Natuur in het nieuws – december 2023
Laatste update 28 december.
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(English articles below)
Veel te hoge temperatuur verzwakt insecten in winterrust
https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=31743
Nachtvlinderjaar 2023, matig jaar met veel trekvlinders
https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=31741
Gemeenten planten veel bomen, maar oog voor natuur ontbreekt nog
https://nos.nl/artikel/2502158-gemeenten-planten-veel-bomen-maar-oog-voor-natuur-ontbreekt-nog
Gemeenten kunnen meer doen voor biodiversiteit door de juiste bomen
te planten
https://natuurenmilieu.nl/nieuws-artikel/onderzoek-naar-bomen-in-nederlandse-gemeenten/
Helikopters met steenmeel gaan natuur Noord-Limburg verrijken
https://omroepvenlo.nl/nieuws/artikel/helikopters-met-steenmeel-gaan-natuur-noord-limburg-verrijken
Lijkenpikkers
https://www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2023/de-metende-mens-2023~v956712/
Nederland leeft verdragen en richtlijnen over Waddenzee onvoldoende na
https://nos.nl/artikel/2502250-nederland-leeft-verdragen-en-richtlijnen-over-waddenzee-onvoldoende-na
Ecologisch bermbeheer: vijf lessen
https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=31664
Over slangen en amfibieën is er ook wat positief nieuws
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/12/19/over-slangen-en-amfibieen-is-er-ook-wat-positief-nieuws-a4184731
Zeldzame zeeschildpad aangespoeld op strand bij Zoutelande
https://nos.nl/artikel/2502017-zeldzame-zeeschildpad-aangespoeld-op-strand-bij-zoutelande
Inheemse planten: paardenbloem
https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=31683
De roek, een verguisde sfeermaker
https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=31670
Iedereen wordt groenkijker!
https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=31656
Miljoenen vogels verliezen kostbare energie bij opvliegen door vuurwerk in Nieuwjaarsnacht
https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=31651
De metende mens
https://www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2023/de-metende-mens-2023~v956712/
De week van het Klein kruiskruid
https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=31641
Inheemse planten: wilde peen
https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=31635
Daag uit voor meer biodiversiteit
https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=31632
Met de bossen gaat het goed in Nederland – en dat mag ook weleens gezegd worden
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/12/06/met-de-bossen-gaat-het-goed-in-nederland-en-dat-mag-ook-weleens-gezegd-worden-a4183443
Griend aangespoeld op strand Vlieland
https://nos.nl/artikel/2500240-griend-aangespoeld-op-strand-vlieland
Inheemse planten: klimop
https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=31597
2024 wordt het Jaar van de Huismus
https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=31613
English articles
Kākāpō Parrots Are Flightless, Adorable and Making a Comeback
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/kakapo-parrots-are-flightless-adorable-and-making-a-comeback/
See monarch butterflies in all their glory on this California road trip
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/see-monarch-butterflies-this-california-road-trip
The fish that eats piranhas for breakfast
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-66786995
Humans May Have Driven Twice as Many Bird Species to Extinction as Previously Thought
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/humans-may-have-driven-twice-as-many-bird-species-to-extinction-as-previously-thought-180983485/
Weather changes causing chaos for UK flora and fauna, says National Trust audit
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/27/weather-changes-causing-chaos-for-uk-flora-and-fauna-says-national-trust-audit
A naturalist finds hope despite climate change in an era he calls ‘The End of Eden’
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/23/1214002178/naturalist-looks-for-hope-despite-climate-change
Flowers ‘giving up’ on scarce insects and evolving to self-pollinate, say scientists
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/20/flowers-giving-up-on-scarce-insects-and-evolving-to-self-pollinate-say-scientists
New comprehensive genome data on soil invertebrates provide insights into their biodiversity
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-comprehensive-genome-soil-invertebrates-insights.html
Björk Takes You on a Journey into the Vast Kingdom of Mushrooms with the New Documentary Fungi: Web of Life
https://www.openculture.com/2023/12/take-a-journey-with-bjork-into-the-vast-kingdom-of-mushrooms-through-the-new-documentary-fungi-web-of-life.html
