Friday, 27 September 2013

Global warming now 'unequivocal'

Global warming is now unequivocal, according to a key report by the UN's panel on climate change.

via BBC News - Science & Environment http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24292615#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa Label: Climate Change

Thursday, 26 September 2013

VIDEO: Climate change 'even more certain'

A report published on Friday aims to answer questions regarding the extent of global warming, and how much of the problem is man-made.

via BBC News - Science & Environment http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24289500#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa Label: Climate Change

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Dig This: Decline of Australian Digging Mammals Impacts Entire Ecosystems

Dig This: Decline of Australian Digging Mammals Impacts Entire Ecosystems





via Scientific American Blog: Extinction Countdown

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2013/09/25/australian-digging-mammals/

Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Piping Plovers in Migration: Foraging for Their Lives

Piping Plovers in Migration: Foraging for Their Lives





via Scientific American Blog: Extinction Countdown

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2013/09/24/piping-plovers-migration/

Monday, 23 September 2013

Pause 'central' to climate report

A 15-year slow down in temperature increases is said to be at the heart of a key report on climate change.

via BBC News - Science & Environment http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24173504#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa Label: Climate Change

Sunday, 22 September 2013

Friday, 20 September 2013

Banned Pesticide DDT Is Still Killing California Condors

Banned Pesticide DDT Is Still Killing California Condors





via Scientific American Blog: Extinction Countdown

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2013/09/20/banned-pesticide-ddt-is-still-killing-california-condors/

Wednesday, 18 September 2013

The 5 Biggest Myths about the Endangered Species Act

The 5 Biggest Myths about the Endangered Species Act





via Scientific American Blog: Extinction Countdown

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2013/09/18/endangered-species-act-myths/

Thursday, 12 September 2013

Wednesday, 11 September 2013

'Climate change' killed off mammoths

Researchers have found the strongest evidence yet that climate change rather than humans was the main factor that drove the woolly mammoth to extinction.

via BBC News - Science & Environment http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24034954#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa Label: Climate Change

Tuesday, 10 September 2013

U.S. to Destroy 6 Tons of Confiscated Ivory, Sending Message to Poachers

U.S. to Destroy 6 Tons of Confiscated Ivory, Sending Message to Poachers





via Scientific American Blog: Extinction Countdown

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2013/09/10/destroy-ivory/

Thursday, 5 September 2013

Rare Tree, Dependent on Fire, to Leave Endangered Species List

Rare Tree, Dependent on Fire, to Leave Endangered Species List





via Scientific American Blog: Extinction Countdown

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2013/09/05/rare-tree-fire-endangered-species-list/

Monday, 2 September 2013

Fire Salamanders in the Netherlands Wiped Out by Newly Discovered Fungus

Fire Salamanders in the Netherlands Wiped Out by Newly Discovered Fungus





via Scientific American Blog: Extinction Countdown

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2013/09/02/fire-salamanders-netherlands-fungus/