Evan Walker
@ecologicalev.bsky.social
Environmental conservation & sustainability at WWF 🐼. Enjoyer of books, music, movies, and skateboarding, often in Ohio
Gift link. The climate disaster arrives on Sesame Street: “A fierce storm tore through the set of the 57-year-old show to help children make sense of extreme weather…children born in 2020 will experience up to 7 times more extreme weather than children born in 1960.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/c...
Climate Change Comes to Sesame Street (Gift Article)
An episode this week focuses on the dangerous effects of warming, without mentioning climate change.
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“North Africa and the Horn of Africa are home to around 80% of the world's largest population of camels with one hump. But, rising temperatures are fueling disease and death.” 🌎 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovp-...
African camels are dying from high heat | BBC News
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NPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science.
We asked a first grader to interview his hero: A bird scientist
NPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science.
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With early voting underway in #Wisconsin, sustainable #farmers are pressing gubernatorial candidates on #conservation funding. "This program is wildly successful...we really need to see an increase in funding," says East Troy farmer Jim Stute.
Wisconsin farmers push rural priorities ahead of primaries
As Wisconsinites prepare for the high-stakes August primaries, sustainable farmers are highlighting urgent rural and agricultural issues.They say federal policies have contributed to an economic…
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Under a fast-track federal mandate, the Bureau of Land Management quietly approved a warehouse-sized AI data center ten miles from Lake Mead—raising alarms for desert conservation and public access across the American West.
The Federal Government Just Greenlit the First AI Data Center on Public Land
Under a fast-track federal mandate, the Bureau of Land Management quietly approved a warehouse-sized AI data center ten miles from Lake Mead—raising alarms for desert conservation and public access across the American West.
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In 2003, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka founded her nonprofit, Conservation Through Public Health. The group has since engaged more than 50,000 local people in health and economic initiatives – and Uganda’s mountain gorilla population has grown by more than 50 percent. https://cnn.it/4pNnt8h
Japan coral protectors race to save reefs from heat 'bomb'. From "heatwave simulators" to ecological bootcamps, scientists and conservationists are trying ways to revive and reinforce the famous coral reefs off Japan's Okinawa, decimated by climate-driven bleaching two summers ago
Obeying the speed limit would save 57,000 tons of carbon a day. It would cost you 54 seconds.. A study of more than 120 million trips finds that Americans' rush to save time on the road comes at an outsize environmental cost. https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/?p=242176
Obeying the speed limit would save 57,000 tons of carbon a day. It would cost you 54 seconds.
A study of more than 120 million trips finds that Americans' rush to save time on the road comes at an outsize environmental cost.
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Scientists at our Rescue a Reef program and Coral Reef Futures lab moved 30 genetically distinct elkhorn corals from offshore nurseries near Miami into temperature controlled land-based tanks. These corals represent some of the last remaining genetic lines from wild Florida populations.
Sometimes conservation looks like protecting one special place at exactly the right time. This rare, year-round water source in Arizona is now protected. It's a win for wildlife, freshwater and habitat connectivity.
The Nature Conservancy Protects Vital Water Resource in Southern Arizona
The Nature Conservancy acquired the 218-acre Cottonwood Spring property, protecting a rare, year-round water source near the headwaters of Sonoita Creek.
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A bold new vision for North and Baltic Seas: shared zones for energy, aquaculture, and conservation could balance competing interests.
EU-backed project tackles shared North and Baltic Sea pressures
EU-backed project tackles shared North and Baltic Sea pressures
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Sammy Roth@sammyroth.bsky.social · 2w agoInsane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...
They're home to incredible communities of plants, birds, & of course, invertebrates. But native grasslands are now the most threatened ecosystem in the USA; closer to disappearing than even the Amazon rainforest. The good news is that we CAN protect them! Learn how ⤵️
Why North America’s Grasslands Need Saving
Native grasslands are now the most imperiled ecosystem in the United States and among the most endangered ecosystems on Earth. Yet grasslands are worth saving. They are rich in biodiversity, store…
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📰 "It was a form of simple fish farming": Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in Norway introduced fish into mountain lakes prior to the advent of agriculture 🐟️ 🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via sciencenorway.no www.sciencenorway.no/stone-age-ar...
Introduced fish into mountain lakes 7,000 years ago: 'It was a form of simple fish farming'
People have always had the ability and capacity to influence and change their surroundings, says an archaeologist.
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A species of endangered Hawaiian damselfly was rediscovered on Hawaiʻi island last year after a century-long disappearance from the wild. The Hawaiʻi DLNR recently announced the unexpected finding of a pinapinao, Hawaiian damselfly (Megalagrion nesiotes): www.bigislandvideonews.com/2026/07/19/p...
