WASHINGTONPOST (Brady Dennis) - Scientists race to save Florida’s coral reef as El Niño heats the ocean
Three years after a devastating marine heat wave in Florida, scientists say they are better prepared to protect vulnerable coral reefs.
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - DiCaprio and Bezos pledge $200 million to save 100 endangered species worldwide
Leonardo DiCaprio and the Bezos Earth Fund have launched what they call the largest philanthropic fund ever dedicated to recovering critically endangered species, a $200 million bet that private money can reverse extinction across 30 countries. The Phoenix Species Project, announced by DiCaprio's conservation group Re:wild, splits its funding evenly: $100 million from the Bezos […] The post DiCaprio and Bezos pledge $200 million to save 100 endangered species worldwide appeared first on American Almanac .
Leonardo DiCaprio and the Bezos Earth Fund have launched what they call the largest philanthropic fund ever dedicated to recovering critically endangered species, a $200 million bet that private money can reverse extinction across 30 countries. The Phoenix Species Project, announced by DiCaprio's conservation group Re:wild, splits its funding evenly: $100 million from the Bezos Earth Fund and $100 million from Re:wild, backed by contributions from DiCaprio himself, the environmental group Age of Union, and the Todd Graves Family Foundation. The initiative targets 100 species across seven groups, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, fish, invertebrates, and plants, and will work with more than 100 local and international partners, The…Open
NEWSCATS - ‘Climate change is really here: We should seize this crisis moment to create a new momentum’
Image: High Arctic Cold Records; Antarctica Back Below -80C; Southern Chile Drops Below -20C; + The “Global” Temperature Record Was Never Truly Global Related: Here is why science and observations DO NOT support net-zero Patagonia [...]
NPR (Jonathan Lambert) - Invasive species cause more harm in the Global South
Invasive species can wreak havoc on ecosystems. A new study in Science suggests low- and middle-income countries in the Global South experience greater harms.
NYTIMES (Ronda Kaysen, Kevin Draper and Jack Healy) - Ted Turner’s Legacy as a Landowner and Conservationist
The media mogul, who died this week, amassed roughly two million acres and revived entire ecosystems.
JUSTTHENEWS (Nicholas Ballasy) - Trump signs proclamation to 'unleash commercial fishing in the Atlantic,' ending Obama-era rules
The area affected is the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, a federally protected marine zone east of Cape Cod that was originally created under former President Barack Obama to safeguard underwater ecosystems.