Lake Washington sockeye hit record low, another signature Seattle fish at brink of extinction
by Lynda V. Mapes Credit: CC0 Public Domain They are as Seattle as the Space Needle. But Lake Washington sockeye, once the largest run of sockeye in the Lower 48, are failing. The smallest run on record returned to the Cedar River in 2020, a bottoming out after years of declines. There hasn’t been a […]
Fire-resistant tropical forest on brink of disappearance
A new study led by Swansea University reveals that only 10% of the forest that is left on two Indonesian islands remains fire-resistant. The researchers warn that protecting this is crucial for preventing catastrophic fire.Tropical deforestation exacerbates recurrent peatland fire events in this region. These release globally significant greenhouse gas emissions and produce toxic haze […]
