Some Australian Dolphins Use Sponges To Hunt Fish. It’s Harder Than It Looks
"Some dolphins in Australia have a special technique to flush fish from the seafloor. They hunt with a sponge on their beak, like a clown nose."
Source: AP, 07/22/2025
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DEADLINE: ICFJ International Scholarships for UMD's Howard Center Data Journalism Training Program
The International Center for Journalists invites applications by Aug 10, 2025 from non-US mid-career journalists for this program comprising four online courses in a final project. Suitable for data journalists looking to advance, as well as for journalists seeking to sharpen their investigative skills.
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The Global Heat Health Information Network, in partnership with Internews’ Earth Journalism Network, is launching a global photography competition to showcase the real impacts of extreme heat, and the ways communities around the world are responding to it. Deadline: Aug 29, 2025.
"With Help From AI, This Threatened Frog Is Making A Comeback"
"If you were a miner in California during the Gold Rush, you might have dined on a California red-legged frog."
Source: NPR, 07/22/2025
Iowa Agriculture Runs on 110 Billion Pounds of Manure, Impairing Its Water
"In the nation’s leading pork-producing state, animal waste fuels crop growth but impairs water quality in a leaky circular system."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/22/2025
"Former BP Spokesperson Is Now EPA Region 6 Chief of Staff"
"Wynn Radford IV, chief of staff for the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, previously worked as a spokesperson for the multinational oil company BP following the Deepwater Horizon disaster."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/22/2025
Weather Extremes Caused by Climate Change Are Driving Up Food Prices: Report
"Extreme weather has stoked food prices around the world in recent years and could lead to more political instability and inflation, with the world’s poor bearing most of the economic pain and health impacts, according to new research."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/22/2025
Dismantling of EPA’s Scientific Arm Fulfills Key Chemical Industry Goal
"Companies feared rules and lawsuits based on the Office of Research and Development’s assessments of the dangers of formaldehyde, ethylene oxide and other substances."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/22/2025
"Trump Radically Overhauls EPA Mission, Scope in First Six Months"
"Just six months into his second term, President Donald Trump has moved quickly to reshape the Environmental Protection Agency in ways not seen over its 55-year history, drastically restructuring offices, realigning priorities, and reducing staff."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/22/2025
