Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa — with a lot of water | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/chatgpt-gpt4-iowa-ai-water-consumption-microsoft-f551fde98083d17a7e8d904f8be822c4 #water #ai #conservation #gluttony #facts
#facts #gluttony #conservation #ai #water
good news!
A new turtle-trapping ban will protect state populations.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mcvmagazine/issues/2023/sep-oct/dispatch.html
Trisha Mukherjee (2023) #Conservation biology needs diversity among its practitioners to succeed
https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad057
#BioScience
Habe einen kleinen Film über den Bau eines Teichs im Wald gemacht und wer nach einem Jahr dort auftaucht #conservation #naturschutz https://youtu.be/J9Qte-KRT-M
Haben einen kleinen Film über den Bau eines Teichs im Wald gemacht und wer nach einem Jahr dort auftaucht #conservation #naturschutz https://youtu.be/J9Qte-KRT-M
Peaceful protesters should never be criminalised or imprisoned.
"Rise of draconian anti-protest laws in Australia is highlighted by UN Special Rapporteur"
"A UN Special Rapporteur has raised concerns about increasingly draconian laws that restrict citizens’ rights to peaceful protest around Australia."
“Over the past 18 months, maximum fines for certain types of peaceful protest in some states increased 10-fold and prison terms trebled."
Australia: Deep divide between Government and community narratives on toxics fuels anger and distrust, says UN expert, Media release, UN- Special Rapporteur, 8-9-23.
“Draconian restrictions on the right to peaceful protest in several states aggravate the distance between State and society."
https://www.edo.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/press_release_8_september_2023_.pdf
#state vs #society
#protests #criminalisation #rights #freeSpeech #activism #democracy #HumanRights #UN #EDO #Australia #AntiProtestLaws #authoritarianism #incarceration #environment #conservation #NSWlogging #biodiversity #climate
#criminalisation #incarceration #state #society #protests #rights #freespeech #activism #democracy #humanrights #un #edo #australia #antiprotestlaws #authoritarianism #environment #conservation #nswlogging #biodiversity #climate
Once-abandoned #dogs are now trained to sniff out environmental clues https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/09/09/dogs-conservation-environment-smell-adoption/ #conservation
Eric Smith has been diving off the Sussex coast since 1959 and has seen both terrible destruction and, in the past few years, hopeful regrowth. "Just give nature a bit of space and it will come back."
#GoodNews #Coast #Sea #Wildlife #Sealife #Conservation #Renewal #Sussex
#goodnews #coast #sea #wildlife #sealife #conservation #Renewal #sussex
@meerlala Indeed! I wonder why the rich ceased to enjoy eating #eels in the #19thCentury - snobbery presumably?
& it is shocking how many foods then cheap enough for everyman have become #CriticallyEndangered.
🙏 @greenleejw for your fascinating insights into both history & ecological change - & your usual #GreatAltText!
https://www.zsl.org/what-we-do/projects/european-eel-conservation
#eel #conservation #FoodHistory #EndangeredSpecies @histodons #SaveOurEels
#eels #19thcentury #criticallyendangered #greatalttext #eel #conservation #foodhistory #endangeredspecies #saveoureels
Despite months of protests by farmers and an electoral rebuke, the Dutch government has pressed ahead with an attempt to make its farming system more ecologically sustainable.
But there are deep divisions in the Netherlands over how extensive any reforms should be, and clashes over the role that new technologies should play in them.
Read pt. III from Ashoka Mukpos story on the nitrogen crisis.
#News #Conservation #Environment #Agriculture #Europe
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/in-the-clash-over-dutch-farming-europes-future-arrives/
#News #conservation #environment #agriculture #europe
#conservation #endangeredspecies #cloning
Holden Beach Turtle Watch warns against releasing balloons:
No matter where you live you can help our turtles. Please don't release balloons into the air....what goes up, must come down...somewhere. These photos were taken on Holden Beach. Not only are they litter, but when floating in the ocean, they can look like jellyfish, a favorite food of sea turtles. This could be deadly to a sea turtle.
#HoldenBeach #NorthCarolina #NC #Brunsco #SeaTurtles #Conservation #ocean
#HoldenBeach #NorthCarolina #nc #brunsco #seaturtles #conservation #ocean
All change with incoming warm weather; Daubenton’s absent, Natterer’s numbers well down. One Brown Long Eared back in their usual spot. #bats #chiroptera #batswarming #ecology #conservation #research
#bats #chiroptera #batswarming #ecology #conservation #research
In response to a court ruling, the Dutch government announced in 2022 that it would aim to halve emissions of nitrogen from livestock like cows, pigs, and chickens.
The announcement enraged farmers in the country and sparked a massive protest movement that upended Dutch politics.
by Ashoka Mukpo
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/in-the-netherlands-pitchforks-fly-for-an-empire-of-cows/
#News #conservation #environment #agriculture #europe
#NewSpecies!
New jumping spider from Malaysia just jumped in:
Chalcovietnamicus marusiki
Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE7360-FFC3-FFDF-4F95-FB224C51E94A
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5336.4.1
#Zootaxa
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arachnology #spider #arachnids #jumpingspider #jumper #malaysia
#NewSpecies #zootaxa #fairdata #science #oa #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arachnology #spider #arachnids #jumpingspider #jumper #malaysia
#NewSpecies!
Eltroplectris paranaënsis
A newly discovered orchid from Brazil!
Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/311D87B8-FFCD-EC4A-3B8F-F81C64D4FBE0
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.609.2.3
#Phytotaxa
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #orchid #orchidaceae #brazil
#NewSpecies #Phytotaxa #fairdata #science #oa #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #orchid #orchidaceae #brazil
The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (ASFA) recently held a meeting in Kinshasa to argue for the reorienting of food production around agroecology in the Congo Basin.
Civil society groups, donors, government representatives and small-scale farmers gathered to exchange views on challenges and solutions to food security.
By Elodie Toto
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/drc-food-sovereignty-summit-yields-support-for-agroecology-local-land-rights/
#News #Conservation #Environment #Africa #CongoBasin #Agriculture #Agroecology
#News #conservation #environment #africa #congobasin #agriculture #agroecology