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Practitioners' perceived risks to biodiversity from renewable energy ... nature.com Feb 27, 2025 7 facts
perspectivePacific Coast practitioners perceive that large-scale solar energy development and fossil fuel extraction have equal impacts on biodiversity, a view held currently and projected until 2050.
claimPractitioners in the Pacific Coast, Southwest, and Mountain regions expect solar energy development to impact desert, shrubland, and grassland ecosystems in 2023 and 2050.
measurementPractitioners from the Pacific Coast perceive the impact of solar energy development as equal to that of industrial fossil fuel extraction, with a rescaled Likert score range of -0.2 to 0.
claimWeak regional fossil fuel reserves and strong state support for decarbonization disincentivize a fossil fuel extraction footprint comparable to existing renewable energy development in the Pacific Coast region.
claimIn regions such as the Northeast or Pacific Coast, practitioners equate the biodiversity impacts of large-scale wind and solar (LSWS) siting with other drivers of land-use and land-cover change (LULCC), suggesting that spatial factors influence these perceptions.
claimPractitioners from the Pacific Coast and Midwest regions perceive wind energy as having neutral impacts on plants and negative impacts on animals.
measurementPractitioners in all regions except the Pacific Coast foresee future urban growth having a greater impact on biodiversity than wind energy, with 86–94% of respondents holding this view.
Pleiades in folklore and literature - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 2 facts
referenceKatherine Chandler wrote 'In the reign of Coyote: folklore from the Pacific coast', which was published by Ginn & Co. around 1905.
accountIn a Pacific Coast indigenous tale, the Pleiades are seven sisters who transformed into stars because their husbands refused to share game with them, with the youngest sister's husband accompanying them and transforming into the Taurus constellation.
Botanical Studies | Open Educational Resources and Data digitalcommons.humboldt.edu 1 fact
referenceJames P. Smith Jr. authored 'Botanist and Plant Exploration on the Pacific Coast of North America: A Bibliography', a historical record of botanical exploration.
“The Old Foods Are the New Foods!”: Erosion and Revitalization of ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceCommercial harvesting of Indigenous food, such as the industrial-scale harvesting of northern abalone on the Pacific coast, can have disastrous impacts on the sustainability and availability of those foods for Indigenous People, as documented by Berkes et al. (2006) and Turner et al. (2013b).