https://archive.ph/7iXfQ
"More than a decade ago, P. Dee Boersma used crowbars and hammers to chisel a
small hole out of lava on the Galápagos Islands, hoping to attract one of the
world’s rarest penguins.
Five months later, a Galápagos penguin pair moved into one of these
hollowed-out recesses and raised their young. The next year, another pair of
penguins moved in.
Today, at least 84 of the 120 nests that Boersma, a biologist at the University
of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues have scoured from the black rock at
the world’s Equator are still usable. And a recent census reveals a quarter of
the endangered species are juveniles. That’s significant for an animal that
likely numbers somewhere between 1,500 and 4,700, according to Boersma, who is
also a National Geographic Explorer.
For the first time in a long while, Boersma says she feels hopeful for the
future of these four-pound birds, which already contend with the mercurial
climate of the Galápagos—one that flip flops between warm and cold water
depending on Earth’s cyclical weather cycles, El Niño and La Niña."
Via
Future Crunch Oct 28, 2022:
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https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-clean-water-rewilding-spain-tipping-points-clean-energy/>
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
