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  2. When Nature Gets Weird: 50 Odd Facts That May Leave You ... - AOL

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    In fact, they're so good at keeping pests away from food crops that they save U.S. farmers alone at least $3.7 billion on pesticides every year. So bats are actually a significant factor in the U ...

  3. 50 Random And Interesting Facts You Might Not Know ... - AOL

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    Image credits: factz.unheard BSc meteorologist Janice Davila tells Bored Panda that one of the most unknown facts from her field of expertise is that weather radars are slightly tilted upward in a ...

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    Over 1.2 million people follow the account for their daily dose of oddly interesting information. Bored Panda has picked out a few of our personal favorites from the page for your scrolling pleasure.

  5. Water conservation - Wikipedia

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    United States 1960 postal stamp advocating water conservation. Water conservation aims to sustainably manage the natural resource of fresh water, protect the hydrosphere, and meet current and future human demand. Water conservation makes it possible to avoid water scarcity. It covers all the policies, strategies and activities to reach these aims.

  6. Exploitation of natural resources - Wikipedia

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    Natural resources are not limitless, and the following consequences can arise from the careless and excessive consumption of these resources: Deforestation: Removal of trees for use as resources, such as in agriculture or industry, can lead to large-scale destruction of forests. Around 40% of the Earth's original forest cover has been lost in ...

  7. Overexploitation - Wikipedia

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    Water resources, such as lakes and aquifers, are usually renewable resources which naturally recharge (the term fossil water is sometimes used to describe aquifers which do not recharge). Overexploitation occurs if a water resource, such as the Ogallala Aquifer , is mined or extracted at a rate that exceeds the recharge rate, that is, at a rate ...

  8. 50 Lesser-Known Facts That The “Today I Learned ... - AOL

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    They survived by "almost continually" bailing water out of their raft, while collecting rainwater & killing turtles, birds and fish with their bare hands for food. #25 Japan received its first ...

  9. Environmental impacts of animal agriculture - Wikipedia

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    This excessive use of river water distresses ecosystems and communities, and drives scores of species of fish closer to extinction during times of drought. [50] A 2023 study found that a vegan diet reduced water usage by 54%. [33] A study in 2019 focused on linkages between water usage and animal agricultural practices in China. [51]