New maps reveal the human footprint on Earth
New maps reveal the human footprint on Earth New maps reveal the human footprint on Earth University of Wisconsin release December 5, 2005 by Paroma Basu As global populations swell,…
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Archaeologists make ancient Maya discovery in Guatemala
Archaeologists make ancient Maya discovery in Guatemala Archaeologists make ancient Maya discovery in Guatemala Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 5, 2005 Researchers working in Guatemala have unearthed a monument with…
Mozambique Gets World Bank conservation, Tourism Project
Mozambique Gets World Bank Conservation, Tourism Project Mozambique Gets World Bank Conservation, Tourism Project $20 million credit from International Development Association targets local level By Jim Fisher-Thompson Washington File Staff…
70 years after logging, forests don’t hold as much carbon as original forests
70 years after logging, forests don't hold as much carbon as original forests 70 years after logging, forests don't hold as much carbon as original forests mongabay.com December 5, 2005…
Pandas threatened by roads and forest fragmentation in China
Pandas threatened by roads and forest fragmentation in China Pandas threatened by roads and forest fragmentation in China mongabay.com December 5, 2005 China's endangered giant panda is threatened by the…
Somali pirates force UN food aid to take land route
Somali pirates force UN food aid to take arduous land route Somali pirates force UN food aid to take arduous land route UN release December 5, 2005 Somali's government signs…
Soil moisture, root depth influence climate models
Soil moisture, root depth influence climate models Soil moisture, root depth influence climate models University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign release December 5, 2005 By soaking up moisture with their roots…
Warming could free far more carbon from high Arctic soil than earlier thought
Warming could free far more carbon from high Arctic soil than earlier thought Warming could free far more carbon from high Arctic soil than earlier thought University of Washington release…
Energy efficiency helped California grow an extra $31 billion finds study
Energy efficiency helped California grow an extra $31 billion finds study Energy efficiency helped California grow an extra $31 billion finds study mongabay.com December 4, 2005 SUMMARY: Countering Bush administration…
Governments making progress in fight against illegal logging says FAO
Governments making progress in fight against illegal logging says FAO Governments making progress in fight against illegal logging says FAO mongabay.com December 3, 2005 Governments are becoming increasingly innovative in…
Tropical Atlantic cooling and deforestation correlate to drought in Africa
Against the backdrop of the Montreal Summit on global climate being held this week, an article on African droughts and monsoons, by a University of California, Santa Barbara scientist and…
Poisonous volcanic gas probably caused worst mass extinction says new study
Poisonous volcanic gas probably caused history's worst mass extinction event Poisonous volcanic gas probably caused worst mass extinction says new study mongabay.com December 2, 2005 The mass extinction event at…
Scientists taking a multidisciplinary approach to understanding nature
Scientists taking a multidisciplinary approach to understanding nature Scientists taking a multidisciplinary approach to understanding nature Oak Ridge National Laboratory release December 1, 2005 Improved tools and increasingly sophisticated approaches…
Australian industry embraces green energy while government fights emissions cuts
Australian industry embraces green energy while government fights emissions cuts Australian industry embraces green energy while government fights emissions cuts Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 1, 2005 Despite Australia's resistance…
U.S. “exporting” carbon emissions to China says study
US "exporting" carbon emissions to China US "exporting" carbon emissions to China National Center for Atmospheric Research December 1, 2005 The growth of Chinese imports in the U.S. economy boosted…
Overfishing of fresh waters of serious concern
Overfishing of fresh waters of serious concern Overfishing of fresh waters of serious concern American Institute of Biological Sciences December 1, 2005 Systematic overfishing of fresh waters occurs worldwide but…
U.S. fishing bycatch wastes 1 million metric tons of fish per year
U.S. fishing operations waste 1 million metric tons of fish per year says study U.S. fishing bycatch wastes 1 million metric tons of fish per year says study Oceana release…
Giant, human-sized scorpion discovered
Ancient human-sized scorpion discovered Giant, human-sized scorpion discovered Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 1, 2005 Tracks made 330 million years ago by a 1.6 meter-long (5 ft 3 inches) water…
Change in Atlantic circulation could plunge Europe into cold winters
Could failure of Atlantic current plunge Europe into cold winters? Change in Atlantic circulation could plunge Europe into cold winters Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 1, 2005 The Atlantic Ocean…
Biosensor Could Help People with Parkinson's, Alzheimer's Disease
Biosensor Could Help People with Parkinson's, Alzheimer's Disease Biosensor Could Help People with Parkinson's, Alzheimer's Disease University of Arkansas release December 1, 2005 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - An engineering researcher at…
Crystal sponges can absorb carbon dioxide and fight global warming
Crystal sponges can absorb carbon dioxide and fight global warming Crystal sponges can absorb carbon dioxide and fight global warming University of Michigan December 1, 2005 Since the Industrial Revolution,…
US denies hurricane link with climate change
US denies hurricane link with climate change US denies hurricane link with climate change Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 1, 2005 Harlan Watson, chief climate control negotiator for the U.S.…
Bird songs can serve as a warning system to detect ecological disturbances
Bird songs can serve as a warning system to detect ecological disturbances Bird songs can serve as a warning system to detect ecological disturbances Blackwell Publishing release November 30, 2005…
75% of Switzerland's glaciers gone by 2050, Europe heats up
75% of Switzerland's glaciers gone by 2050, Europe heats up 75% of Switzerland's glaciers gone by 2050, Europe heats up European Environment Agency release November 30, 2005 The four hottest…
Young women smokers have higher risk of breast cancer
Young women smokers have higher risk of breast cancer Young women smokers have higher risk of breast cancer Mayo Clinic release November 30, 2005 Researchers outline in the November issue…
Rise in deer ticks put East Coast hikers at risk says Penn State entomologist
Surge in deer ticks put East Coast hikers at risk says Penn State entomologist Surge in deer ticks put East Coast hikers at risk says Penn State entomologist Penn State…
Study uncovers how thousands of tree species coexist in rain forest
Study uncovers how thousands of tree species coexist in rain forest Study uncovers how thousands of tree species coexist in rain forest mongabay.com November 30, 2005 SUMMARY: A group of…
Toucan Beaks Are Models Of Lightweight Strength says UCSD engineer
Toucan Beaks Are Models Of Lightweight Strength says UCSD engineer Toucan Beaks Are Models Of Lightweight Strength says UCSD engineer University of California at San Diego release November 30, 2005…
Dire consequences if global warming exceeds 2 degrees says IUCN
Dire consequences if global warming exceeds 2 degrees says IUCN Dire consequences if global warming exceeds 2 degrees says IUCN IUCN release November 29, 2005 Montreal, Canada—The parties to the…
2005 Atlantic hurricane season worst on record
2005 Atlantic hurricane season worst on record 2005 Atlantic hurricane season worst on record NOAA release November 29, 2005 The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season is the busiest on record and…