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Build MPAs to protect fish from overfishing!
In this video, it shows dry, offshore winds battering my new rock garden out front this afternoon. Plants here consists of 3 queen palms and a few cordylines and a sago palm at the end of the driveway. My poor plants... Well, wind does make trees and plants stronger to a certain extent right? It's also a good thing I installed tree straps to the palms for extra stability and support. Footage taken from my place in San Jose, CA. (Sunday afternoon, ‎November ‎3, ‎2024)
*Did you know? Exposure to wind can encourage plants to develop stronger stems and root systems. This is a phenomenon known as thigmomorphogenesis, where mechanical stimulation promotes growth changes that enhance structural integrity. Wind also helps improve air circulation around plants, reducing humidity and the risk of fungal diseases. Good airflow can certainly also help with the drying of wet foliage, further minimizing disease risk. By promoting the establishment of various plant species in different locations, wind contributes to greater biodiversity in ecosystems.
This one is over 5 years old! started out with 3 brine shrimp, number 1 & number 2 died about 2 years ago, number 3 is still going strong!
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
Fulvio di Fulvio, Research Scholar, Ecosystems Services and Management Program, IIASA
On the #iwd2017 at #iiasa, Fulvio selected as his ‘Woman in Science’ Rita Levi-Montalcini (22 April 1909 – 30 December 2012). She was an Italian Nobel laureate, honored for her work in neurobiology. She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with colleague Stanley Cohen for the discovery of nerve growth factors. From 2001 until her death, she also served in the Italian Senate as a Senator for Life. On 22 April 2009, she became the first Nobel laureate ever to reach the age of 100. She is remembered for her charismatic and tenacious character and for her lifelong endeavor to defend the battles in which she believed.
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The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
The ITU Regional Seminar for CIS & Europe was held in St. Petersburg from 6 to 8 June to discuss the latest technologies and trends in the development of modern radiocommunication ecosystems. Co-organized by ITU and Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), the seminar addressed the appropriate solutions for the sustainable use of the radio frequency spectrum as a scarce resource in enabling the development of the digital economy through mobile, transport, navigation and space systems.
A diagram showing how environmental hazards and change affect different types of ecosystem services and, as a consequence, well-being and mobility.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
Dianella revoluta
Common Name: Black-anthered Lily, Blueberry Lily, Blue Flax-Lily
Photographer: Lorraine Oliver
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Ambyvalley road,Lonavala,Mah.India
taking baby steps in this Big,Bad World!
Two thirds of all species of freshwater crab maybe at risk of going extinct, with one in six species particularly vulnerable, according to a new survey.
That makes freshwater crabs among the most threatened of all groups of animals assessed so far.
The study is the first global assessment of the extinction risk for any group of freshwater invertebrates.
Crab species in southeast Asia are the most at risk, from habitat destruction, pollution and drainage.
Scientists from the Zoological Society of London and Northern Michigan University led the survey, which produced the first International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species for the 1280 known species of freshwater crab.
Of those, the survey found that 227 species should be considered as near threatened, vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered.
For another 628 species, not enough data exists to adequately assess their future, says the survey published in the journal Biological Conservation.
However, while the most optimistic scenario is that 16% of all species are at risk, the worst case scenario suggests the figure could be as high as 65%, or two-thirds of all species.
Keystone species
Freshwater crabs are essential to many freshwater ecosystems. Some feed on fallen leaves and algae, while other species help cycle nutrients by eating vast quantities of detritus.
The crabs themselves are an important source of food for a range of birds such as herons and kingfishers, reptiles such as monitor lizards and crocodiles and amphibians such as frogs and toads. Mammals that like to dine on freshwater crabs include otters, mongooses, civets as well as wild boar and even macaque monkeys.
Because most species require pristine water to survive, they are also excellent indicators of good water quality.
But species are increasingly being impacted by habitat destruction and pollution.
Most vulnerable are crabs living in southeast Asia, which is also home to the greatest diversity of species.
source:BBC-Earth News
Families of Freshwater Crabs In Asia
Potamidae
Gecarcinucidae
Parathelphusidae
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Aambyvalley ,(Duttawadi Rd.,)Lonavala,Mah.,India
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Ambyvalley road,Lonavala,Mah.,India
The Transformation is complete...from a dry,shrivelled,brown,hot,bright place to a wet,green,windy,gurgling,flowing,foggy place...the circle is complete!
Documenting the impact of improved climbing beans in Rwanda.
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The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
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For the first time an ecosystem survey with R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen will be conducted in the coastal area of Gabon. Identification and abundance of birds, whales, fish, phytoplankton, zooplankton and benthos will be conducted in the period from 9-23 May. In addition environmental parameters such as temperature, salinity, current, chlorophyll and oxygen will be measured. A reception was help onboard the vessel before the start of the cruise and the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Security, the governor of Port Gentil, and the FAO representative in Central Africa, were among the distinguished guest.
Permission obtained from Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
College, Laguna, Philippines
I was attracted by the textures evident on the back of the tree, and the spider webs that covered it. It was not only a tree trunk, but a city full of life.
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For the first time an ecosystem survey with R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen will be conducted in the coastal area of Gabon. Identification and abundance of birds, whales, fish, phytoplankton, zooplankton and benthos will be conducted in the period from 9-23 May. In addition environmental parameters such as temperature, salinity, current, chlorophyll and oxygen will be measured. A reception was help onboard the vessel before the start of the cruise and the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Security, the governor of Port Gentil, and the FAO representative in Central Africa, were among the distinguished guest.