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The Greenham Common protest in the summer of 1984 was a peak of activism, but the original photograph is not articulated.

This floodplain fen in the Billingham Beck Valley produced a few new 10km square water beetle records today, including Hydraena britteni (📷), characteristic of this habitat. Though very urban this is a relatively extensive tract of wetland with lots of potential for interesting invertebrates.

The photograph is not the anti-nuclear demonstration at Greenham Common in 1983 in England, as it happened in September and the women wore warm clothing. It appears to be a protest in Australia. The below photograph was taken at the Greenham Common protest in 1983:

Between 2013-16, intelligence services in the USA & the EU knew of the Russian intelligence service operations in the USA associated with Trump, who announced his candidacy in 2014: EU think tanks extended analysis reports to respective governments, but nothing was done to prevent present anarchy.

I live in a wetland area of the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay, which many migrating bird species access: a rather rambunctious time now.

Five Blues Lake National Park (est. 1991) in central Belize is surrounded by deciduous forest & lime-living vegetation in a karst system. The lakes formed via geological shifts in the groundwater networks & the biome sustains a rich biodiversity of flora & fauna; including aquatic life.

The evolutionary mysteries of a rare parasitic plant: Shrinking plastids and strange reproductive strategies At the base of mossy trees, deep in the mountains of Taiwan and mainland Japan or nestled in the subtropical forests of Okinawa, grows what most might mistake for a mushroom—but it is actually a very ...

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Country diary: A lifelong love affair with common scoters | Mary Montague Tyrella Beach, County Down: These fine ducks are tricky to spot from the shore, but I feel lucky to be seeing them at all

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‘Even the animals seem confused’: a retreating Kashmir glacier is creating an entire new world in its wake Kolahoi is one of many glaciers whose decline is disrupting whole ecosystems – water, wildlife and human life that it has supported for centuries

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The deep ocean is fixing carbon in ways no one expected Researchers have uncovered surprising evidence that the deep ocean’s carbon-fixing engine works very differently than long assumed. While ammonia-oxidizing archaea were thought to dominate carbon fixa...

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Chiquibul National Park (est. 1995) in central Belize is located on a layer of limestone strata; the largest area of protected karst in Belize. It is part of The Chiquibul Cave System; the longest known cave system in Central America. The forest remains the same as the Maya left it centuries ago...

Boat-billed heron, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize

hestnut-headed oropendola nests, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize

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Scarlet macaw in Honduras

Community Baboon Sanctuary (est. 1984) in eastern Belize was created to protect the Yucatán black howler monkey; locally, known as 'baboon'. It functions via a voluntary pledge system by landowners from villages & promotes sustainable land use, environmental education & ecotourism...

Elijio Panti National Park (est. 2001) in western Belize protects a vast array of unique biodiversity (e.g. jaguars, pumas, ocelots, monkey& anteaters). Along with wildlife rangers, local villagers help to sustain the park via co-existence lifestyles.

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Strikes were common in Britain before, during & after World War I, despite government efforts to suppress them through The Defence of the Realm Act (DORA). Munitions workers, engineers & miners focused on wages, poor housing & lack of affordable medical care for all.

Branta breed on the Arctic tundra in coastal wetlands; nesting in colonies and feeding on grass and sedges during the brief Arctic summer, before migrating thousands of miles to coastal estuaries for winter.

Harvard Computers (women) at work, circa 1890: Henrietta Swan Leavitt seated, third from left, with magnifying glass (1868–1921), Annie Jump Cannon (1863–1941), Williamina Fleming standing, at center (1857–1911) and Antonia Maury (1866–1952).

Black workers in the USA struck during WWII; demanding equal pay/promotions, exemplified by Detroit's Packard plant walkouts against discrimination. These actions highlighted racial inequality in defence industries; leading to government intervention & triggering a pulse for Civil Rights Movement.

Protracted history of white racism against immigrants in Australia: The Lambing Flat Riots of 1861 were a series of violent anti-Chinese miner actions that took place in the Burrangong region of New South Wales, Australia.

Steep alpine hillside covered in late-season grasses and patches of white wildflowers. The slope drops into a wide basin of layered ridges in muted browns and greens. Mount Baker sits in the distance with bright snowfields under a sky of scattered clouds and soft blue.

With all the horrible flooding going on in Western Washington right now, I wanted to reflect on a more peaceful time earlier this fall.

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It is often the case that such inselbergs function as sanctuaries for flora and fauna.

This morning‘s Cape Cod sunrise from Nauset Light Beach in Eastham.

The photograph is revealing: Oregon has significant coastal erosion issues; a chronic problem intensified by large winter storms, rising ocean levels and development, all leading to land biodiversity losses...

I perused Howard Zinn's 'A People's History of the United States' (pub. 1980: updated 2003) in the 1980s: documented voices of slaves, indigenous people, immigrant workers, etc., which provide social history insight revealing the war crimes of the self-appointed US-Congress 1776-90.