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$300,000 Rivers to the Sea Enhancements at The National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque The Rivers to the Sea Gallery at the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium premiered in 2010 with the opening of the organization’s Diamond Jo National River Center. Updated in 2016 to include a stingray touch tank experience and aquariums representing delta habitats, the space has recently received a large boost toward a third phased update to the permanent exhibit space. The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust has awarded the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium $300,000 to s...

The corporation has moved the HC for permission to cut 21,997 mangroves in Thane, Mumbai, and Palghar districts to make way for the project. Its lawyers said the number of trees to be removed was reduced by more than half from the original target of 53,467. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish S Kulkarni was hearing plea by the NHSRCL when the NGO, on Monday, raised objections and said the corporation cannot use explosives for construction in the prohibited area. It said any relaxation ought not to be granted and questioned the lack of any study on survival r...

. People involved in the commercial breeding and trade of wild animals would have us believe that they are conservationists; that their industry – a growing and increasingly influential player in South Africa – contributes to the survival of species in the wild. A sophisticated new study conducted in the huge Chinese market for wildlife products proves these assertions to be wrong. What’s needed instead are more effective bans on the wildlife trade and the closure of breeding farms. Great debate or strawman argument? Many of Africa’s indigenous animals are under existential threat fro...

Lake Michigan plastic pollution poses ecological and social threats As advocates push for clarity within Evanston’s Climate Action and Resilience Plan, local researchers and advocates are raising alarm about the growing social and ecological effects of plastic pollution in Lake Michigan. According to a study from the Rochester Institute of Technology, 11 million pounds of plastic – the equivalent of 100 Olympic-sized swimming pools full of plastic bottles – are entering Lake Michigan each year. Scientists say this plastic threatens the lake’s wildlife and ecosystems, as well as the ov...

Dismayed Citizens, Despondent Fisherfolk Watch as Mumbai’s Coastal Road Comes Up Rapidly The entire project has been marked by opacity and lack of public consultation, say activists. An artist's rendition of the construction of the Mumbai coastal road. Art: Parag Kashinath Tandel Urban25/Jan/2021 Mumbai: Dredgers, cranes, pile drivers, sand and other construction equipment are all working round the clock and speedily filling up the sea to create new land. A small knot of men watch, helplessly – they are Kolis, a millennia-old community that has fished in the waters around Mumbaiâ€...