The title tell us this: we are discovering for the first time ever new species of plants and animals but at the same time we’ve decided that these new species (to humans) are going extinct because of human behavior. It is a bit sick that. There must be species on the planet that we have …
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A study has concluded that intensive farming harms bird life more than climate change and urbanisation. And intensive farming is becoming increasingly necessary as the human population grows. The UK is particularly vulnerable to this phenomenon as the country’s population is growing rapidly mainly due to uncontrolled immigration. Rarely do the politicians discuss the effect …
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is a very powerful tool. There will be millions of ways to use it provided it doesn’t develop to the point where it uses us! Conrad Young has created an artificial intelligence service called chirrup.ai which can analyse recordings of birdsong and name the birds that made those sounds. This will avoid …
The humble earthworm is vital to Britain’s biodiversity. Their population size have declined by at least 33% over the past 25 years according to a study. The decline in the number is probably as important as any other major decline in wildlife. Prof James Pearce-Higgins from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) said: “We need …
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After a 15-year study from 2005-2019 scientists from UPV/EHU and the Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive in Montpellier (CEFE-CNRS) Decided that global warming is making the plumage of blue tits less colourful. They call this a “plastic change” as opposed to a genetic change in their plumage. They observed and recorded the appearance of 5,800 …
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NEWS AND COMMENT- NAVI SANKALI VILLAGE, GUJARAT, INDIA: A farmer, Bhagvanji Rupapara, has spent almost all his savings in constructing an elaborate, 40-foot-high dove nest tower for 2,500 birds at a cost of nearly £20,000 over the period of one year. He has become a celebrity as a result. He’s unhappy about that because it …
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Housing estate developers are in competition with conservationists and at the centre of this battle in the state of Texas, USA is the golden-cheeked warbler. This is a paradigm case of the constant friction between conservationists and commercial enterprises. Commerce wants to destroy habitat, to exploit it to make money whereas conservationists want to protect …
The coronavirus pandemic caused visitor numbers to plummet with a resultant catastrophic decrease in income but the public stepped in and saved Lundy Island, a home to rare bird species of the Devon coast. In all, well-wishes raised £214,000 (source: The Times). The island is managed by the Landmark Trust which was awarded £500,000 of …
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