Japan’s efforts bring back ‘extinct’ species
by Mark Brazil
Oriental stork 73; crested ibis 82; red-crowned crane 1,143; short-tailed albatross estimated 3,550. Those numbers of wild birds in Japan seem perilously low — and they are, especially when considered alongside the Japanese population of 126.75 million people — but in reality they are good news! …
The Japan Times – Jun 7, 2014
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What Is the Problem With Our Oceans?
By Erin Beardsley, Epoch Times
Have you been to the beach lately? Maybe you have noticed a few cans, some plastic bottles, and maybe some other debris and thought “it doesn’t matter, it’s just a few pieces.” The reality is much worse than most people realize. There are literally millions of tons of plastic in the oceans, millions of gallons of oil and chemical run off poisoning the water, and drift nets and other refuse that people just write off as “garbage”. Let’s break it down for a minute and look at a few examples of what happens to what we throw in that trash can …
The Epoch Times – Last Updated: June 7, 2014 11:37 am
www.theepochtimes.com/n3/71921…
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