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Being active is a big part of staying healthy but where you live can impact how active you are. I particularly notice this when I travel. I’ve stayed in places where I could easily walk to a variety of destinations. But other places I have had to navigate a lack of sidewalks, huge highways, and … Continue reading
I love strawberries, but I’m not much of a gardener. This means that most of my strawberries come from industrial-level agriculture via my local grocery store. I do try to only buy them in season, but some new research indicates potentially negative impacts on the local ecosystem. Tiwari presented their research at a recent conference … Continue reading
Did you know that July is Disability Pride Month? Me neither. When it comes to sustainability there is still a long way to go to be inclusive. I’ve had conversations with people with disabilities who are negatively impacted by the loss of bendable plastic straws. Straight straws and no straws are both much harder for … Continue reading
Did you know that 70% of fresh water extraction is for irrigation, mostly for agriculture? Or that this accounts for 90% of global water usage? This covers a large amount of land, higher in certain areas than others. Obviously, there are consequences of this practice. McDermid and colleagues (2023) examined the impacts of irrigation, both … Continue reading
As I sit here writing this post, we are experiencing unseasonably hot (not warm) temperatures and are blanketed by smoke from an unprecedented fire season. As a result, this research by Heeter and colleagues (2023) is sadly not surprising. But it is still important to consider and pretty cool how it was done. We don’t … Continue reading
As we wrap up one of the warmest May’s where I live on record it’s hard not to think about climate change and its impacts. The challenge is a lot of the natural changes are really difficult to notice without data recorded over a long time period. Getting funding for these types of projects can … Continue reading
The way currents work in the oceans they have collected plastic waste that has ended up in the ocean into large plastic islands that circulate in particular areas. The great pacific garbage patch, located between California and Hawaii, is the largest collection of ocean plastic in the world at 1.6 million cubic kilometers. While it … Continue reading
There are so many stories about the conflict between wildlife and farmers. Each one is trying to make their living and their approaches aren’t always compatible. Burrowing animals create holes that animals like horses and cows can fall in and get injured. Predators can prey on animals on the farm. Herbivores can decimate crops. On … Continue reading
Ah, the charismatic megafauna, a curse and a solution. I don’t remember when I first learned this term. I can guarantee it was in an ecology course. Charismatic megafauna are animals, almost always mammals that conservationists think people will care about like bears or caribou. Instead of focusing conservation on improving the entire ecosystem, we … Continue reading
In the US, approximately 30-40% of all food is wasted according to the USDA. Generally, on this topic the discussion focuses on how to reduce this number with strategies for every stage of the chain from farm and manufacturing to the consumer. But Saba and colleagues (2023) have taken a different approach. Focusing specifically on … Continue reading
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