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“Voices of the Pacific Flyway” - Our Detrimental Impact on Migratory Birds

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Voices of the Pacific Flyway   [ Commission for Environmental Cooperation web (CECweb) ; October 27, 2019] Bird numbers plunge in U. S. and Canada with people to blame (Will DUNHAM, Reuters ; September 19, 2019) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-birds/bird-numbers-plunge-in-u-s-and-canada-with-people-to-blame-idUSKBN1W42NA North American Migratory Bird Flyway Map  (From WALLER et al. , 2018) Differential changes in the onset of spring across U. S. National Wildlife Reuges and North American migratory bird flyways  (WALLER et al. , 2018) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327613242_Differential_changes_in_the_onset_of_spring_across_US_National_Wildlife_Refuges_and_North_American_migratory_bird_flyways/fulltext/5b99ba62a6fdcc59bf8decb2/327613242_Differential_changes_in_the_onset_of_spring_across_US_National_Wildlife_Refuges_and_North_American_migratory_bird_flyways.pdf?origin=publication_detail     ...

The History Behind Hydraulic Fracturing (“Fracking”)

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The Real History of Fracking:  Oil, Bombs and the Civil War (John MANFREDA, Oilprice.com; October 9, 2019) https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/The-Real-History-Of-Fracking.html By U.S. Government Accountability Office from Washington, DC, United States - Figure 1: History of Horizontal Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing , Public Domain, Link By Unknown US Government employee - U.S. EPA. Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas on Drinking Water Resources (External Review Draft). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-15/047, 2015. , Public Domain, Link Website : Shooters - A “ Fracking” History ( American Oil & Gas Historical Society ) https://aoghs.org/technology/hydraulic-fracturing/

“Powerful” Methane Emission From Melting Permafrost - East Siberian Sea, Russia

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Russian scientists find ‘most powerful’ ever methane seep in Arctic Ocean (News Office,  Томский политехнический университет / Tomsk Polytechnic University , October 8, 2019) https://news.tpu.ru/en/news/2019/10/09/35344/ Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release (TURKETSKY et al. , 2019) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01313-4 Why Thawing Permafrost Matters (Renee CHO, Earth Institute | Columbia University ; January 11, 2018) https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2018/01/11/thawing-permafrost-matters/ Selected Research Articles: Role of Warming in Destabilization of Intrapermafrost Gas Hydrates in the Arctic Shelf:  Experimental Modeling (CHUVILIN et al. , 2019) https://res.mdpi.com/d_attachment/geosciences/geosciences-09-00407/article_deploy/geosciences-09-00407-v2.pdf Climate policy implications of nonlinear decline of Arctic permafrost and other cryosphere elements (YUMASHEV et al. , 2019) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-09...

An Environmentally Friendly Battery?

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A new concept might make more environmentally friendly batteries possible (Press Release, Chalmers University of Technology ; September 30, 2019) https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/chalmers/pressreleases/a-new-concept-could-make-more-environmentally-friendly-batteries-possible-2924834 Also... The Aluminum-Ion Battery:  A Sustainable and Seminal Concept? (LEISEGANG et al. , 2019) https://fjfsdata01prod.blob.core.windows.net/articles/files/441201/pubmed-zip/.versions/1/.package-entries/fchem-07-00268/fchem-07-00268.pdf?sv=2015-12-11&sr=b&sig=Abl6215fdZx939HZ%2FZbXKxOufTk0A93YgYsQSbwdTpY%3D&se=2019-10-02T01%3A43%3A52Z&sp=r&rscd=attachment%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27fchem-07-00268.pdf Plus... How Do Batteries Work? (Elizabeth PALERMO, LiveScience ; April 29, 2015) https://www.livescience.com/50657-how-batteries-work.html By Joe Haupt from USA - Vintage Type "C" Flashlight Batteries, 1.5 Volts , CC BY-SA 2.0 , Link