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Today, environmental awareness is higher than ever. There is a great movement happening; millions of Americans are showing support for communities and ecosystems all across the world. This is wonderful. Amazing really. However, my aim for this blog is to take that same compassion and direct it specifically towards our very own back-yards. As Virginians we are blessed to have a wide range of bio-activity within the Ol' Commonwealth. From beaches, bays, estuaries, swamps, rivers, and creeks, to forest, grasslands, valleys, hilltops, and mountain peaks. Virginians are exposed to a plethora of wildlife. It is not only important to realize that, but to also be knowledgeable about this wildlife. Just knowing about these local flora & fauna, is the first step towards protecting them. Knowledge is power. My hopes for this blog are to enable the audience to recognize native species, further public awareness, and even encourage actions that would benefit the local environment.

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Chicories and iNaturalist.

This little blue flower can be found sprouting up all along roadsides across most the Unites States. It is prevalent in areas with decent...

Water, Water, Everywhere.

Virginia is a very lucky state to have so much variety in the water bodies it has. Farmville is lucky to have Wilck’s Lake and the...

The Red-Eared Renegade

Common Name: The Red-Eared Slider Turtle. Scientific Name: Trachemys Scripta Elegans. First things first. Turtles do not have ears. At...

Blog Numero Uno!

For the first few posts, The Native will be showcasing some common native and invasive species. Being able to identify species that are...

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How Can We Clean Up the Oceans?
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How Can We Clean Up the Oceans?

Plastic is a huge problem in the oceans, but engineers and research groups are working on how to deal with it. Hank describes some of the leading proposed solutions. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Andreas Heydeck, Justin Lentz, Will and Sonja Marple, Benny, Chris Peters, Tim Curwick, Philippe von Bergen, Patrick, Fatima Iqbal, Lucy McGlasson, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Accalia Elementia, Kathy & Tim Philip, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Thomas J., and Patrick D. Ashmore. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/347/6223/768.abstract http://www.theoceancleanup.com/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/04/140414-ocean-garbage-patch-plastic-pacific-debris/ http://www.bottlebill.org/about/mythfact.htm https://www.nrdc.org/stories/10-ways-reduce-plastic-pollution https://psmag.com/a-better-way-to-clean-up-ocean-polluting-plastics-5ae2cde161ba#.5my4c6tyh http://conservationmagazine.org/2016/02/to-get-plastic-out-of-the-sea-look-to-the-land/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160118223921.htm http://inhabitat.com/19-year-old-student-develops-ocean-cleanup-array-that-could-remove-7250000-tons-of-plastic-from-the-worlds-oceans/ http://www.algalita.org/mid-ocean-plastics-cleanup-schemes-too-little-too-late/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROW9F-c0kIQ http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2014/02/10/from-blue-to-green-inside-pharrells-latest-fashion-venture/#10906db13448 https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/ http://gu.com/p/4hta2/sbl http://www.csiro.au/en/Research http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/11/1/014006/meta;jsessionid=AB059AEC4705476C50864DF2F743DE8A.c1.iopscience.cld.iop.org http://cleanoceansinternational.org/ http://www.5gyres.org/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160331-car-parts-plastics-dead-whales-germany-animals/ http://www.bluebird-electric.net/oceanography/Ocean_Plastic_International_Rescue/The_Clean_Oceans_Project.htm http://www.oceanhealthindex.org/ http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/02/here-s-how-much-plastic-enters-ocean-each-year http://www.popsci.com/researchers-find-just-how-much-plastic-were-putting-ocean http://www.deepseanews.com/2014/07/the-ocean-cleanup-part-1-alternatives-to-reduce-ocean-plastic/ https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/info/plastic.html http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/26/our-oceans-a-plastic-soup/ http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/wmb/coastal/trash/documents/marine_debris.pdf http://www.theoceancleanup.com/technology.html http://www.theoceancleanup.com/press.html
What You Never Knew About Trees | SciShow Compilation
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What You Never Knew About Trees | SciShow Compilation

Trees are essential to our survival—from making oxygen so we can breathe, to cooling urban environments, to literally holding the ground together to prevent erosion, trees do so much for us—there might even be some amazing things about trees that you never knew! Join Hank Green for a fun SciShow compilation all about trees! The SciShow team is joining #TeamTrees to help plant 20 million trees by 2020. You can help too by donating at https://teamtrees.org/ and helping to spread the word. For every $1 raised, the Arbor Day Foundation will plant one tree. Join us! For the original videos and sources in this video: Why Avocados Shouldn't Exist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00KGL-HKPhU Bringing Back the American Chestnut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe4G9tTzeW0 Weird Places: Europe's Dancing, Crooked Forests https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b8eXCnjnMo Why do Leaves Change Color in the Fall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwA1QVsbD6g What's The Oldest Tree in the World? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zf6LE0HcFo SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources:
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