Maps depicting environmental degradation across planet.
The sky is wide, the land is rugged, and the air fills your lungs with happiness. But for many adventurers, the genuine appeal of a trek through a national park is the fine detail: the living flora and fauna, often rare and amazing, that quietly inhabit the landscape.
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Bears are carnivorous mammals of the Ursidae family. Although only 8 species of bears are existent, they are widespread, living in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern Hemisphere and partially in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Once a North American native, the raccoon has become an unstoppable force in Germany, thriving in cities and forests alike. From their accidental introduction in the 1930s to their modern-day population explosion, discover how raccoons have taken over Germany—and the challenges they pose.
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When you turn on the tap in the United Kingdom, you consider what comes out will be drinkable. Indeed, the General Assembly of the United Nations has access to safe drinking water as a human right. And yet, more than 25% of the world’s population lives in water-stressed nations. According to the World Health Organization, a similar number use a drinking water source polluted with feces.
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The red squirrel is a species of tree squirrel typical throughout Europe and Asia. The species’ specimens have declined drastically in the British Isles in recent years. This decrease is associated with the introduction by humans of the grey squirrel from North America.
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While the global smoking rate has fallen over the past two decades, increasing air pollution has offset many health gains. Exposure to air pollution severely affects the respiratory system and can have negative health impacts, equivalent to smoking multiple cigarettes daily.
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Homo sapiens, like every other organism on our planet, has its own niche. A comfortable temperature for humans ranges from 17°C to 24°C (62.6 to 75.2 °F). Within that temperature span, the ideal, especially for young and older people, is 22 to 23 °C (72 to 73°F), but it could be some degrees lower with high humidity and some degrees higher with low humidity.
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We’ve all had those daytimes when our skin is not looking its best, despite doing all the right things to maintain it healthy and happy. Tons of things can impact our skin from the inside out, like health conditions and hormonal changes, but if you’re having a problem with your skin, it might also be down to some environmental factors at play where you reside.
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Berries are small, rounded, juicy, and often edible fruits without stones or pits, although many seeds may be present. Typical examples are raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, or blackberries.
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Palms perennial flowering plants of the Arecaceae are family. Currently, 181 genera with about 2.6 thousand species. Most palm trees are characterized by their broad, compound, evergreen leaves (fronds) at the top of an unbranched trunk. But palm species are pretty diverse.
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