-alleged-rhino-poaching-kingpin-dumisani-gwala/
Snaring has become greatest threat to African lions: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/lions-snaring-threatens-wildlife-bushmeat-africa/
Amazon deforestation worst in 10 years: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46327634
Antarctic Island Exploded 4k years ago: https://www.livescience.com/64195-antarctic-island-exploded-4000-years-ago.html
Guyana signs on to new roadmap to save the jaguar: https://dpi.gov.gy/guyana-signs-on-to-new-roadmap-to-save-the-jaguar/
Ecological grief among mental health effects of climate change in Canada: https://www.cpha.ca/ecological-grief-among-mental-health-effects-climate-change-canada-report
Scientists found a new species of wasp that turns spiders into zombies: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/zmdzgx/scientists-found-a-new-species-of-wasp-that-turns-spiders-into-zombies
Brazil backs out of hosting 2019 climate change meeting: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/world/americas/brazil-climate-meeting.html
Critically low Monarch population in California: https://xerces.org/2018/11/29/critically-low-monarch-population-in-california/
Patagania’s CEO is donating company’s entire $10M tax cut to fight climate change: https://www.upworthy.com/patagonia-s-ceo-is-donating-company-s-entire-10-m-trump-tax-cut-to-fight-climate-change
First wild Sumatran rhino in Borneo captured for breeding campaign: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/first-wild-sumatran-rhino-in-borneo-captured-for-breeding-campaign/
Hopes of Connectivity as Grizzly expanding from habitat: http://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/hopes-connectivity-grizzly-expanding-habitat
La Jolla gallery charged with selling $1.3M in illegal ivory: https://fox5sandiego.com/2018/11/28/la-jolla-gallery-charged-with-selling-1-3m-in-illegal-ivory/
The European Union announces plans to go carbon neutral: https://futurism.com/european-union-plan-end-carbon-emissions-2050
New research quantifies ecosystem services provided by Amazon rainforest: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/new-research-quantifies-ecosystem-services-provided-by-amazon-rainforest/
EPA plans to allow unlimited dumping of fracking wastewater in the Gulf of Mexico: http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/epa-plans-allow-unlimited-dumping-fracking-wastewater-gulf-mexico
Conservation group challenges Montana’s bighorn sheep management plan: http://montanauntamed.com/hunting/article_ccbb30a5-4253-5efc-acd0-35b50de557ea.html
Staff at LA Zoo work to save local frog from extinction: http://spectrumnews1.com/ca/san-fernando-valley-ventura/environment/2018/11/28/zoo-staff-work-to-save-endangered-frog-from-extinction
World must triple efforts or face catastrophic climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/27/world-triple-efforts-climate-change-un-global-warming
Court of Appeals upholds US ban on Mexican seafood imports to save Vaquita: https://www.nrdc.org/media/2018/181128
Twenty-eight whales dead in inexplicable beaching in Victoria: https://www.9news.com.au/2018/11/28/07/11/mass-whale-beaching-on-remote-gippsland-beach
Five wildlife conservationists held by Iran could face the death penalty: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/four-wildlife-conservationists-held-by-iran-could-face-the-death-penalty/
Oil prospecting may begin in Alaska refuge this winter: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/11/oil-prospecting-may-begin-in-alaska-refuge-this-winter/
Old fashioned fieldwork puts new frog species on the map: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181126142853.htm
A nuclear fusion reactor just set several world records: https://futurism.com/nuclear-fusion-reactor-wendelstein-7-x
Hundreds of flash-frozen turtles was ashore in New England: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/25/flash-frozen-turtles-wash-ashore-new-england
Supreme Court limits habitats protected under the ESA: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-court-endangered-20181127-story.html
Dead Sea Lions with gunshot wounds are washing up in Puget Sound: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/26/us/sea-lions-shot-dead-trnd/index.html
End of an era as Ireland closes its peat bogs to fight climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/27/ireland-closes-peat-bogs-climate-change
Pirates are poaching Bengal Tigers: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/pirates-are-killing-tigers/
Norwegian billionaire funds deluxe deep ocean research ship: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/norwegian-billionaire-funds-deluxe-deep-ocean-research-ship
Rhino horn auction cancelled after outcry from public: https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/2174611/bonhams-cancels-rhino-horn-auction-hong-kong-after-public
Chile fishers brace for fallout after massive mining port is approved: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/chile-fishers-brace-for-fallout-after-massive-mining-port-is-approved/
In Chesapeake Bay, shell mounds show a long history of sustainable oyster harvest: https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/in-the-chesapeake-bay-shell-mounds-show-a-long-history-of-sustainable-oyster-harvests/
Illegal fishing practices responsible for 20 dead dugongs in Abu Dhabi: https://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/illegal-fishing-practices-responsible-for-20-dead-dugongs-in-abu-dhabi-2018-11-26-1.676148
IUCN lists 15 new sites as world’s best protected areas: https://www.iucn.org/news/protected-areas/201811/iucn-lists-15-new-sites-worlds-best-protected-areas
Mass whale stranding on Stewart Island: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/108864894/mass-whale-stranding-on-stewart-island
Pharmaceuticals, illegal drugs showing up in Zebra and Quagga mussels: http://www.michiganradio.org/post/pharmaceuticals-illegal-drugs-showing-zebra-and-quagga-mussels
Finnish wolves suffering from culling and poaching caused by human fear: https://wilderness-society.org/finnish-wolves-suffering-from-culling-and-poaching-caused-by-human-fear/
CWD confirmed in Grand Tetons: https://wyomingwildlifeadvocates.org/breaking-news-cwd-confirmed-in-grand-teton/
Giraffes prefer to dine with friends: https://www.geek.com/news/study-giraffes-prefer-to-dine-with-friends-1762802/
Two iconic bird species make a striking comeback: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/two-iconic-birds-make-a-striking-comeback-but-much-work-remains/
Hawaiian residents successfully shut down 2k acre dairy farm: https://vegnews.com/2018/10/hawaii-residents-sue-dairy-farm-for-discharging-millions-of-gallons-of-toxic-waste
Ireland to become world’s first country to divest from fossil fuels: https://www.ecowatch.com/ireland-fossil-fuels-divestment-2621293680.html
Global warming is messing with the jet stream: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31102018/jet-stream-climate-change-study-extreme-weather-arctic-amplification-temperature
South African community wins court battle over mining rights: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/22/south-african-community-wins-court-battle-over-mining-rights
Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit another record: https://qz.com/1473125/carbon-dioxide-in-the-atmosphere-hit-another-record-high-un/
German fossil could be an entirely new species of Archaeopteryx: https://gizmodo.com/intriguing-german-fossil-could-be-an-entirely-new-speci-1829995985
Queensland coal mega-mine approval reckless: https://farmtable.com.au/queensland-coal-mega-mine-approval-reckless-conservationists-say/
Plan to control parakeet population draws anger in Spain: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/23/plans-use-snipers-control-parakeet-population-draws-anger-spain/
New Study calls for formal recognition of Himalayan Wolf: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/wildlife-biodiversity/new-study-adds-to-calls-for-formal-recognition-of-himalayan-wolf-62200
Scientists unveil ancient sea monsters found in Angola: https://www.npr.org/2018/11/08/659551721/scientists-unveil-ancient-sea-monsters-found-in-angola
US Climate report warns f damaged environment and shrinking economy: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/climate/us-climate-report.html
WWF says this is the last generation that can save nature: https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/this-is-the-last-generation-that-can-save-nature-wwf-says
Conservationists catch Javan rhino in mud wallow: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/jaw-dropping-footage-conservationists-catch-javan-rhino-in-mud-wallow/