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💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Where Glaciers Melt, The Rivers Run Red<br>--<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/science/peru-glaciers-water-pollution.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/11/19/science</span><span class="invisible">/peru-glaciers-water-pollution.html</span></a> &lt;-- shared media article<br>--<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/waterquality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterquality</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ShallapRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShallapRiver</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CordilleraBlanca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CordilleraBlanca</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Peru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peru</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/watersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/glacial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glacial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/glacier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glacier</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/melting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>melting</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mineralogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mineralogy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geochemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geochemistry</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/tropicalglaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tropicalglaciers</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/contamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contamination</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/contaminates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contaminates</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/metals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metals</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/heavymetals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heavymetals</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/humanimpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanimpacts</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/acid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acid</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/acidic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidic</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/oxidisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oxidisation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Andes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Andes</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/deglaciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deglaciation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/pyrite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pyrite</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ironsulfide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ironsulfide</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/meltwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meltwater</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ironhydroxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ironhydroxide</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sulfuricacid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sulfuricacid</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/heavymetals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heavymetals</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatialanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatialanalysis</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatiotemporal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatiotemporal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/foodsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foodsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fishing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/watersupply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watersupply</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/waterresources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterresources</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>*We have a similar longtime movement in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> for same government approved aerial herbicide toxic spraying issue <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopTheSprayBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSprayBC</span></a> *</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/environmentalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalists</span></a> have denounced the practice of aerial <a href="https://beige.party/tags/herbicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herbicide</span></a> spraying on <a href="https://beige.party/tags/forestlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forestlands</span></a> for decades. This year, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> groups in Northern <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> have announced a ban on blanket herbicide use, while in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NovaScotia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NovaScotia</span></a>, residents have resorted to peaceful <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DirectAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectAction</span></a> to enforce their own ban.</p><p>The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ForestIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForestIndustry</span></a> routinely dumps tons of chemicals like <a href="https://beige.party/tags/glyphosate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glyphosate</span></a>, the main ingredient in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Roundup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roundup</span></a> weedkiller, on logged areas to kill off naturally-regenerated trees and shrubs in favour of commercial <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TreeFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TreeFarms</span></a>. The problem is, these herbicides are <a href="https://beige.party/tags/lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lethal</span></a> to frogs, lizards, and salamanders. They wipe out <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MedicinalPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicinalPlants</span></a> and berry bushes that Indigenous people and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> rely on. Glyphosate, a suspected <a href="https://beige.party/tags/carcinogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carcinogen</span></a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/contaminates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contaminates</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivers</span></a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/groundwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>groundwater</span></a> far and wide through indiscriminate spraying.</p><p><a href="https://watershedsentinel.ca/articles/spray-down/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">watershedsentinel.ca/articles/</span><span class="invisible">spray-down/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopTheSpray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSpray</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GreedKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreedKills</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BanCorporateLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanCorporateLobbyists</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ForestryReformNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForestryReformNow</span></a></p>