Recent publications in French magazine Courrier International, both cartoons are about Africa and both are from 2023.

#Africa #resources #climate #environment

🐟🧽 University of #Bonn researchers developed a washing machine filter inspired by sardine and anchovy gill systems that removes over 99% of #microplastics from laundry wastewater. The biomimetic design uses funnel-shaped filtration with self-cleaning mechanisms copied from #fish feeding systems.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/fish-washing-machine-microplastic-filter/

#biomimicry #environment #sustainability #engineering #innovation #technology #tech

Colombia bans all new oil and mining projects in its Amazon biome, which covers 42% of the nation’s territory.
#colombia #environment #climate #ClimateChange

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/11/colombia-bans-all-new-oil-and-mining-projects-in-its-amazon/

Almost monthly, there's some news article that slides by almost unnoticed with a headline that sounds like the start of an apocalyptic movie. And this isn't even a new phenomenon; there are already problems with whales having to change their singing and move because of shipping traffic. #environment
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/25/shipping-noise-arctic-whales-narwhals-sound-quieter-vessels

More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US data centers https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/08/us-data-centers #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Environment #Technology #Worldnews #USnews #Energy

Coral reefs have stabilized Earth's carbon cycle for the past 250 million years, research reveals https://phys.org/news/2025-12-coral-reefs-stabilized-earth-carbon.html

#environment #waters #coralreefs #carbon

Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab.
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A ProPublica and High Country News investigation found that government programs supporting grazing on public lands prop up a wealthy few while harming the environment. The Trump administration is supercharging the system.
https://www.propublica.org/article/grazing-ranchers-public-lands-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Government #Trump #Environment #Grazing #PublicLands #Tax

Here's my photo of a young Cougar in snow (Puma concolor). The Cougar is also known as Mountain Lion, Puma, Catamount, or Panther. ©Carl R. Englander

#ArtAdventCalendar #ThrowbackThursday #Throwback #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Cat #Cats #Catstodon #NaturePhotography #Photography #PhotographersOfMastodon #Photo #Photographer #Nature #Outdoors #Biodiversity #Naturalist #Color #Film #Kodak #Winter #Mammal #Conservation #Biodiversity #Environment #Ecosystem #Ecology

The planet is on track to log its second-hottest year on record in 2025, tied with 2023 after a historic high in 2024, Europe's global warming monitor said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/12/09/climate-change/tie-second-hottest-year/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #climatechange #heatwaves #extremeweather #cop30 #environment #energy #emissions

The transport ministry will likely delay starting work to extend the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line to link Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture and Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka Prefecture, sources said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/japan/hokuriku-shinkansen-extension-delay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mlit #hokurikushinkansen #bullettrains #rail #fukui #osaka #kyoto #ldp #nipponishinnokai #environment

Science journal retracts study on safety of Monsanto’s Roundup: ‘serious ethical concerns’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/monsanto-roundup-safety-study-retracted #Environment #Monsanto #Society #Science #USnews #Health

A flagship study that declared the weedkiller Roundup posed no serious health risks has been retracted with little fanfare, ending a 25-year saga that exposed how corporate interests can distort scientific research. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/science-health/landmark-pesticide-study-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #pesticides #health #cancer #environment

A study has found that global plastic pollution will hit 280 million metric tons per year by 2040, or a dump truck’s worth every second. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/12/03/sustainability/world-plastic-glut-2040/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #plastic #pollution #environment

🐟🧽 University of #Bonn researchers developed a washing machine filter inspired by sardine and anchovy gill systems that removes over 99% of #microplastics from laundry wastewater. The biomimetic design uses funnel-shaped filtration with self-cleaning mechanisms copied from #fish feeding systems.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/fish-washing-machine-microplastic-filter/

#biomimicry #environment #sustainability #engineering #innovation #technology #tech

Almost monthly, there's some news article that slides by almost unnoticed with a headline that sounds like the start of an apocalyptic movie. And this isn't even a new phenomenon; there are already problems with whales having to change their singing and move because of shipping traffic. #environment
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/25/shipping-noise-arctic-whales-narwhals-sound-quieter-vessels

Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.

They finally got their wish.
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-formaldehyde-risk-assessment?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Environment #PublicHealth #Health #Cancer #Government #Regulation

More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US data centers https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/08/us-data-centers #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Environment #Technology #Worldnews #USnews #Energy

#USA #US #canada

Lake Erie turning the corner, but climate, contaminants pose risks

Lake Erie sees reduced nutrient runoff and signs of recovery, but climate change and emerging threats continue to challenge long-term restoration efforts

https://www.farmanddairy.com/news/lake-erie-turning-the-corner-but-climate-contaminants-pose-risks/897654.html

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate