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President Joe Biden will still leave Wednesday for the G7 summit in Japan but is reevaluating the rest of his planned tour of Asia, spokesperson for the White House National Security Council John Kirby tells reporters, as the White House negotiates with Republican leaders to avoid a US debt default. Until now the president had planned to also visit Papua New Guinea and Australia after the G7 meeting in Hiroshima. SOUNDBITE
Marine life uses sound to hunt, avoid predators, and find mates. But if their sounds are drowned out by engines, species can be affected dramatically. Even as the oceans are getting noisier, we're still basically unaware of the full toll it takes on ocean life. Gizmodo reports decreased human activity has given researchers an unprecedented chance to study the effect of quiet on our typically noisy seas. Wildlife biologist Chris Gabriele says the waters around Glacier Bay, Alaska, have seen median daily sound levels decrease by 50% between 2019 and 2020. As a result, she’s seen humpback whales hanging out in much broader swaths of the region, socializing, feeding, napping, and 'chatting' with each other.
A new study reveals toxic oil waste products are harming the actual penis bones of otters. Gizmodo Earther reports Canadian researchers from McMaster University say the male organs of river otters are becoming more brittle. It was already known that exposure to compounds found in crude oil can decrease some animals’ reproductive success. River otters are a 'sentinel species,' meaning they often are affected by exposure to contaminants before other species register those changes. The authors say that Alberta otters’ weakened penis bones could mess with their ability to reproduce, which could greatly impact the food chain. To make matters worse, they fear that tar sands pollution could have an effect on humans’ reproductive systems as well.
Ho Chi Minh, Oct 20 (EFE/EPA).-A small business in Vietnam is taking plastic waste pollution and turning it into furniture ranging from elegant pieces of design to social housing.(Camera: ERIC SAN JUAN)SHOT LIST: THE WORKSHOP AND WORKERS OF "PLASTIC PEOPLE". SOUND BITES: NANO MORANTE (ON THE LEFT) AND NÉSTOR CATALÁN (ON THE RIGHT) (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS:NANO MORANTE:"Plastic People is a solution to a waste problem that everyone overlooks. It came from an idea to find a solution that was not only eco-friendly but also social, a way of using garbage to give hope to people,""The possibilities with this material are endless, our only limit is creativity"NÉSTOR CATALÁN:"To transform it into something useful, something that can be in our lives on a material level, such as furniture, construction, it is something we are trying. We are transforming garbage, which is a problem, to something that we want, that we need, something that is useful for our homes, for our businesses""What we want is to stop complaining about the problems there are and to act. It's time to take action, to look for solutions rather than blaming others or the world or society. We are the society and it is our responsibility to look for solutions to the problems that we create. We create that garbage, that garbage did not exist years ago. It is garbage that has become natural, but isn't, we created it, and we have the capacity to come up with a solution."
Phnom Penh, Oct, 19 (EFE/EPA).- At least 90 people have been killed and another 34 are missing due to floods and landslides that have ravaged central Vietnam for nearly two weeks, while at least 25 have died in neighboring Cambodia.The national disaster prevention center of Vietnam said that 14 soldiers died on Sunday and eight others are missing after being buried by a landslide in the central Quang Tri province while engaging in relief efforts during floods in the region. (Camera: MAK REMISSA).B-ROLL OF THE FLOODED AREAS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA.
Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Apr 16 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Igor Kovalenko) National Guard soldiers installed a vehicle checkpoint 5 km from Bishkek, an additional measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Kyrgyzstan.Authorities have also handed out food to people with limited resources amid the crisis caused by the pandemic.FOOTAGE OF THE CHECKPOINT AND HANDING OUT OF THE FOOD.
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