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Balance of Nature and Human Impact

May 7, 2021

Our ecosystem hangs in a fragile balance. When a species is gone, or the climate has changed, or a landscape is destroyed it will always have consequences for all of us.

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We need the right balance between human beings and everything else. Can humans balance their needs with those of the environment?

 

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Protecting Indian's Slender Loris

A small nocturnal primate species called the Slender Loris is at risk. They've been losing their habitat for years, and many are hunted for profit and superstition. But now there is hope for the tree dwelling cuties.

 

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Light Pollution - The World is too Bright

Is light putting our health and wildlife at risk? Light revolutionized our lives, as artificial illumination is expanding globally the impact of disappearing darkness becomes more and more visible.

 

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Summer Games in the Arctic

Salla, the coldest town in Finland, is bidding to host the Summer Olympics in order to protest against climate change. Because even there, residents can feel its effects.

 

 

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Blossoming Landscapes of Coal

Germany has used open cast mining to retrieve brown coal, or lignite, for decades. A biologist is now replanting the devastated landscapes - returning many rare species to where they once thrived.

 

 

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