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Nov 19

Monthly Nature Digest – December 2019

  • November 19, 2019

Just in time for the holidays we’ve curated a sack full of articles covering everything from mammoth tusks to living sustainably! Have fun reading and have an amazing holiday doing things that make you happiest – fingers crossed for a white Christmas!

101 Ways to Live Sustainably

Curbed.com | 2016 | Kayleen Schaefer & Leon Edler

The least you can do to make a big difference where you live…read more.

LNP | October 6, 2019 | Ad Crable

The release of a study a few weeks ago that finds bird populations across North America have declined by nearly 3 billion birds since 1970 is a stomach punch…read more.

The Secret Life of Trees: The Astonishing Science of What Trees Feel and How They Communicate

Brainpickings | Maria Popova

Trees dominate the world’s the oldest living organisms. Since the dawn of our species, they have been our silent companions, permeating our most enduring tales and never ceasing to inspire fantastical cosmogonies…But trees might be among our lushest metaphors… they speak a sophisticated silent language, communicating complex information via smell, taste, and electrical impulses…read more.

NASA is Learning the Best Way to Grow Food in Space

Popular Science | Sarah Scoles

“Our plants aren’t looking too good,” astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted from the International Space Station on December 27, 2015. He was right: The attached picture showed four baby zinnias bathed in magenta light. Three of the four leafy stalks were discolored and curling in on themselves. The station’s garden was struggling to recover from a mold problem. It’s an issue familiar to terrestrial gardeners. And while on Earth, the problem means a trip to the local nursery for replacements, in space you can’t do that…read more.

What Cities Can Do to Help Birds and Bees Survive

City Lab | June 21, 2019 | Ariel Aberg-Riger

Pollinators—the wildlife that shuffle pollen between flowers—are being decimated. But they may still thrive with enough help from urban humans…read more.