Cool Green Science

AUGUST 1, 2022

Six books about fish, fishing and fish conservation for your summertime reading. The post Cool Green Book Review: Fish Edition appeared first on Cool Green Science.

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Cool Green Science

JANUARY 21, 2024

The post Borax Lake Chub: Conserving a High Desert Survivor appeared first on Cool Green Science. This fish has adapted to a lake high in arsenic and heavy metals. But human activity poses a greater challenge.

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Cool Green Science

JANUARY 19, 2022

Is farming in harmony with conservation efforts increasing the benefits or risks from birds? The post Conservation-Friendly Farming Can Benefit Both Birds and Crops appeared first on Cool Green Science.

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Cool Green Science

JULY 8, 2024

The rich lands and waters of Colombia’s department (state) of Vichada are valued around the world for their biodiversity, which in […] The post The Curito: Guardian of Orinoquia Conservation and Tradition appeared first on Cool Green Science.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Ocean Conservancy: Can you give us an overview of your current research? It’s a cool field to study because there are so many facets and rabbit holes that you can go down to get a holistic picture of how evolutionary forces produce skull shape. Every fish is cool.

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Cool Green Science

MAY 15, 2022

The post A New Database to Drive Seabird Conservation appeared first on Cool Green Science. A new database will help protect the world's most imperiled group of birds.

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Cool Green Science

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Cool Green Science staff writers and contributors won 10 awards from the Outdoor Writers Association of America. The post 10 Writing Awards for Cool Green Science appeared first on Cool Green Science.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 14, 2024

Premier Doug Ford has forced Ontario’s 36 Conservation Areas to set the table for a province-wide land buffet for developers. By December 31, 2024, Conservation Areas must create an inventory of “land which is suitable for the purposes of housing and housing infrastructure” for disposal as surplus lands.

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Cool Green Science

MAY 10, 2022

The post Seeing the Forest for the Deer: Alaskan Scientists Harness Big Data for Conservation appeared first on Cool Green Science. Some fear Sitka black-tailed deer populations are facing a crash. Can big data help?

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Cool Green Science

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

This year, wildfire affected dozens of Nature Conservancy preserves. The post When Wildfire Comes to Nature Conservancy Preserves appeared first on Cool Green Science. How did they fare?

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2025

By Renee' Carey, Northcentral PA Conservancy In the heart of Lycoming County, the McMorris family has nurtured a 60-acre farm that tells a story of stewardship, family, and a love for the land. From early spring to the cool days of fall, they tended gardens and orchards, following the seasonal rhythms that defined their lives.

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Cool Green Science

MARCH 20, 2022

The post Giant Redfin: Conserving South Africa’s Native Fish appeared first on Cool Green Science. Meet the overlooked South African wildlife: native fish. Can invasive species removal offer hope?

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Cool Green Science

JULY 24, 2022

A new policy tool can help ensure coral reef conservation better meets local people’s needs and preferences. The post New Policy Tool Could Represent Sea Change for Coral Reef Conservation appeared first on Cool Green Science.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In an unchanging climate, the random fluctuations would lead to warming in some parts of the world and cooling in others. In a world with just random local fluctuations but no climate change, about half the weather stations would show a (more or less significant) warming, the other half a cooling. It’s not hard to understand.

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Cool Green Science

MARCH 3, 2022

But often, we are not involved in… The post Gender-Based Violence Is a Conservation Issue: How Do We Respond? appeared first on Cool Green Science. We depend on a healthy environment to put food on the table, and to generate income for to pay for school fees.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

This means that for an indefinite amount of time—depending on the cause of the outage —a home can go without electricity for lighting, heating, cooling and other needs that people depend on every day. Lastly, this household took steps to make sure it conserves as much of that harnessed power as possible by making the home energy efficient.

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Cool Green Science

MAY 7, 2024

A Nature Conservancy preserve in Moab, Utah offers hopeful news for endangered razorback suckers: this fall, 51 juvenile suckers were […] The post Utah Nursery Gives Endangered Fish a Place to Grow appeared first on Cool Green Science.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2024

The Allegheny County Conservation District , Findlay Township and Montour Run Watershed Association celebrated the completion of the Findlay Township Activity Center Rain Gardens at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 25, 2024. Find out what your county conservation district is doing and the services they offer.

