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‘On the brink of extinction’: a food historian’s hunt for ingredients vanishing from US plates | Food
The American buff goose. Amish deer tongue lettuce. The Nancy Hall sweet potato. The mulefoot hog. When food historian Sarah Lohman stumbled on these fantastical-sounding ingredients in a database of vanishing foods called the Ark of Taste, she set off on a journey across the United States to discover more ingredients and traditions that had …
Scientists May Have Found Pieces of the Asteroid That Caused the Extinction of the Dinosaurs: Report
Dinosaurs with a meteor Getty Dinosaurs with the asteroid Scientists are piecing together remnants of the day the extinction of the dinosaurs began. According to The New York Times, scientists studying a site in North Dakota believe they have discovered pieces of an asteroid that slammed into Earth about 66 million years ago off the …
Saving India’s tigers from extinction
By the early 1970s Indian tigers had been hunted and poached to the edge of extinction – just 1800 were left, down from an estimated 40,000 in the 1930s. The Prime Minister at the time, Indira Gandhi, banned hunting and set up 15 reserves across the country to try to re-establish the tiger in its …
‘Real and imminent’ extinction risk to whales
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A humpback whale jumps to the surface of the Pacific Ocean More than 350 scientists and conservationists from 40 countries have signed a letter calling for global action to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises from extinction. They say more than half of all species are of conservation concern, with …
Extinction crisis: World leaders say it is time to act
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption According to the UN, 75% of the Earth’s land surface has been significantly altered by human actions As nearly 150 global leaders lined up – virtually – to address Wednesday’s UN biodiversity summit, the stakes could not have been higher. “The house is on fire and we are all …
Two-fifths of plants at risk of extinction, says report
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption One of the main drivers of plant extinction is clearance of natural habitats Two-fifths of the world’s plants are at risk of extinction, scientists have warned. Researchers say they are racing against time to name and describe new species, before they disappear. Plants hold huge promise as medicines, fuels …
Sir David Attenborough warns world leaders over extinction crisis
Image copyright PA Media Image caption Sir David said world leaders had a chance to make a difference Sir David Attenborough has called on world leaders to do more to protect nature. He made his plea as 65 heads of state and government, including the UK’s, signed a global pledge to reverse losses in the …
Extinction: Urgent change needed to save species, says UN
Image copyright JOEL SARTORE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTO ARK Image caption Many primates, including the endangered gold snub-nosed monkey, are in decline due to loss of habitat Humanity is at a crossroads and we have to take action now to make space for nature to recover and slow its “accelerating decline”. This is according to a …
Sir David Attenborough makes stark warning about species extinction
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSir David Attenborough met some of the few remaining gorillas in the Virunga Mountains at the time some 40 years ago Sir David Attenborough returns to our screens this weekend with a landmark new production. The tone of the programme is very different from his usual work. …
Extinction Rebellion: Nuclear power ‘only option’ says former spokeswoman
Image caption Zion Lights quit the environmental campaign group in June A former Extinction Rebellion (XR) spokeswoman left the environmental group to campaign for nuclear power because she says it is the only way to deal with the climate crisis. Zion Lights, writing in the Daily Mail, also said that she had become unable to …
