Assessing adaptation progress for the global stocktake
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 20 April 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01656-x
Assessing adaptation progress for the global stocktake
Nature Climate Change…
Weird Reptiles – List Of The Weirdest Reptiles, Pictures & Interesting Facts
Weird reptiles include the bizarre Armadillo girdled lizard, with its plated skin and unusual defense mechanism; the Asian giant softshell turtle, a huge turtle with a soft shell; flying geckos and flying snakes, both of which have evolved the ability to glide; and the marine iguana, which, unusually for a reptile, forages at sea.
On this page you’ll meet the above and many other examples of weird reptiles from all around the world.
Weird Reptiles
- Armadillo Girdled Lizard
- Asian Giant Softshell Turtle
- Blue-Tongued Skinks
- Chinese Crocodile Lizard
- Flying Geckos
- Frill-Necked Lizard
- Gharial
- Green Basilisk
- Horned Toads
- Malagasy Leaf-Nosed Snake
- Marine Iguana
- Mary River Turtle
- Mata Mata
- Ornate Flying Snake
- Pig-Nosed Turtle
- Satanic Leaf-Tailed Gecko
- Slow Worm
- Spiny Bush Viper
- Tentacled Snake
- Thorny Devil
You can see more weird species on the following pages:
Farmers, Communities and Congressional Leaders Seek Full Funding for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production
This week the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, together with over seventy organizations and farm businesses, delivered a letter to Congressional Appropriators to urge them to fully fund the Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (OUAIP) and the urban agriculture data collection initiative. This request echoed one made by over 50 Senate and House leaders in a separate letter to agriculture appropriators.
The 2018 Farm Bill authorized OUAIP and its various relevant initiatives in an effort to encourage and promote urban, indoor, and other innovative agricultural practices as a tool to provide healthy, fresh food in low-access areas, workforce and community development opportunities, and promote soil health and reduce food waste.
Since the Office received its first appropriation in 2020, it has already invested over $ 50 million to increase the capacity of urban agriculture, innovative producers, and municipal composting …
Author Correction: Research agenda for the loss and damage fund
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 17 April 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01669-6
Author Correction: Research agenda for the loss and damage fund
Nature Climate Change…
Author Correction: Extreme sea levels at different global warming levels
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 April 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01665-w
Author Correction: Extreme sea levels at different global warming levels
Nature Climate Change…
Weird Fish List With Pictures & Facts: The World’s Weirdest Fish
Weird fish include the ocean sunfish, a mysterious ocean giant; the coelacanth, a living fossil once thought to have been extinct; the humphead wrasse, a reef fish that starts life as a female but later becomes male; the bizarre-looking red-lipped batfish, found around the Galápagos Islands; and freshwater species such as the candiru and alligator gar.
On this page we take a look at these and many more weird fish from the world’s oceans, rivers and lakes.
Use the index below to go directly to a particular species, or continue scrolling to browse all of these bizarre creatures.
Weird Fish
- Alligator Gar
- Atlantic Wolffish
- Barreleye Fish
- Blobfish
- Blue Parrotfish
- Candiru
- Coelacanth
- Fangtooth
- Flying Fish
- Frilled Shark
- Frogfish
- Giant Oarfish
- Goblin Shark
- Humphead Wrasse
- Jawfish
- Leafy Seadragon
- Lionfish
- Longhorn Cowfish
- Megamouth Shark
- Mekong Giant Catfish
- Moonfish
- Ocean Sunfish
- Ocellated Icefish
- Psychedelic
Cynthia Hayes Memorial Scholarship Now Accepting Applications
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Laura Zaks
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Email: lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net
Cynthia Hayes Memorial Scholarship Now Accepting Applications
Cynthia Hayes Memorial Scholarship honors the co-founder of the first network for African American organic farmers in the United States
Washington, DC, April 3, 2023, — The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), in partnership with The Southeastern African American Farmers’ Organic Network (SAAFON), and Minorities in Agriculture Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) announced that applications are now being accepted for the annual scholarship in memory of the late Cynthia Hayes, co-founder and former Executive Director of SAAFON. The scholarship welcomes Black and Indigenous MANRRS-registered students interested in sustainable agriculture and how it affects Black farmer communities and food justice in the United States to apply.
…“We look forward to offering this opportunity to three outstanding student leaders who embody Cynthia’s
Invasive interactions
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 06 April 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01654-z
Invasive interactions
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