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Washington Nature

JUNE 1, 2021

There’s a through line connecting academia, the Northwest Museum of Art, dirt, X-rays, economics, racial equity, conservation and science (to name but just a few), and that through line exists because of a collaborative partnership here in Washington state. Students are getting training on how to be practical, real conservation scientists.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 18, 2024

The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy recently announced the permanent protection of 250 forested acres along Deer Creek Road in Frenchcreek Township, Venango County, that will soon be open to the public as a new nature preserve. The watershed has been an important area of conservation focus for the Conservancy since 1969.

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Cool Green Science

JULY 28, 2024

Off the coast of Long Island, researchers are helping shape conservation actions by tracking seabirds. The post Shearwater Search: The Trials and Rewards of Offshore Seabird Research appeared first on Cool Green Science. But they have to catch them first.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is perhaps the single most ready-made tool for farmers to voluntarily tackle climate change. CSP’s Approach to Conservation Farmers and ranchers are important managers of our shared air, water, and soil resources, and CSP recognizes and rewards this critical role.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Deanna Phillips ’23, who interned with DEP this past summer in the permitting department, remarked, “Actually seeing a permit come to life at my own school is really cool.” Partners on site for the work were the Chesapeake Conservancy , the Merrill W. Reprinted from the Susquehanna University website.)

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Cool Green Science

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The post Witches’ Broom and the Conservation of “Ugly” appeared first on Cool Green Science. Should we kill trees because they’re ugly? At one point, conservationists did.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2024

On October 17, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources issued its fourth Fall Foliage Report saying consistently cold nights and cool days have spurred a very colorful change in Penn’s Woods! Bright color can be found from the southern Poconos though the middle and southern Appalachians.

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Washington Nature

AUGUST 9, 2023

More than 60 community members came together last week under bright blue skies to celebrate the Washington Cascades Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Project. See map below for on overview of this long-term conservation effort. Forest Service; Mike Stevens, The Nature Conservancy; Robert Sanchez, U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2023

The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy’s Watershed Conservation Program was awarded the U.S. Forest Service’s Partnership Award for the Conservancy’s long standing watershed work in the Allegheny National Forest and the Allegheny Watershed Improvement Needs (WINs) Coalition. Click Here to see more photos accompanying this article.

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Cool Green Science

APRIL 16, 2023

The post Women Lead Leatherback Conservation in the Solomon Islands appeared first on Cool Green Science. Changing cultural perceptions around gender can’t work without the support of the local communities.

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Cool Green Science

MARCH 14, 2023

The post Lifting All Boats: Six Steps to Enhancing Equity in Marine Conservation appeared first on Cool Green Science. How can we protect fragile ocean ecosystems while also preserving the cultural and economic lifeways of the people who depend on them?

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2022

It was filed by the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union and the Green League, who object to a 30-year groundwater pumping permit given by state regulators. In responding to climate change, water and energy conservation systems could have a negative influence if efforts create plumbing systems that allow bacteria to grow.

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Cool Green Science

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Bird banding has become one of the most useful tactics in bird conservation. The post An Introduction to Bird Banding appeared first on Cool Green Science. Here’s what you need to know.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2024

On March 1, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn visited Reading to highlight grants available through the Community Conservation Partnership Program to plant trees in underserved cities and towns across the Commonwealth. Planting trees helps the planet -- and helps people. million from the U.S.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 12, 2021

Historical illustrations give us a glimpse into the scientific research of the past—and they can be very cool to look at! Now, we’re bringing you our favorite cool and unusual illustrations of fish from the BHL! Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. © See more weird and wild animals.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

On November 2, The Nature Conservancy in Pennsylvania released new results and analysis of a federally-funded community science study that produced Philadelphia’s highest-resolution heat map to date. For more information, visit TNC-PA’s Urban Conservation in Pennsylvania webpage. Click Here to become a member.

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Cool Green Science

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Twenty years of conservation writing, and a creek runs through it. The post Moose in the Morning: 20 Years of Silver Creek appeared first on Cool Green Science.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The grid needs electricity most during extreme temperatures so that we can all stay reasonably cool during sweltering heat waves and reasonably warm during frigid cold winter storms. Further, gas plants that require cooling , like gas steam and combined cycle plants, are cooled less efficiently in high temperatures.

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Cool Green Science

JULY 11, 2021

The post Buffered by Bears: Why Foxes Hang Out Near A Top Predator appeared first on Cool Green Science. A new study suggests gray foxes use bears as a coyote buffer.

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