25% of American birds threatened
25% of American birds threatened 25% of American birds threatened mongabay.com November 29, 2007 More than one quarter of the bird species found in the United States are imperiled, reports…
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Could the carbon market save the Amazon rainforest?
Could the carbon market save the Amazon rainforest? Could the carbon market save the Amazon rainforest? Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com November 29, 2007 While deforestation and climate change threaten to…
New research discredits a $100 billion geoengineering fix to global warming
New research discredits a $100 billion geoengineering fix to global warming New research discredits a $100 billion geoengineering fix to global warming Michael Lutz, University of Miami November 29, 2007…
Hope in Bali: the December Meetings on Climate Change
Hope in Bali: the December Meetings on Climate Change Hope in Bali: the December Meetings on Climate Change Jeremy Hance, special to mongabay.com Opinion November 28, 2007 The fourth, and…
Photo of the Venomous Gila Monster Getting an X-ray
Photo of the Venomous Gila Monster Getting an X-ray Photo of the Venomous Gila Monster Getting an X-ray mongabay.com November 28, 2007 Dr. Tim Georoff, a veterinarian for the Wildlife…
Cooking oil, palm oil biodiesel can reduce emissions relative to diesel
Cooking oil, palm oil biodiesel can reduce emissions relative to diesel Cooking oil, palm oil biodiesel can reduce emissions relative to diesel mongabay.com November 28, 2007 A lifecycle analysis of…
Ecomigration: global warming will increase environmental refugees
Ecomigration: global warming will increase environmental refugees Ecomigration: global warming will increase environmental refugees mongabay.com November 28, 2007 Climate change could spawn the largest-ever migration of environmental refugees due to…
U.S. wildlife refuges generate 4x return on investment
U.S. wildlife refuges generate 4x return on investment U.S. wildlife refuges generate 4x return on investment mongabay.com November 28, 2007 National wildlife refuges generate about $4 in economic activity for…
Google aims to make renewable energy sources cheaper than coal
Google aims to make renewable energy sources cheaper than coal Google aims to make renewable energy cheaper than coal mongabay.com November 28, 2007 Tuesday Google announced an initiative to develop…
Shipping industry struggles with pollution
Shipping industry struggles with pollution Shipping industry struggles with pollution mongabay.com November 28, 2007 Pollution is a rising concern for the cargo shipping industry which carries more than 90% of…
Primate journal offers free online access through year-end
Primate journal offers free online access through year-end Primate journal offers free online access through year-end mongabay.com November 28, 2007 The International Journal of Primatology, a prominent peer-reviewed journal on…
Carbon dioxide can be safely stored in porous sandstone of former oil fields
Carbon dioxide can be safely stored in porous sandstone of former oil fields Carbon dioxide can be safely stored in porous sandstone of former oil fields University of Leeds November…
Historical records of Atlantic hurricanes are accurate says study
Historical records of Atlantic hurricanes are accurate says study Historical records of Atlantic hurricanes are accurate says study Penn State University November 28, 2007 EDITOR SUMMARY: Historical records of Atlantic…
Ground-breaking Amazon rainforest imagery will help monitor deforestation
Ground-breaking Amazon rainforest imagery will help monitor deforestation Ground-breaking Amazon rainforest imagery will help monitor deforestation mongabay.com November 27, 2007 Scientists have developed a ground-breaking high resolution snapshot of 400,000…
Dutch bank arranges carbon-conservation deal in the Amazon rainforest
Dutch bank arranges Amazon rainforest carbon-conservation deal Dutch bank arranges carbon-conservation deal in the Amazon rainforest mongabay.com November 27, 2007 Dutch bank Rabobank will launch the first-ever carbon credits project…
Video game-makers score low on sustainability
Video game-makers score low on sustainability Video game-makers score low on sustainability mongabay.com November 27, 2007 Video game console manufacturers are doing a poor job eliminating toxic chemicals from their…
NASA releases high-resolution map of Antarctica
High-resolution image map of Antarctica NASA releases high-resolution map of Antarctica mongabay.com November 27, 2007 A team of researchers from NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Science Foundation and…
Carbon credits for forest conservation concept faces challenges
Carbon for forest conservation concept faces challenges but offers big payoff Carbon credits for forest conservation concept faces challenges But initiative could save forests and alleviate rural poverty: An interview…
Can wildlife conservation banking generate investment returns?
Can wildlife conservation banking generate investment returns? Can wildlife conservation banking generate investment returns? Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com November 27, 2007 A commercial venture in the Malaysian rainforest will seek…
UN says palm oil destroys forests, indigenous cultures in Indonesia, Malaysia
UN says palm oil destroys forests, indigenous cultures in Indonesia, Malaysia UN says palm oil destroys forests, indigenous cultures in Indonesia, Malaysia mongabay.com November 27, 2007 Europe's demand for supposedly…
Drought hurts carbon sinks in North America
East coast forests are most important carbon sink in North America Drought hurts carbon sinks in North America mongabay.com November 26, 2007 East coast forests are most important carbon sink…
Global warming may provoke evolution
Global warming may provoke evolution Global warming may provoke evolution mongabay.com November 26, 2007 Some 80 million years ago, during a period of global warming, a group of relatively immobile…
Transgenic plant may thrive under global warming-induced drought
Transgenic plant may thrive under global warming-induced drought Transgenic plant may thrive under global warming-induced drought mongabay.com November 26, 2007 Researchers have created a drought-resistant tobacco plant through genetic engineering,…
Palm oil industry announces “eco” standards for production
Palm oil industry announces "eco" standards for production Palm oil industry announces "eco" standards for production mongabay.com November 26, 2007 Palm oil producers -- under fire from environmentalists who say…
Guyana’s forests offered as massive carbon offset
Guyana's forests offered as massive carbon offset Guyana's forests offered as massive carbon offset mongabay.com November 26, 2007 Guyana has offered up the entirety of its remaining forest cover as…
Vulnerable Australian sea lions further threatened by gillnets and lobster pots
Vulnerable Australian Sea Lions further threatened by gillnets and lobster pots Vulnerable Australian sea lions further threatened by gillnets and lobster pots Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com November 26, 2007 The Australian…
Greenhouse gas levels rise to new record in 2006
? Greenhouse gas levels rise to new record in 2006 Greenhouse gas levels rise to new record in 2006 mongabay.com November 23, 2007 Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels hit a new…
Termites may produce cleaner biofuels
? Termites may produce cleaner biofuels Termites may produce cleaner biofuels mongabay.com November 23, 2007 Termites may be the key to greener, more effective biofuels, report scientists writing in the…
Is the oil-palm industry using global warming to mislead the public?
Is the oil-palm industry using global warming to mislead the public? Is the oil-palm industry using global warming to mislead the public? Rhett A Butler, mongabay.com November 23, 2007 This…
Wind could supply baseline electrical power
? Wind could supply baseline electrical power Wind could supply baseline electrical power American Meteorological Society November 22, 2007 Wind power, long considered to be as fickle as wind itself,…