Conservation News ~ 2 August 2019

• Hammerhead shark spotted off British waters for first time in history: https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/01/hammerhead-shark-spotted-off-british-waters-for-first-time-in-history-10500556/
• Federal agency stops killing beavers in Siskiyou County to protect Oregon spotted frogs: https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/08/01/wildlife-services-stops-killing-beavers-siskiyou-county-california-protect-oregon-spotted-frogs/1889642001/
• Wildfire burning in Everglades conservation area near Coral Springs: https://news.yahoo.com/wildfire-burning-everglades-conservation-area-031902008.html
• 11 new species of rain frogs discovered in Ecuadorian Andes: https://www.geek.com/news/11-new-species-of-rain-frogs-discovered-in-ecuadorian-andes-1798480/
• Newly discovered insect in Brooklyn: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/nyregion/beetle-species-green-wood-cemetery.html
• Study confirms political interference in Mexican Gray Wolf recovery: https://defenders.org/newsroom/study-confirms-political-interference-mexican-gray-wolf-recovery
• Atmospheric carbon last year reached levels not seen in 800,000 years: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/atmospheric-carbon-last-year-reached-levels-not-seen-800000-years
• Under Brazil’s far-right leader, Amazon protections slashed and forests fall: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/world/americas/brazil-deforestation-amazon-bolsonaro.html
• The Greenland Ice Sheet just poured 197 billion tons of water into the North Atlantic in July alone: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/08/02/images-show-staggering-extent-melting-greenland-ice-sheet-due-heat-wave/
• New BLM appointee believes founding fathers wanted all public lands to be sold off: https://www.ecowatch.com/public-lands-sale-fossil-fuels-2639550252.html
• Plastic bag sales fell by 90%at England’s large retailers in past 4 years: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/01/747238169/plastic-bag-sales-fell-by-90-at-englands-large-retailers-in-past-4-years
• Rhino born at SD Zoo, making key step in protecting threatened species: https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/rhino-born-san-diego-zoo-marking-key-step-protecting-threatened-ncna1036401
• Judge stops Rosemont Mine Project: https://tucson.com/news/local/federal-judge-bars-rosemont-mine-construction/article_53b3d5bc-b403-11e9-a413-e78b06cf0a82.html
• Russia’s army called in as Siberia wildfires engulf area nearly as big as Belgium: https://www.euronews.com/2019/07/31/siberian-wildfires-engulf-area-almost-the-size-belgium-as-states-of-emergency-are-declared
• New bird species spotted in Northeast Ohio: https://radio.wosu.org/post/new-bird-species-spotted-northeast-ohio
• FWS must declare if Penguin species endangered: https://www.law360.com/articles/1183908/fws-must-decide-if-penguin-species-endangered-suit-says
• Philippines are most deadly place to defend the environment: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/30/world/global-witness-environment-scli-intl/index.html
• Grizzly Bears relisted as Endangered Species: https://www.prescottenews.com/index.php/news/current-news/item/33997-grizzly-bears-relisted-as-endangered-species
• Ethiopia plants 350 million trees in one day: https://www.npr.org/2019/07/31/746855294/ethiopians-plant-350-million-trees-as-part-of-green-legacy-program
• Mysterious radiation leak, 100x larger than Fukushima disaster, traced to Russian facility: https://bigthink.com/radiation-leak-russia
• Forest loss threatens territorial gibbons in southern Borneo: https://www.envirolink.org/2019/07/31/forest-loss-threatens-territorial-gibbons-in-southern-borneo/
• Extremely rare fossil tooth of hamster-sized monkey found in Peru: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/extremely-rare-fossil-tooth-of-hamster-sized-monkey-found-in-peru/
• Indonesia investigates oil spill in Java Sea by state energy company: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/indonesia-investigates-oil-spill-in-java-sea-by-state-energy-company/
• Reef fish are faring fine in eastern Indonesia: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/reef-fish-are-faring-fine-in-eastern-indonesia-study-suggests/
• Peru’s crackdown on coca pushes illegal growers toward protected areas: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/perus-crackdown-on-coca-pushes-illegal-growers-toward-protected-areas/
• Holliday Inn’s owner switching to bulk sizes to cut waste: https://www.npr.org/2019/07/30/746612721/so-long-mini-shampoos-holiday-inns-owner-switching-to-bulk-sizes-to-cut-waste
• New species of Cambrian predator discovered in 506 million year old shale: https://www.earth.com/news/cambrian-predator-discovered-shale/
• A Filipino scientist made bioplastic out of mango and seaweed: https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/3k3x75/filipino-scientist-bioplastic-mango-seaweed
• The deadliest environmental causes in 2018: protesting mining, agribusiness, dams: https://grist.org/article/the-deadliest-environmental-causes-in-2018-protesting-mining-agribusiness-dams/
• Malagasy president considers backing declaration on conservation goals: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/malagasy-president-considers-backing-declaration-on-conservation-goals/
• Bodies of 7 tiger cubs found in a car in Vietnam: https://www.france24.com/en/20190726-seven-dead-tigers-found-car-vietnam
• North Sea Cod are at critically low levels: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/29/north-sea-cod-at-critically-low-levels-study-warns
• Starvation deaths of 200 reindeer in Arctic are caused by climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/30/deaths-of-200-reindeer-in-arctic-caused-by-climate-change-say-researchers
• Indian researchers discover new species of vine snakes in Western Ghats: https://www.livemint.com/science/news/indian-researchers-discover-a-new-species-of-vine-snakes-in-western-ghats-1564417683310.html
• Paleontologists identify a new duck-billed dinosaur species from the Big Bend: https://www.kut.org/post/paleontologists-identify-new-duck-billed-dinosaur-species-big-bend
• Australian workers win ExxonMobil strike after 742 days on picket line: https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/australian-workers-win-exxonmobil-strike-after-742-days-on-picket-line/​