Biodiversity

What to Know About the Major Oceans Treaty Just Finalized by More Than 190 Nations

Mon, 03/06/2023 - 17:15

Earth is a blue planet, and this weekend yielded good news for our world’s plentiful marine environments. Leaders from more than 190 nations around the world came together on Saturday night to establish a long-awaited, global agreement to protect the world’s oceans.

marineprotectedarea, protectedareas, stc3a9phanedujarric, christopherreddy, marinepollution, Biodiversity, woodshole

More Than a Third of All Plants and Animals in the U.S. Could Go Extinct

Mon, 02/06/2023 - 13:05

Gizmodo : Environment

More than a third of animal and plant species in the U.S. could go extinct while more than 40% of ecosystems are at risk of collapse, a new report from a conservation group has found.

conservationbiology, habitat, brien, internationalunionforconservationofnature, endangeredspecies, Biodiversity, naturalenvironment

Billion-dollar startup plans to bring the dodo back from the dead, and claims it can also revive the woolly mammoth

Wed, 02/01/2023 - 09:03

Tech Insider

An artist illustration shows a white dodo looking towards the camera on a white background. — Collossal Biosciences aims to revive the long-extinct dodo using gene editing.
David Tipling/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

What to Know About the Major Oceans Treaty Just Finalized by More Than 190 Nations

marineprotectedarea, protectedareas, stc3a9phanedujarric, christopherreddy, marinepollution, Biodiversity, woodshole

More Than a Third of All Plants and Animals in the U.S. Could Go Extinct

conservationbiology, habitat, brien, internationalunionforconservationofnature, endangeredspecies, Biodiversity, naturalenvironment

Billion-dollar startup plans to bring the dodo back from the dead, and claims it can also revive the woolly mammoth

Science, News UK, Biodiversity, gene editing, Biotech