Temperatures in European Alps at 1,300-year high
Temperatures in European Alps at 1,300-year high Temperatures in European Alps at 1,300-year high mongabay.com December 5, 2006 Temperatures in the European Alps are at the warmest point in 1,300…
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Switchgrass-based ethanol could cost $1 per gallon, reduce foreign oil dependence
Switchgrass-based ethanol could cost $1 per gallon, reduce foreign oil dependence Switchgrass-based ethanol could cost $1 per gallon, reduce foreign oil dependence mongabay.com December 5, 2006 Genetic engineering of switchgrass,…
Brazil creates world’s largest rainforest reserve
Brazil creates world's largest rainforest reserve Brazil creates world's largest rainforest reserve mongabay.com December 4, 2006 Brazil created the world's largest expanse of protected tropical rainforest in Pará, the state…
Nairobi talks made progress on forest conservation for global warming emissions credits
Nairobi talks made progress on forest conservation for global warming emissions credits Interview with carbon finance analyst Johannes Ebeling:Nairobi talks made progress on forest conservation for global warming emissions credits…
Green computing – Dell releases energy-saving server
Green computing - Dell releases energy-saving server Green computing - Dell releases energy-saving server mongabay.com December 4, 2006 Dell released a premium line of energy-efficient servers that consume considerably less…
California crop production could plunge due to global warming
California agriculture could plunge due to global warming California agriculture could plunge due to global warming mongabay.com December 4, 2006 Higher temperatures could cause a 40 percent drop in some…
Fighting air pollution could feed the hungry in India
Fighting air pollution could feed the hungry in India Fighting air pollution could feed the hungry in India mongabay.com December 4, 2006 Reducing human-generated air pollution could create agricultural benefits…
Moray eels and groupers hunt together
Moray eels and groupers hunt together Moray eels and groupers hunt together mongabay.com December 4, 2006 Moray eels and groupers hunt together according to research published in the December 5…
Another large tsunami could hit Indonesia soon
Another large tsunami could hit Indonesia soon Another large tsunami could hit Indonesia soon mongabay.com December 4, 2006 Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) and California Institute of…
Neanderthal life was miserable suggests new evidence
Neanderthal life was miserable suggests new evidence Neanderthal life was miserable suggests new evidence mongabay.com December 4, 2006 New analysis of 43,000-year-old samples of Neanderthal remains from Spain's Iberian Peninsula…
Forest fires worsen mercury contamination in fish
Forest fires worsen mercury contamination in fish Forest fires worsen mercury contamination in fish mongabay.com December 4, 2006 Forest fires can worsen mercury accumulation in fish according to a paper…
Logging roads lead to disease, social breakdown in Ecuador rainforest communities
Logging roads lead to disease, social breakdown in Ecuador rainforest communities Logging roads lead to disease, social breakdown in Ecuador rainforest communities mongabay.com December 4, 2006 Logging roads are linked…
Are old-growth forests storing more carbon than before?
Are old-growth forests storing more carbon than before? Are old-growth forests storing more carbon than before? mongabay.com December 4, 2006 Old-growth forests in China are storing more carbon than previously…
Great Barrier Reef shark populations collapsing finds study
Great Barrier Reef shark populations collapsing finds study Great Barrier Reef shark populations collapsing finds study mongabay.com December 4, 2006 Coral reef shark populations are declining rapidly due to fishing…
City life causes song birds to change their tune
City life causes song birds to change their tune City life causes song birds to change their tune mongabay.com December 4, 2006 Cities cause birds to change their songs according…
Global-warming resistant crops under development by researchers
Global-warming resistant crops under development by researchers Global-warming resistant crops under development by researchers mongabay.com December 4, 2006 Researchers at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) are working…
Chinese river dolphin nearly extinct says official
Chinese river dolphin nearly extinct says official Chinese river dolphin nearly extinct says official mongabay.com December 3, 2006 [Updated Dec. 5] Xinhua, China's state news agency, reported that a 26-day…
Outbreak may be killing chimps in Guinea – Reuters
Outbreak may be killing chimps in Guinea - Reuters Outbreak may be killing chimps in Guinea - Reuters mongabay.com December 3, 2006 Endangered chimpanzees are disappearing in the West African…
Groundwater supplies polluted in 90% of cities in China
Groundwater supplies polluted in 90% of cities in China Groundwater supplies polluted in 90% of cities in China mongabay.com December 3, 2006 Groundwater water supplies are polluted or overexploited in…
Single strike killed the dinosaurs says new study
Single strike killed the dinosaurs says new study Single strike killed the dinosaurs says new study mongabay.com December 1, 2006 A new study argues that "one and only one" meteorite…
Global warming increases flooding in India
Global warming increases flooding in India Global warming increases flooding in India mongabay.com December 1, 2006 Extreme rains are becoming more common in India as more moderate rains decline, increasing…
Invasive ants use genetic differences to distinguish friend from foe
Invasive ants use genetic differences to distinguish friend from foe Invasive ants use genetic differences to distinguish friend from foe Argentine Ants Territorial When Neighbors Are Not Kin University of…
Manatee food source threatened by development
Seagrass, manatee food source, threatened by development Seagrass, manatee food source, threatened by development mongabay.com November 30, 2006 Seagrass ecosystems are in peril according to an article published in the…
Biodiversity could be explained by theory of oscillations
Biodiversity could be explained by theory of oscillations Biodiversity could be explained by theory of oscillations mongabay.com November 30, 2006 New work on the theory of coupled oscillators may help…
Cattle produce more global warming gases than cars
Cattle produce more global warming gases than cars Cattle produce more global warming gases than cars mongabay.com November 30, 2006 Livestock-rearing generates more greenhouse gases than transportation according to a…
Clues about origin of life found in meteorite
Clues about origin of life found in meteorite Clues about origin of life found in meteorite mongabay.com November 30, 2006 NASA scientists studying a rare type of meteorite have found…
Private land conservation booms in the United States
Private land conservation booms in the United States Private land conservation booms in the United States mongabay.com November 30, 2006 Private land conservation by local and state land trusts in…
To avoid extinction humans must colonize space says Hawking
To avoid extinction humans must colonize space says Hawking To avoid extinction humans must colonize space says Hawking mongabay.com November 30, 2006 As he was awarded the most prestigious prize…
Saved by el Nino! Warm Pacific means fewer hurricanes
Saved by el Nino! Warm Pacific means fewer hurricanes Saved by el Nino! Warm Pacific means fewer hurricanes mongabay.com November 30, 2006 El Niño's to blame for the quiet 2006…
Sugar cane plantation threatens rare forest in Uganda
Sugar cane plantation threatens rare forest in Uganda Sugar cane plantation threatens rare forest in Uganda mongabay.com November 30, 2006 A plan to clear a protected forest reserve for sugar…