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1 week ago | 
news.mongabay.com | Liz Kimbrough
Researchers found 2% of amphibian species are already experiencing temperatures beyond their physiological limits, potentially increasing to 7.5% with continued climate warming. The study revealed an unexpected pattern where tropical species in the Southern Hemisphere face greater heat risk, while in the Northern Hemisphere, species at higher latitudes are more vulnerable.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.mongabay.com | Liz Kimbrough
The “Forest 500 Report 2025” by Global Canopy reveals that only 3% of major companies with influence over forest-risk commodities are taking adequate action on deforestation, with beef identified as the biggest driverThe assessment identified 24 “persistent laggards” that have never made any deforestation commitments despite a decade of evaluation, while some companies like meatpacking giant JBS are backtracking on previous pledges.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.mongabay.com | Liz Kimbrough
The Deepwater Horizon disaster on April 20, 2010, was the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, releasing an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over nearly three months. Fifteen years later, the gulf ecosystem shows a complicated picture of both resilience and lingering damage, with some species, like brown pelicans, recovering, while others, like humans, dolphins and deep-sea corals, continue to struggle with long-term health impacts.
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1 month ago | 
news.mongabay.com | Liz Kimbrough
Indian wildlife biologist Zeeshan Mirza has identified more than 60 new-to-science species, including snakes, tarantulas and geckos across India’s biodiversity hotspots. The Western Ghats and Himalayan regions are particularly rich areas for biological discoveries, though many species remain undocumented and threatened.
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1 month ago | 
news.mongabay.com | Liz Kimbrough
The documentary ‘Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics’ reveals microplastics have been found in human brains, placentas, and virtually every organ, highlighting a global environmental and health crisis. Executive producers Rick Smith and Peter Raymont explore how humans are becoming “plastic people” with microplastic contamination beginning before birth and persisting after death.
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1 month ago | 
news.mongabay.com | Liz Kimbrough
Out of Plain Sight,” directed by journalist Rosanna Xia and filmmaker Daniel Straub, documents the legacy of mass amounts of DDT waste dumped off the California coast decades ago, with environmental consequences continuing today. The documentary features journalism as a main character, following Xia’s real-time investigation and highlighting both the process of science and storytelling through immersive cinematography and sound design.
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2 months ago | 
news.mongabay.com | Liz Kimbrough
Iranian researcher Mahmood Kolnegari has described a new praying mantis species in central Iran, naming it Sinaiella azadi (“freedom” in Persian) to symbolize the importance of scientific freedom and collaboration across borders. The discovery represents the first record of the genus Sinaiella in Iran and Armenia, expanding the known range of this mantis group previously thought to exist only in the Arabian Peninsula and Egypt.
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2 months ago | 
news.mongabay.com | Liz Kimbrough
Ancient Amazonians of the Casarabe culture (500-1400 CE) built an innovative dual water management system of drainage canals and ponds, enabling year-round corn cultivation in what is now modern-day Bolivia. These complex societies created massive earthen mounds, roads and canals, forming “low-density urbanism” across the landscape, which remained hidden until revealed by lidar technology.
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2 months ago | 
gk.city | Javier Rodríguez Sandoval |Liz Kimbrough |Emerson Salmeron Rubio
Aquí te contamos qué puedes hacer por el feriado de carnaval desde el 22 de febrero hasta el 4 de marzo en Quito, Cuenca, Ambato y Guaranda. Qué hacer en Quito La agenda del Municipio de Quito incluye presentaciones artísticas, desfiles, caminatas, visitas a mercados para degustar comida típica y más. Algunas actividades son gratuitas y otras cuestan entre 2 y 5 dólares.
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2 months ago | 
gk.city | Liz Kimbrough |Astrid Arellano |Javier Rodríguez Sandoval |Emerson Salmeron Rubio
De tamaño mediano y color negro es la única especie de oso que vive en América del Sur. Sus anteojos son las manchas que tiene en la cara y son únicas en cada oso, así como las huellas digitales para los humanos. El oso de anteojos no hiberna porque tiene alimento todo el año en el bosque y páramo, que es donde viven. Se comunican a través de los árboles y son acróbatas. Te contamos sobre el oso de anteojos.
