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Plastics By The Number, Andrew N. Rowan
Plastics By The Number, Andrew N. Rowan
WellBeing News
Great Britain’s Royal Statistical Society selected a “plastic fact” – that 90.5% of all plastics ever made have never been recycled – as its Statistic of the Year. Plastic waste is now so widespread that it has been proposed as an indicator of the beginning of the Anthropocene era when humans began to alter the world’s ecosystem significantly. The amount of plastic that has entered the oceans is actually a relatively small percentage of the total and, with concerted global action, it should be possible to make a real difference and save the marine creatures that are dying because their …
Ipbes Report Update, Andrew N. Rowan
Ipbes Report Update, Andrew N. Rowan
WellBeing News
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) produced a major report in which they concluded that the "loss of species, ecosystems and genetic diversity is already a global and generational threat to human well-being."
Urban Wildlife, John Hadidian
Urban Wildlife, John Hadidian
WellBeing News
Cities are emerging as important “novel ecosystems” to which many species of urban wildlife are adapting and within which others already are thriving and finding sanctuary. Cities can be havens for rare and endangered species of animals and serve as focal areas for the emergence of new forms as adaptation to the requirements of urban life drives species evolution.