Sri Lanka uses air force drones to tackle spreading dengue outbreak reut.rs/4pwbfAt
Sri Lanka uses air force drones to tackle spreading dengue outbreak
Sri Lanka's public health services and hospitals are battling the worst outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue in nearly a decade, and turning to the island nation's armed forces to help curb the spread of the disease.
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“Protecting coral reefs is ultimately about protecting people and nature together – because the world above depends on the world below.” 🌎 oceanographicmagazine.com/news/reef-re...
Reef relief: Scientists map 165,000km² of climate resilient coral - Oceanographic
A landmark study identifies more than 165,000km² of climate-resilient coral reefs across 71 countries, tripling previous estimates.
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Dozens of wildfires were burning in Oregon on Friday after thunderstorms delivered thousands of lightning strikes across a landscape that had been left parched by drought.
Dozens of Wildfires Are Suddenly Burning in Oregon
The state told thousands of people to be ready to evacuate.
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Smoke, fire, floods: US faces triple extreme summer weather threats reut.rs/4vx9jtb
Smoke, fire, floods: US faces triple extreme summer weather threats
Wildfire smoke blanketed the eastern U.S. from the Great Lakes to Washington, D.C. on Friday, floodwaters tore through Texas's Hill Country for a third day, and new fires erupted in the Pacific Northwest overnight, with 68 large blazes now burning in 15 states.
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Air quality crisis deepens as wildfire smoke covers Great Lakes, East Coast
Air quality crisis deepens as wildfire smoke covers Great Lakes, East Coast
Smoke from Canadian and Minnesota wildfires blanketed parts of the Midwest and East Coast, triggering hazardous air alerts and health warnings for millions.
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A native fish species is eating some of the most damaging invasive species in the Great Lakes…AND making a significant impact! Freshwater Drum: The overlooked native fish that has been crushing trillions of Zebra & Quagga Mussels in Lake Erie www.canr.msu.edu/news/freshwa...
Duke Energy bill: $1,200. In one month. For one Ohio household. Utilities nationwide have proposed $18B+ in rate hikes this year — advocates say Ohio ratepayers are already stretched thin. @ccacincinnati.bsky.social @powerlines.org Full story ⤵️
Ohioans squeezed by rising utility costs amid summer heat wave
Ohioans’ utility bills continue to climb and many older adults, especially those on fixed incomes, cannot keep up.New data from the advocacy group Powerlines showed across the nation, utilities have
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These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 3w agoThese photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...
3/ When wildfire smoke occurs during heatwaves in areas where a portion of the population doesn't have access to air conditioning, people face the dilemma of opening their windows to avoid heatstroke, but searing their lungs with smoke. Smoke + heat can become even deadlier than either alone.
"From iconic species like bison to the communities that depend on them, grasslands are part of that heritage -- and protecting them is part of our shared future." 🌎 abcnews.com/US/us-lost-h...
The US has lost about half of its historical grasslands. Why experts say it's important to protect what's left
America has lost about half of one its most prominent and iconic landscapes, and protecting what's left is key to ensuring healthy ecosystems and biodiversity.
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A new proposed rule would give White House political appointees more power over hundreds of billions of dollars in discretionary grant funding, diminishing the traditional role of scientific peer reviewers.
Researchers worry a Trump rule could end U.S. scientific dominance
Research organizations warn a proposed rule for federal grants would upend the medical and technological advances that set U.S. science apart.
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www.latimes.com/california/s... The Trump administration rolled back the Endangered Species Act on Friday, slashing protections to the habitats of endangered species and paving the way for more drilling and mining. 🧪🌎
Trump slashes wildlife protections, putting endangered California animals at risk
The Trump administration rolled back the Endangered Species Act on Friday, slashing protections to the habitats of endangered species and paving the way for more drilling and mining.
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On the Strait of Hormuz: “If it is also seen as an ecological corridor, another question enters the room: how much ecological capital is the region willing to risk while trying to protect its political and economic capital?” 🌎 news.mongabay.com/2026/07/can-...
Can conservation change how the world sees the Strait of Hormuz? (commentary)
In recent months, the Strait of Hormuz has again been described in the language the world knows best: Oil, tankers, naval risk, energy security and war. That is understandable. Around one-fifth of glo...
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Global warming got tired of being put on the back burner... www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
An Inconvenient Moment for an Extreme Global Heat Wave
Will it light a fire under politicians?
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