More than two dozen futurists, environmental scientists, and others from around the world came up with some emerging trends that have the potential to have a substantial impact in the future. This is the 10th annual report: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/surprising-changes-will-affect-biodiversity-in-2019/.
These are some of the issues they came up with: Antarctic sea floor, More than ever mercury, Plastic solutions as problems, Sunscreen switch out, New in river China, Weather on the Tibetan plateau, Salt tolerant rice, Open season on gene editing, Fishy oilseed crops, Cherry-picking plant biomes, Extinction in the Indo-Malay islands, Deeper sea fishing,, Microbial protein for livestock, Buying insurance on Earth’s behalf, the Montreal protocol: regulation or guideline?, Check it out and see what you think. This was sourced out of the SWCS Conservation NewsBriefs <swcs@multibriefs.com>. (This is an interesting and educational newsletter, sign up at http://multibriefs.com/optin.php?SWCS. The home page is https://www.swcs.org/)