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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 19h ago
Myanmar’s mines pollute Thai rivers https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/myanmars-mines-pollute-thai-rivers/ #Myanmar #Thailand #Thai #river #rivers #environment #mining #pollution
Myanmar's mines pollute Thai rivers
Conservation news

Myanmar's mines pollute Thai rivers

Vast tracts of Thai farmland have been poisoned by chemicals linked to mining in Myanmar, With toxins carried into Thailand by at least six transboundary rivers. A Mongabay investigation has found more than 50 companies in Thailand importing minerals from Myanmar’s polluting mines. Antimony, copper, lead, manganese, tin, tungsten and other critical minerals worth millions […]

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Sunguramy :nb_lily: @sunguramy@flipping.rocks
· 1w ago
I did not have this find on my bingo card for the year... ...Deep in a cave in Tennessee, thousands of feet underground, as I rounded a bend of the river passage leading a group of biology students and recent graduates in a bioinventory of the cave....I stopped suddenly and definitely swore a little "WTF is that?! GAR!?" Yes my friends, a friggin' Gar, about four feet long, just swimming in one of the pools. Not a single person I know of has ever seen this in a cave before. Critters from the surface do get washed in at times, and this cave has connection to surface water. However, the creeks above it are not really Gar habitat, so even us biologists are at a bit of a loss. Well, not the property manager, who promptly said "wow, he was only this big *mimes a few inches with his fingers* when I put him in there!" (sarcasm, in case you cannot tell!) So...enjoy a big gar, with a human for scale. Fun fact: it would follow the light from our headlamps around, like a little kitten following a feather toy, but it declined to follow out of the pool it is comfy in Boost if this made you smile today! (ETA: Please don't at me to yell at me about not "saving" it, or ignoring that fish have feelings, or anything along those lines. Floods wash things into caves. Critters explore where maybe they shouldn't. There's a song in the Lion King about it. Sometimes we can rescue things out of caves that belong on the surface, but often we cannot, and for millions of years these accidentals feed the ecosystem, and support many of the other creatures that call this cave home. If you struggle with this concept: Think of it as colonization gone array so the locals win in the end.) #fish #gar #monster #cave #caves #caving #biology #nature #shock #river #ecosystem #Mesozoic #ancient #history
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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 1w ago
Analysis: Atrazine Pollutes 25% of River Miles in Continental U.S. at Levels Known to Harm Wildlife https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/analysis-atrazine-pollutes-25-of-river-miles-in-continental-us-at-levels-known-to-harm-wildlife-2026-09-24/ #UnitedStates #USA #US #environment #river #wildlife #pollution
Analysis: Atrazine Pollutes 25% of River Miles in Continental U.S. at Levels Known to Harm Wildlife
Center for Biological Diversity

Analysis: Atrazine Pollutes 25% of River Miles in Continental U.S. at Levels Known to Harm Wildlife

Levels of the hormone-disrupting pesticide atrazine known to harm aquatic wildlife are estimated to contaminate more than 25% of all river and stream miles in the lower 48 states — nearly 860,000 miles, according to a new analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity. The analysis, which assessed Environmental Protection Agency water contamination data, also found that dangerous levels of atrazine pollute waterways relied on by more than 20% of U.S. surface-water treatment facilities, reservo

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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 3w ago
In Peru, mercury leaves a toxic footprint on those who depend on a river https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/in-peru-mercury-leaves-a-toxic-footprint-on-those-who-depend-on-a-river/ #Peru #environment #river #mercury #pollution
In Peru, mercury leaves a toxic footprint on those who depend on a river
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In Peru, mercury leaves a toxic footprint on those who depend on a river

Mongabay reviewed nearly three decades of scientific research on the impact of heavy metals and traveled to several Amazonian communities to track the course of mercury contamination.

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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 3w ago
Mercury threatens over 160 communities in Bolivia’s Beni River basin https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/mercury-threatens-over-160-communities-in-bolivias-beni-river-basin/ #Bolivia #Beni #river #environment #mercury #pollution
Mercury threatens over 160 communities in Bolivia’s Beni River basin
Conservation news

Mercury threatens over 160 communities in Bolivia’s Beni River basin

Mongabay found that 39 communities in Bolivia are suffering from mercury poisoning and that 125 more face a similar risk.

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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk
· 1mo ago
Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social
Ancient Orinoco #Crocodiles 🐊😻live in #Venezuela 🇻🇪 #Colombia 🇨🇴. They are critically endangered from #river #pollution from #gold mining, #palmoil 🌴 #meat 🥩 #deforestation. Support them! #BoycottGold #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/03/18/orinoco-crocodile-crocodylus-intermedius/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
Orinoco Crocodile Crocodylus intermedius Palm Oil Detectives
Palm Oil Detectives

Orinoco Crocodile Crocodylus intermedius Palm Oil Detectives

Endemic to the Orinoco River Basin in #Colombia and #Venezuela, the majestic Orinoco Crocodile is one of the rarest and most threatened reptiles on Earth. These intelligent, powerful apex predators once ruled vast waterways across northern South America, but today, their numbers have plummeted by more than 80% due to hunting, habitat loss, pollution, and deforestation. They are now restricted to tiny, fragmented populations across fewer than 34 rivers. #Goldmining and #palmoil #pollution pose a

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CBC British Columbia @cbcbc_mirror@mastodon.hongkongers.net
· 2mo ago
Black bear carcass found dumped in river near Fort Nelson The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says it's investigating after a black bear carcass was dumped near the Muskwa River Bridge on Aug. 2, roughly a four-kilometre drive south of Fort Nelson. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/black-bear-carcass-dumped-in-river-fort-nelson-9.7297720?cmp=rss
Conservation officers investigating as black bear carcass dumped in river near Fort Nelson, B.C. | CBC News
CBC

Conservation officers investigating as black bear carcass dumped in river near Fort Nelson, B.C. | CBC News

The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says it's investigating after a black bear carcass was dumped near the Muskwa River Bridge on Aug. 2, roughly a four-kilometre drive south of Fort Nelson.

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