A fish that's 'walking'?🤔
🐠Frogfish aren't equipped with a swim bladder like most other fish. This makes it very difficult for them to swim. Instead, the frogfish uses its fins to move around the ocean floor.🌊
🎥@NatureIs_Lit
Nature Is Lit
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What do you know about great gray owls? 🦉
The Great Gray Owl is a powerful bird. Although light, it can break through hard snow to catch a small mammal. ❄️
Learn more about this owl with @NatGeo 👇
✍️@CarolynMWilke
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According to a new study led by Stanislas Rigal, @isemevol et al., intensive agriculture, particularly an increase in pesticides and fertiliser use, has been found to be the main pressure behind most bird population declines within Europe.
🗞️@PNASNews
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The rate of global change in nature during the past 50 years is unprecedented in human history.
The @ipbes #GlobalAssessment found #pollution to be one of the top five direct drivers of change in nature with the largest global impacts.
📘 ipbes.net/global-assessment
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Plastic accumulation in the ocean severely impacts marine life, increasing the risk of disease in coral reefs & threatening overall ecosystem health and human livelihoods.🪸
- @IPBES #SustainableUse Assessment
On #WorldOceansDay & every day, let's protect the ocean.🌊
📷@UNESCO
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#DYK that the ocean... ?🤔
🌊Produces at least 50% of the planet’s oxygen
🌊Covers over 70% of the planet
🌊Absorbs about 30% of carbon dioxide produced by humans
#WorldOceansDay
🗞️📷 @UN
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The ocean connects, sustains, and supports us all⬇️
Yet its health is severely threatened and so is the well-being of all that depend on it. 🐳
#WorldOceansDay is a great occasion to raise awareness on the importance of protecting & restoring ocean #biodiversity. 🐟🌊
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#DYK? Freshwater turtles have been observed basking at night to regulate their body temperature.🐢
Temperature rises due to #ClimateChange are threatening heat-sensitive ectotherms like turtles.
✍️@jesstaylorprice
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🌍On this #WorldFoodSafetyDay, let's reflect on the vital role of biodiversity in ensuring safe & nutritious food for all.🌱
Preserving diverse species & ecosystems enhances our ability to maintain a secure & healthy food supply.
More with @WHO⬇️
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Happy #WorldFoodSafetyDay 🍎🥦🌽
Access to sufficient amounts of safe food is key to sustaining life and promoting good health.
That’s why #FoodSafety is essential and everyone’s responsibility.
📷@WHO & @FAO
Learn more⬇️
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💥#HappeningNow:
@IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie was pleased to meet with Mukhtar Babayev, Minister of Ecology & Natural Resources for Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 to strengthen collaboration #ForNature.
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#DYK About 90% of seabirds examined today have plastic in their gut? 🌊🐦
Plastic pollution is escalating, accumulating in the oceans at alarming rates and touching every person’s life.
@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
🎥 Learn more w/ @UNDP 👇
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After the 2nd author meeting for the #TransformativeChange Assessment, the Co-Chairs and Coordinating Lead Authors stayed on longer to also work on the Summary for Policymakers.✍️
Thank you for all your work #ForNature! 🌱
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Pollution is one of the 5 main direct drivers of #biodiversity loss.
This year's #WorldEnvironmentDay centers around global efforts to #BeatPlasticPollution.
💡See below 5 facts about plastic from @UNDP ⬇️
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🌍🌿Healthy ecosystems can provide 37% of the mitigation needed to limit global temperature rise. Damaged ecosystems release carbon instead of storing it. ⤵️
More on #BiodiversityClimateScience:
📗 ipbes.net/events/ipbes-ipcc-…
#BiodiversityMatters #ClimateAction #ForNature
📷@UN
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Environmental frameworks such as the Paris Agreement on #ClimateChange & the #SDGs can help to reduce environmental risks.🌏
But the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment also found that we need transformative change to achieve them.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
📗ipbes.net/global-assessment
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Negative impacts on the planet & people are becoming more profound as exposure to plastic pollutants intensifies.🐟
-@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
It's time to step up action to #BeatPlasticPollution for #WorldEnvironmentDay & every day.
💡Get involved: worldenvironmentday.global/g…
@UNEP
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✨Watch these juvenile shrimp scad swimming close to a jellyfish to escape the predatory trumpetfish lurking nearby.
#DYK the shrimp scad feed on the leftovers from the jelly until they are large enough to venture into the open ocean?
🎥@NatureIs_Lit
Nature Is Lit
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#DYK there are as many as 19 subpopulations of polar bear?🤔
Determined to reveal a less depicted angle on the bears, photographer Martin Gregus, Jr spent 33 days north of Churchill, Manitoba, in the summers of 2020 & 2021. 🐻❄️🌺More ⤵️@NatGeo
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
#ForNature
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A big thank you to all the experts who attended the second author meeting for the @ipbes #TransformativeChange assessment hosted by @CATIEOficial!
The experts were also able to marvel at the local #biodiversity during a visit to the CATIE botanical garden & coffee collection. 🌱
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