🐢The oldest living terrestrial animal is called Jonathan - a 190-year-old giant tortoise!
When Queen Elizabeth II's great-grandmother Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, Jonathan was already 5 years old.👑
✍️@CNN @liannekolirin edition.cnn.com/travel/artic…
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Mystery of the inland mangrove forest: descended from ancient mangroves that lived there when sea level was tens of feet higher and the area was a seashore—about 100,000 years ago.🌲🌳🍃🌊
✍️ @alejandrabee_ @NatGeo
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Today is @UN Chinese Language Day!📢
联合国中文日
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💭#DYK that the Summary for Policymakers of the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment was translated into 8 languages, incl. Chinese?
👉ipbes.net/global-assessment
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1 million out of an estimated 8 million species of plants and animals globally are threatened with extinction.
What are the most endangered species in Europe?
Find out in this infographic by @Europarl_EN 🐌🌿🌽
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"The window for keeping heating below 1.5 degrees Celsius, and limiting catastrophic climate impacts, including worsening wildfires and flooding, has become very small."
Full story on @IPCC #ClimateReport via @dw_environment @cityofexiles
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Our physical and mental health rely on nature🧘
Learn more about the positive influence of biodiversity on mental health w/@UNBiodiversity🧠
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📣 29 countries have jointly pledged more than US$5 billion for @theGEF, providing a major boost to international efforts to protect #biodiversity & curb threats from #ClimateChange 🌡️🌏
Read the press release: thegef.org/newsroom/press-re…
#GEF8
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Europe's waters are precious 🌊
Although EU countries have managed to reduce some pressures, the state of the marine ecosystems remains critical, both in terms of species and habitats.🦀
📷 @EU_ENV
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Meet the Great Eared Nightjar👂🐦
This unique, feline-looking nightjar has distinct ears and a frequently erect posture, which distinguishes it from many other nightjars.
🎥@GunjanGogoi15
Gunjan Gogoi
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Speed dating is about having a short time to communicate things that could change your life.
On this podcast, we introduce you to people with unique insight into our relationship with nature.
Season 2 of #NatureInsight is available NOW 🎧📅
link.chtbl.com/NatureInsight…
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🐛The caterpillars of the Brazilian skipper (Calpodes ethlius) butterfly have a unique feature: their bodies are transparent.
Watch its respiratory system in action through its translucent skin.
🎥 @RebeccaH2030 @Tiredearth
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Pollution, incl. #PlasticPollution, is one of the main direct drivers of #BiodiversityLoss.
This Buddhist temple in Thailand 🇹🇭 is recycling plastics into eco-friendly robes for monks.
🎥@AJEnglish
Al Jazeera English
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Discover the garden candytuft 🌺
Among the many plants in the mustard family, they are known to accumulate heavy metals by taking them up through their roots.
Learn more about plants and the incredible ways they adapt to thrive in a changing world 👉fantasticflora.online
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Red-billed tropicbirds know their way around oceans🐦🌊
But are under threat from #Microplastics, pollutants and even light pollution, which disorient the birds at night.
What can we do to help them?💭
🎥@dw_environment @clarereports
DW Global Ideas & Environment
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🦑Octopodae
🫧Teuthidae
🐙Sepiidae
🌊Nautilidae
Learn about the functional anatomy of #cephalopods in this illustration by @markabelan🎨
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Could fungi be talking the talk?🍄💬
New research in @RSocPublishing finds that spikes of electrical activity in four species of fungi resemble the patterns of human language.
Learn more with @royalsociety🎥
The Royal Society
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Protecting life on land means:
🌳 sustainably managing forests,
🏜️ combating desertification,
🌾 stopping & reversing land degradation,
🐘 significantly reducing biodiversity loss
& more...
In April, we celebrate #SDG15: Life on Land🦋
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