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FAI Celebrates 25 Years of Preserving Italy's Cultural Heritage
The Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI), founded in 1975 by Giulia Maria Mozzoni Crespi, celebrates its 25th anniversary, having preserved 30 historic sites and now focusing on landscape conservation and educational initiatives, including recent work in Sicily and plans for southern Italy.
FAI Celebrates 25 Years of Preserving Italy's Cultural Heritage
The Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI), founded in 1975 by Giulia Maria Mozzoni Crespi, celebrates its 25th anniversary, having preserved 30 historic sites and now focusing on landscape conservation and educational initiatives, including recent work in Sicily and plans for southern Italy.
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48% Bias Score
Lake Salda: A Mars Analog Facing Existential Threats
Lake Salda, in Turkey's southwest, is a unique geological site analogous to Mars' Jezero Crater, attracting scientists and raising environmental concerns due to pollution and decreasing water levels, despite its recent inclusion on the IUGS Top 100 geological sites list.
Lake Salda: A Mars Analog Facing Existential Threats
Lake Salda, in Turkey's southwest, is a unique geological site analogous to Mars' Jezero Crater, attracting scientists and raising environmental concerns due to pollution and decreasing water levels, despite its recent inclusion on the IUGS Top 100 geological sites list.
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36% Bias Score
Global Light Pollution Threatens Wildlife and Human Health
Light pollution, increasing by 10% annually, obscures the night sky for two-thirds of humanity, including 80% of North Americans; it also threatens wildlife, impacting birds, insects, and marine turtles, while potentially contributing to human health issues.
Global Light Pollution Threatens Wildlife and Human Health
Light pollution, increasing by 10% annually, obscures the night sky for two-thirds of humanity, including 80% of North Americans; it also threatens wildlife, impacting birds, insects, and marine turtles, while potentially contributing to human health issues.
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40% Bias Score
SS United States Begins Journey to Become Artificial Reef
The SS United States, after resolving safety concerns and delays, will depart Philadelphia on February 8th, 2025, to become the world's largest artificial reef off Florida's coast after a two-week journey and final preparations in Mobile, Alabama.
SS United States Begins Journey to Become Artificial Reef
The SS United States, after resolving safety concerns and delays, will depart Philadelphia on February 8th, 2025, to become the world's largest artificial reef off Florida's coast after a two-week journey and final preparations in Mobile, Alabama.
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40% Bias Score
Night Hike Reveals Fluorescence, Bioluminescence, and Citizen Science's Role in Biodiversity
A guided night hike in Maryland's Patuxent River State Park illuminated the fluorescence of lichens and showcased nocturnal wildlife observation techniques, emphasizing citizen science initiatives like iNaturalist and the City Nature Challenge to engage the public with biodiversity.
Night Hike Reveals Fluorescence, Bioluminescence, and Citizen Science's Role in Biodiversity
A guided night hike in Maryland's Patuxent River State Park illuminated the fluorescence of lichens and showcased nocturnal wildlife observation techniques, emphasizing citizen science initiatives like iNaturalist and the City Nature Challenge to engage the public with biodiversity.
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0% Bias Score
New Columbia River Treaty Awaits Finalization
A new agreement-in-principle for the Columbia River Treaty, aiming to replace a 60-year-old pact, is set to be finalized by January 20th, offering updated terms addressing past environmental damage, incorporating Indigenous participation, and securing the river's future, though it involves substanti...
New Columbia River Treaty Awaits Finalization
A new agreement-in-principle for the Columbia River Treaty, aiming to replace a 60-year-old pact, is set to be finalized by January 20th, offering updated terms addressing past environmental damage, incorporating Indigenous participation, and securing the river's future, though it involves substanti...
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32% Bias Score
Australia's World-First Shellfish Reef Restoration Project Shows Early Success
In Port Phillip Bay, Australia, a pioneering project is restoring a damaged shellfish reef using limestone fertilizer and donated shells containing oyster larvae, aiming to cover 1000 square meters and reverse decades of ecosystem decline caused by overfishing, pollution, and dredging.
Australia's World-First Shellfish Reef Restoration Project Shows Early Success
In Port Phillip Bay, Australia, a pioneering project is restoring a damaged shellfish reef using limestone fertilizer and donated shells containing oyster larvae, aiming to cover 1000 square meters and reverse decades of ecosystem decline caused by overfishing, pollution, and dredging.
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32% Bias Score
Saudi Arabia Designates First Dark Sky Parks in the Middle East
Saudi Arabia's AlUla Manara and AlGharameel Nature Reserves became the Middle East's first Dark Sky Parks in November 2023, promoting astrotourism while preserving the night sky, joining 21 other countries with similar designations and highlighting sustainable tourism practices.
Saudi Arabia Designates First Dark Sky Parks in the Middle East
Saudi Arabia's AlUla Manara and AlGharameel Nature Reserves became the Middle East's first Dark Sky Parks in November 2023, promoting astrotourism while preserving the night sky, joining 21 other countries with similar designations and highlighting sustainable tourism practices.
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44% Bias Score
Beavers Save Czech Taxpayers \$1.2 Million by Building Unexpected Wetland
Beavers unintentionally created a wetland on a former Czech army training site, saving taxpayers \$1.2 million by fulfilling a long-delayed dam project's goals and exceeding its size, highlighting the potential of nature-based solutions.
Beavers Save Czech Taxpayers \$1.2 Million by Building Unexpected Wetland
Beavers unintentionally created a wetland on a former Czech army training site, saving taxpayers \$1.2 million by fulfilling a long-delayed dam project's goals and exceeding its size, highlighting the potential of nature-based solutions.
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36% Bias Score
Trump Administration to Review National Monument Boundaries
The Trump administration will review the boundaries of national monuments, potentially shrinking or eliminating them to increase domestic energy production, raising concerns from conservation groups and potentially leading to legal challenges.
Trump Administration to Review National Monument Boundaries
The Trump administration will review the boundaries of national monuments, potentially shrinking or eliminating them to increase domestic energy production, raising concerns from conservation groups and potentially leading to legal challenges.
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56% Bias Score
Royal Cam: Albatross Livestream Fosters Global Conservation Efforts
Royal Cam, a 24/7 livestream of northern royal albatrosses breeding on New Zealand's South Island, has gained millions of viewers since 2016, fostering a global community and raising awareness about the vulnerable species, despite ongoing threats from pollution and climate change.
Royal Cam: Albatross Livestream Fosters Global Conservation Efforts
Royal Cam, a 24/7 livestream of northern royal albatrosses breeding on New Zealand's South Island, has gained millions of viewers since 2016, fostering a global community and raising awareness about the vulnerable species, despite ongoing threats from pollution and climate change.
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28% Bias Score
Illegal Succulent Trade Devastates South African Communities
Organized crime is exploiting the global demand for rare succulent plants from South Africa's Succulent Karoo desert, leading to environmental damage, social disruption, and the potential extinction of several plant species; law enforcement seized 1.6 million illegally harvested succulents between 2...
Illegal Succulent Trade Devastates South African Communities
Organized crime is exploiting the global demand for rare succulent plants from South Africa's Succulent Karoo desert, leading to environmental damage, social disruption, and the potential extinction of several plant species; law enforcement seized 1.6 million illegally harvested succulents between 2...
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20% Bias Score
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