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The marine scientists on the Ocean Exploration Trust’s research vessel, E/V Nautilus, find what is likely to be a variant of sea slug 5,000ft below the sea off Santa Barbara, California/ The marine scientists on the Ocean Exploration Trust’s research vessel, E/V Nautilus, find what is likely to be a variant of sea slug 5,000ft below the sea off Santa Barbara,… https://lagoonsociety.com/blog/global-biodiversity-stories/2016/07/mysterious-purple-orb-discovered-marine-scientists-california-video/
In the six months after the levy was brought in last October, 640 million plastic bags were used in seven major supermarkets in England, it says. View original article here. Plastic bag use has plummeted in England since the introduction of a 5p charge last year, the government has said. In the six months after the… https://lagoonsociety.com/blog/global-biodiversity-stories/2016/07/plastic-bag-use-plummets-england-5p-charge/
This patch of Knotweed along Oyster Bay Road was chopped down by the roadside mowing contractor a few days ago. This patch of Knotweed along Oyster Bay Road was chopped down by the roadside mowing contractor a few days ago. This should never be done - propagules of the highly invasive plant… https://lagoonsociety.com/blog/lagoon-society-news/2016/07/warning-about-japanes-knotweed/
There's good news for one of the world's rarest birds, after a successful breeding season saw its numbers boom by 28%. View original article here. There's good news for one of the world's rarest birds, after a successful breeding season saw its numbers boom by 28%. The critically… https://lagoonsociety.com/blog/global-biodiversity-stories/2016/07/new-zealand-kakapo-sees-bumper-breeding-season/
Marine scientists have developed a microscope that for the first time provides a window into the small scale behaviour of marine life. View original article here. Marine scientists have developed a microscope that for the first time provides a window into the small scale behaviour of marine life. The… https://lagoonsociety.com/blog/global-biodiversity-stories/2016/07/microscope-observes-life-ocean-floor/
Tree species in the Amazon rainforest are so many and varied that it would take three centuries to catalogue them, a major study has estimated. View original article here. Tree species in the Amazon rainforest are so many and varied that it would take three centuries to catalogue them, a major study has… https://lagoonsociety.com/blog/global-biodiversity-stories/2016/07/three-centuries-catalogue-all-amazon-tree-species/
A new exhibition exploring the relationship between colour and vision in the natural world is opening at the Natural History Museum. View the original article here. A new exhibition exploring the relationship between colour and vision in the natural world is opening at the Natural History Museum. … https://lagoonsociety.com/blog/global-biodiversity-stories/2016/07/colours-nature-and-how-we-see-them/
Bioluminescence, the peculiar ability of some organisms to behave like living night-lights, could be the key to some remarkable advances. View original article here. On a moonless night deep in a Brazilian rainforest the only thing you are likely to see are the tiny smears of light from flitting fireflies or… https://lagoonsociety.com/blog/global-biodiversity-stories/2016/07/how-research-glowing-fungi-could-lead-trees-lighting-our-streets/
Male and female mountain chicken frogs that were sole survivors of deadly disease are hoped to begin breeding on Montserrat for the first time since 2009. View original article here. The last two remaining wild mountain chicken frogs living on Montserrat have been reunited, and are hoped to begin breeding on the Caribbean island… https://lagoonsociety.com/blog/global-biodiversity-stories/2016/07/caribbean-islands-last-two-rare-frogs-are-reunited/