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Do owls migrate?🦉
Well, Snowy Owls do! 🌨️🦉❄️
Even though Snowy Owls are #MigratoryBirds, it doesn’t mean the onset of colder temps in the Arctic signals an entire population to move south. Instead, different strategies are used by different owls.
🎨Owls by Amy Hamilton
🌎Air
🌍Sky
🌏Soil
🌎Ocean
🌍Breeze
🌏Clouds
🌎Gravity
🌍Seasons
🌏Drylands
🌎Wetlands
🌍Fresh water
...are just a few of the many things that only Planet Earth provides for us. 🌻
Let's protect and restore our Earth. 🌿#ForOurPlanet
📷 @UNDP
#ClimateAction is needed to protect #biodiversity & the planet.🌎
Such as:
🌱Protect and restore carbon & species-rich ecosystems
🌳Increase sustainable agricultural & forestry practices
🌊Enhance and better target conservation actions to protect ocean & land surfaces
📷@IFAD
#DYK...
There are various species of feather mites that live inside the hollow quills of feathers, in the fluffy down, and on the vanes of the wing and tail feathers 🐦🪶
Explore the diversity of feather mites in this diagram compiled by Fabio Akashi Hernandes🎨
@juleslhoward
Pelicans are found on many of the world's coastlines & also along lakes and rivers. 🌎🌊
#DYK that there are more than half a dozen species of pelicans, but all of them have the famous throat pouch for which the birds are best known? 🤔
📹IG: seanweekly
We depend on bees & other #pollinators for our quality of life 🐝🦋🦇🐦
They play a vital role in maintaining our food security, contribute to biodiversity & support other ecosystem services and much more!
Learn more w/ @IPBES#PollinationAssessment ⤵️
ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
Ever wonder about the impact of @IPBES Assessments & other work?💭💡
Explore 400+ impacts in the #IPBES Impact Tracking Database (TRACK) across scales & countries.
Know of a missing impact? Contribute via the TRACK submission portal #crowdsourcing
➡️ipbes.net/impact-tracking-vi…
We cannot live without healthy land and soil. Soil is very complex and often undervalued, teeming with life.🌱
But, the way we use land and soil is often not sustainable ‼️
How can we address the pressures on land and soil? Find out in this infographic from @euenvironment ⤵️
Soil is fundamental to life on Earth 🌿🌦️
If you eat food, if you wear clothes, if you take medicines, if you drink water, you depend on the soil.
📷@the_Soil_Life#SaveSoil via soillife.org