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The Wildlife Conservation Club
The Wildlife Conservation Club strives to raise awareness of wildlife and broader environmental issues, to raise funds for endangered species, and to contribute to the WCC website and monthly newsletter. Join us in making our goal of an environmentally aware Collegiate a reality. Scroll down to see posts from our newsletters!
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Feb 7, 20223 min read
Wind Power in Spain, Ben Davis '22, February 2022 Issue
Spanish Wind Turbines. Source: New York Times. In recent years, Spain has become a global leader in using wind power as a form of...
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Feb 7, 20222 min read
Chile’s New Constitution: Building For a Sustainable Future, Chris Gooding '22, February 2022 Issue
Home to volcanoes, the Andes Mountains, deserts, and one of the longest coastlines in the world, the South American country Chile has a...
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Dec 6, 20212 min read
Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Taking Over New York, Aarav Dogra '22, December 2021 Issue
A spotted lanternfly. Source: nbcnews.com. The spotted lanternfly, which belongs to a type of insects known as planthoppers, was first...
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Dec 6, 20212 min read
China Pledges To Stop Building Coal-Based Plants Abroad, Ankit Raparthi '22, December 2021 Issue
President Xi Jinping speaks on coal-fired power projects abroad. Source: thetimes.co.uk. In September 2021, during the United Nations...
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Dec 6, 20212 min read
Harvard Moves To Divest from Fossil Fuel Industry, Chris Gooding '22, December 2021 Issue
Harvard student activists block entrance to University Hall in March 2017. Source: Boston Globe. After years of public backlash and...
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Dec 6, 20212 min read
Glacier Preserved During Summer Months Using Tarps, Diego Bacchus '23, December 2021 Issue
A team of Italian conservationists place the tarps. Source: the local.it. For well over a century, glaciers have been melting as a result...
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Apr 12, 20213 min read
U.S. Rejoins Paris Agreement, Aarav Dogra '22, April 2021 Issue
President Joe Biden signs an executive order to bring the U.S. back to the Paris Agreement in January. Source: yahoo.finance.com. On...
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Apr 12, 20212 min read
Controversial Pebble Mine in Alaska Fatally Denied Critical Permit, Connor Kim '23, April 2021 Issue
Alaska’s Bristol Bay teems with aquatic life and is particularly well known for its “bountiful and sustainable harvests of wild salmon,”...
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Apr 12, 20212 min read
A Look Back at Trump's Climate Deregulation Push, Chris Gooding '22, April 2021 Issue
Fracking wastewater pollution. Source: ex–planet.com. In November 2020, Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, was denied...
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Dec 29, 20202 min read
500-Meter-Tall Coral Skyscraper in the Great Barrier Reef, Konrad Krieger '22, Jan 2021 Issue
Coral skyscraper mapped using 3D seabed modeling. Source: theguardian.com. On October 20, 2020, scientists aboard the Schmidt Ocean...
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Dec 29, 20203 min read
A Recent Surge in Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest, Ben Davis '22, Jan 2021 Issue
An area of the Amazon Rainforest after it was cleared by farmers in Itaituba, Para, Brazil, Sept. 26, 2019. Source: Reuters.com. The...
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Dec 29, 20202 min read
Drones Used to Monitor Polar Bears on Wrangel Island, Cole Brountas '22, Jan 2021 Issue
Polar bears. Source: worldwildlife.org. Wrangel Island, otherwise known as the “maternity home of polar bears,” is where the majority of...
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Dec 29, 20202 min read
Climate Change is Causing Trees to Lose Their Leaves Earlier, Teddy Nuttall '22, Jan 2021 Issue
Fall leaves. Source: hurtinva.com. As suggested by the findings of a study conducted in the fall of 2020, trees will begin to shed their...
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Dec 29, 20202 min read
New Effort in Denver to Undo Redlining and Environmental Racism, Ankit Raparthi '22, Jan 2021 Issue
Globeville Landing Park, a newly redesigned green space in Denver. Source: nytimes.com. Denver, like many American cities, has a history...
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Dec 29, 20202 min read
John Kerry Selected by Joe Biden for Special Climate Role, Wilder Pitofsky '22, Jan 2021 Issue
John Kerry, President-elect Joe Biden's selection for presidential envoy for climate. Source: npr.org. John Kerry, the former secretary...
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Dec 29, 20203 min read
The Bronx Zoo and the Pandemic, Michael Rezak '23, Jan 2021 Issue
Bronx Zoo entrance. Source: wikipedia.org. On March 16, 2020, the Bronx Zoo was forced to close to the public due to the coronavirus...
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Nov 11, 20203 min read
The Dangers of Microplastics, Aarav Dogra '22, Nov 2020 Issue
According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), microplastics are plastic fragments less than 5 millimeters...
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Nov 11, 20202 min read
Toxic Spill in Russia Decimates Marine Life, Connor Kim '23, Nov 2020 Issue
“The entire seabed was full of dead animals’ corpses” This is what Kristina Rozenburg, a resident of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, stated...
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Nov 11, 20201 min read
365 Elephants Drop Dead in Botswana, Konrad Krieger '22, Nov 2020 Issue
During May and June of 2020, 365 elephants dropped dead in Botswana’s Okavango Delta. Some looked dazed and confused moments before...
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Nov 11, 20202 min read
China’s Goal for Carbon Neutrality, Riley Schwimmer '24, Nov 2020 Issue
China, with the largest population in the world, is responsible for 28% of global emissions, making them one of the largest contributors...
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