World’s Oldest Wild Bird, Wisdom The Albatross, Returns To Island Home
https://www.iflscience.com/worlds-oldest-wild-bird-wisdom-the-albatross-returns-to-island-home-71964
Surprise Discovery Shows These Sharks Don’t Need to Keep Moving
https://www.sciencealert.com/surprise-discovery-shows-these-sharks-dont-need-to-keep-moving
Twenty-year study confirms California forests are healthier when burned, or thinned
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-twenty-year-california-forests-healthier-thinned.html
Stop Planting Trees, Says Guy Who Inspired World to Plant a Trillion Trees
https://www.wired.com/story/stop-planting-trees-thomas-crowther/
Decline of rare UK bat linked to tree felling for British empire’s fleets
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/14/decline-of-rare-uk-bat-linked-to-tree-felling-for-british-empires-fleets
Locusts set to return early next year – regional experts
https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/locusts-set-to-return-early-next-year-regional-experts-4462652
Migratory bats can detect the Earth’s magnetic field, behavioral experiments show
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-migratory-earth-magnetic-field-behavioral.html
Falklands Falcons Are As Brainy As Cockatoos
https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/12/11/falklands-falcons-are-as-brainy-as-cockatoos/
Millions of birds lose precious energy due to fireworks on New Year’s Eve, research reveals
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-millions-birds-precious-energy-due.html
Seeing the forest for the birds: Ten principles for bird-friendly forestry
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-forest-birds-ten-principles-bird-friendly.html
Pesticide cocktails may be harming bumblebees in Europe
https://www.nature.com/articles/d43978-023-00186-6
Wolverhampton scientists say new frog species sounds like a duck
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-67647197
Researchers thought they’d find 200 species of plants and animals living in their house and yard. They were very wrong
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-thought-theyd-species-animals-house.html
DNA analysis of bat droppings shows astonishingly high number of insect species
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-dna-analysis-astonishingly-high-insect.html
Three researchers show their suburban backyard is home to more than 1,000 species
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-suburban-backyard-home-species.html
The silver bullet that wasn’t: Glyphosate’s declining weed control over 25 years
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-silver-bullet-wasnt-glyphosate-declining.html
200-million-year-old mass extinction event may be happening again right now
https://studyfinds.org/earth-mass-extinction/
Where have all the grasshoppers gone?: Uganda’s insect traders struggle to find protein-rich bugs
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/dec/07/where-have-all-the-grasshoppers-gone-ugandas-insect-traders-struggle-to-find-protein-rich-bugs
Ancient California Redwoods Defy Scientists’ Expectations and Sprout New Shoots From Blackened Trunks
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ancient-california-redwoods-defy-scientists-expectations-and-sprout-new-shoots-from-blackened-trunks/
Haughey’s Bog: Why are peatlands important for environment?
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-67523854
Country diary: These remarkable carvings are, at least, beautiful in miniature
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/05/country-diary-these-remarkable-carvings-are-at-least-beautiful-in-miniature
The slow race to save Brittany’s rare Quimper snails from a tramway – one gastropod at a time
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/04/race-to-save-rare-quimper-snails-brest-brittany-tramway-gastropod-aoe
New unified theory shows how past landscapes drove the evolution of Earth’s rich diversity of life
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-theory-landscapes-drove-evolution-earth.html
We Can’t Address the Climate Crisis Without Nature
https://time.com/6340530/climate-change-nature/
Dolphins Reveal a Mysterious Hidden Sense: They Can Detect Electric Fields
https://www.sciencealert.com/dolphins-reveal-a-mysterious-hidden-sense-they-can-detect-electric-fields
Research suggests sentinel warning calls may be universally understood across continents
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-sentinel-universally-understood-continents.html
American painted lady butterflies set up home on Isles of Scilly
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/30/american-painted-lady-butterflies-set-up-home-on-isles-of-scilly
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