Humans affect the earth's climate and ecosystems to such an extent that we now risk the stability of the entire planet. That is the message of a new report. The researchers compare the planet to a multi-disease patient, whose various diagnoses affect each other.
The manatee is a large marine mammal that lives in springs, rivers and shallow coastal inlets, including around Florida. Humans are the only serious threat to them and recent years have been difficult, with many animals killed in boat collisions and due to debris. Now, in addition, eutrophication in the sea is threatening their food, seaweed, so as an emergency measure they have started feeding manatees in the most vulnerable place.
In the past, we used reeds as both feed, fertilizer and building material. But in modern times, it has mostly been seen as a weed, which you would like to get rid of. During the drought in 2018, researchers were wondering how to reintroduce the reeds to agriculture?
