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NCBA, PLC denounce administration's wilderness designations
2021-09-02 20:22:00| Beef
President Biden's proclamation calls for increased utilization of the Wilderness Act of 1964.
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Microplastic Particles Pollute Nevada, Other Western Wilderness Areas
2020-06-26 09:00:00| Waste Age
Plastic mini-particles are raining down on Nevada and other areas of the West, according to a report published last week in the journal Science. Based on a study of rainwater and air samples collected over 14 months in 11 protected areas in the west
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Wilderness Hikes
2018-10-02 00:46:57| PortlandOnline
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Study: More than a 10th of Earth's wilderness lost since the 1990s
2016-09-12 09:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: It's a bleak revelation -- a new study reveals that about a tenth of the Earth's wilderness has been lost since the 1990s. Over the last 20 years, a total area half the size of the Amazon and twice the size of Alaska has been depleted. The researchers behind the study, published in the journal Current Biology, say they hope that the sobering revelation that rich natural habitats like the Amazon have been decimated in a relatively short amount of time will act as a wakeup call to global leaders...
10% of Earths Wilderness Has Disappeared Since the 1990s
2016-09-10 03:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mental Floss: Not so long ago, the majority of the Earth was blanketed in forests and jungles, vast deserts, and sprawling savannas. But these days, the Earths wilderness is rapidly eroding. The Verge reports that, according to a recent study published in Current Biology, 10 percent of the Earths wilderness has disappeared in the last two decades alone. Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society analyzed satellite and survey data since the 1990s in order to measure the loss of the Earths untamed...
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