tag:www.nasouthjersey.com,2005:/categories/community?page=29Community | Natural Awakenings South Jersey Page 29Healthy Living Healthy Planet2019-08-16T00:21:48-04:00urn:uuid:eafa4f0b-97df-4247-9e8f-05b2f405fe552019-08-16T00:21:47-04:002019-08-16T00:21:48-04:00Elder Force: Retired Volunteers Keep National Parks Humming2017-08-31 12:14:23 -0400AnonymousThe financially strapped National Park Service increasingly relies on volunteers to staff visitor centers and campsites, and a third of the workers are over age 54.<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.nasouthjersey.com">Natural Awakenings South Jersey</a></small></p>urn:uuid:c5674141-0c2f-4e56-9c1d-2ee592db10fd2019-08-16T00:52:22-04:002019-08-16T00:52:22-04:00Tuna Turnaround: Lower Mercury Levels Tied to Drop in Coal Emissions2017-07-31 12:12:18 -0400AnonymousLevels of toxic mercury in Atlantic Bluefin tuna declined 19 percent between 2004 and 2012, a drop that scientists attribute to a shift from coal to natural gas and renewable energy.<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.nasouthjersey.com">Natural Awakenings South Jersey</a></small></p>urn:uuid:565314ec-fdaf-4508-86db-f390151987432019-08-16T00:59:06-04:002019-08-16T00:59:06-04:00Buzzing RoboBees: Tiny Robots Seen as Tech Fix for Reduced Bee Population2017-07-31 12:12:16 -0400AnonymousHarvard researchers have invented tiny robotic bees that may be able to eventually pollinate the crops that are under threat because of vanishing bee colonies.<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.nasouthjersey.com">Natural Awakenings South Jersey</a></small></p>urn:uuid:6c157c8f-5581-49eb-a426-e946766bbc922019-08-16T01:10:40-04:002019-08-16T01:10:40-04:00Tea Time: Citizen Scientists Needed for Carbon Storage Experiment2017-07-31 12:12:14 -0400AnonymousAustralian scientists are seeking citizens around the world to bury tea bags in wetlands to measure the rate as which the bags capture and store carbon.<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.nasouthjersey.com">Natural Awakenings South Jersey</a></small></p>urn:uuid:f2dd4be9-8596-4935-a878-d4e759f809df2019-08-16T00:40:47-04:002019-08-16T00:40:47-04:00Nature Rights: Waterways Granted Personhood2017-07-31 12:12:11 -0400AnonymousNew Zealand and India have granted the legal status of personhood to vital rivers, forwarding an international movement that seeks to protect precious natural resources from corporate domination.<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.nasouthjersey.com">Natural Awakenings South Jersey</a></small></p>urn:uuid:dd73ade0-b141-448e-9bef-2417e37ba74f2019-08-16T01:00:30-04:002019-08-16T01:00:30-04:00City Smarts: Urban Planning Goes Green2017-07-31 12:12:07 -0400AnonymousCities throughout the country are exploring fresh ways to make cities both environmentally sustainable and pedestrian- and bike-friendly.<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.nasouthjersey.com">Natural Awakenings South Jersey</a></small></p>urn:uuid:5e89174e-b7cd-4fc2-b1ff-f2c720a8f2db2019-08-16T00:07:19-04:002019-08-16T00:07:19-04:00Bee Killers: Neonic Pesticides Again Linked to Decline2017-06-30 11:23:56 -0400AnonymousAs use of controversial neonicotinoid pesticides on plants grew from 1994 onward, extinction rates of bees grew by a parallel amount.<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.nasouthjersey.com">Natural Awakenings South Jersey</a></small></p>urn:uuid:6c9c67d4-dae0-4440-bf4e-a4a2af869dc52019-08-16T00:22:37-04:002019-08-16T00:22:37-04:00Last Call: Endangered Species Protection Act May Go Extinct2017-06-30 11:23:55 -0400AnonymousEndangered species may lose their federal protection if some Republican senators from western states succeed in taking the teeth out of the Endangered Species Act passed in 1973.<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.nasouthjersey.com">Natural Awakenings South Jersey</a></small></p>urn:uuid:258f8db3-2c39-48b3-9592-34374f432a882019-08-16T01:02:20-04:002019-08-16T01:02:20-04:00Species Die-Off: Animals that Are No More2017-06-30 11:23:54 -0400AnonymousSpecies of rhinoceros, tortoise, treefrog and leopard are among those verified as having disappeared forever as of 2016.<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.nasouthjersey.com">Natural Awakenings South Jersey</a></small></p>urn:uuid:01ce6e13-a7e5-4256-8366-0f75bc0e04482019-08-16T01:10:55-04:002019-08-16T01:10:55-04:00Robot Janitors: Floating Trash-Eaters Clean Up Baltimore Harbor2017-06-30 11:23:52 -0400AnonymousSolar- and hydro-powered trash robots are sucking up plastic, Styrofoam and other debris from Baltimore’s harbor, and the waste is used to generate electricity.<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.nasouthjersey.com">Natural Awakenings South Jersey</a></small></p>