Europe cuts biofuel targets to 4% in 2015, 6% in 2020
Europe cuts biofuel targets to 4% in 2015, 6% in 2020 Europe cuts biofuel targets to 4% in 2015, 6% in 2020 mongabay.com September 12, 2008 The European Union significantly…
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Whaling Commission issues media blackout on discussions to lift whale killing ban
IWC issues media blackout on discussions to lift whaling ban IWC issues media blackout on discussions to lift whaling ban Jeremey Hance, mongabay.com September 11, 2008 The fate of the…
Study confirms strong link between CO2 and climate over 70,000 years
Study confirms strong link between CO2 and climate over 70,000 years Study confirms strong link between CO2 and climate over 70,000 years mongabay.com September 11, 2008 Analysis of ice core…
Thought-to-be-extinct frog rediscovered in Australia
Thought-to-be-extinct frog rediscovered in Australia Thought-to-be-extinct frog rediscovered in Australia mongabay.com September 11, 2008 Scientists have rediscovered a thought-to-be-extinct species of frog in a creek in Northern Australia. The find…
Old growth forests are giant carbon sinks, helping offset emissions
Old growth forests are carbon sinks for centuries, helping offset emissions Old growth forests are carbon sinks for centuries, helping offset emissions Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com September 11, 2008 Old…
Prince Charles says hedge funds could save rainforests
Prince Charles renewed his call to protect rainforests for the services they provide humanity. Speaking Wednesday at a black-tie dinner in London, Charles compared the need to protect forests to…
Falling palm oil price makes palm biodiesel viable, may offer target for NGOs
Falling palm oil price makes palm biodiesel viable, may offer target for NGOs Falling palm oil price makes palm biodiesel viable, may offer target for NGOs Commentary Rhett A. Butler,…
Rare okapi photographed for the first time in Congo park
Rare okapi photographed for the first time in Congo park Rare okapi photographed for the first time in Congo park mongabay.com September 10, 2008 A camera trap has captured the…
Nearly 40 percent of America’s freshwater fish in danger
Nearly 40 percent of America’s freshwater fish in danger: 700 species face threats Nearly 40 percent of America’s freshwater fish in danger Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com September 10, 2008 The most…
NASA: Sea ice melt opens the Northwest and Northeast Passage
NASA: Melting sea ice opens the Northwest and Northeast Passage NASA: Sea ice melt opens the Northwest and Northeast Passage mongabay.com September 9, 2008 An image released by NASA shows…
Drug use blamed as vulture population crashes 99% in India and Pakistan
Drug use blamed as vulture population crashes 99% in India and Pakistan Drug use blamed as vulture population crashes 99% in India and Pakistan Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com September 9, 2008…
Malaysia pushes Borneo rainforest logging by deposing tribal leaders
Malaysia pushes Borneo rainforest logging by deposing tribal leaders Malaysia pushes Borneo rainforest logging by deposing tribal leaders mongabay.com September 9, 2008 The Malaysian government is attempting to quell indigenous…
Big computer makers pitch energy efficiency to sell more services, equipment
Big computer makers pitch energy efficiency to sell more services, equipment Big computer makers pitch energy efficiency to sell more services, equipment mongabay.com September 9, 2008 Tech giants are using…
Rare monkeys double in number in China but remain under threat
Rare monkeys double in number in China but remain under threat Rare monkeys double in number in China but remain under threat mongabay.com September 8, 2008 China's population of the…
Small-scale fisheries are “best hope” for sustainability in developing world
Saving fish for the developing world: small-scale fisheries “best hope” for sustainability An Interview with Jennifer Jacquet: Small-scale fisheries are "best hope" for sustainability in developing world Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com…
Nobu offers critically-endangered species to sushi diners
Critically-endangered bluefin tuna served at top sushi restaurant Nobu Nobu offers critically-endangered species to sushi diners Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com September 8, 2008 Nobu, a pricey and trendy sushi restaurant with…
Obama talks science: ocean health, water scarcity, climate change, and more
Obama talks science: ocean health, water scarcity, climate change, and more Obama talks science: ocean health, water scarcity, climate change, and more Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com September 5, 2008 Presidential nominee…
Moose Mission in New York’s Adirondacks
Moose Mission in New York's Adirondacks Moose Mission Story and photos by Julie Larsen Maher special to mongabay.com September 5, 2008 Bushwhacking our way through nearly impenetrable bogs and blow…
Cameroon and Nigeria to protect world’s rarest gorilla
Cameroon and Nigeria to protect world's rarest gorilla Cameroon and Nigeria to protect world's rarest gorilla mongabay.com September 5, 2008 Cameroon and Nigeria have agreed to protect the the Cross…
Photo: commonly-kept gecko was thought to be extinct in the wild
Yellow toad births offer hope for extinct-in-the-wild species Yellow toad births offer hope for extinct-in-the-wild species Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com September 4, 2008 The birth of Kihansi spray toadlets at…
Ghana becomes first country to sign sustainable timber pact with the E.U.
Sea level rise likely limited to 2-6 feet by 2100 Forecast sea level rise may be overestimated by some models mongabay.com September 4, 2008 The European Union has signed a…
Sea level rise likely limited to 2-6 feet by 2100
Sea level rise likely limited to 2-6 feet by 2100 Forecast sea level rise may be overestimated by some models mongabay.com September 4, 2008 Global sea level rise is unlikely…
Camera traps capture photos of predators in Myanmar
Camera traps provide glimpses of predators in Myanmar Camera traps capture photos of predators in Myanmar WCS September 4, 2008 Myanmar's dense northern wild lands, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation…
Did prehistoric farmers drive early global warming?
Prehistoric farmers may have changed climate: controversial theory gaining ground Did prehistoric farmers drive early global warming? Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com September 3, 2008 In 2003 William Ruddiman put forth a…
Independent of climate, forest cover in southern Amazon may fall to 20% by 2016
Independent of climate, forest cover in southern Amazon region may fall to 20% by 2016 Global warming aside, southern Amazon forest cover may fall to 20% by 2016 Rhett A.…
For Australian beetles bigger is better; while American beetles don’t care about size
For Australian beetles bigger is better; while American beetles don't care about size For Australian beetles bigger is better; while American beetles don't care about size Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com September…
Canada’s ice shelves lost 23% of their area this summer
Canada's ice shelves lost 23% of their area this summer Canada's ice shelves lost 23% of their area this summer mongabay.com September 3, 2008 A 19-square-mile (50 sq km) chuck…
Powerful hurricanes may be getting stronger due to warmer seas
Powerful hurricanes may be getting stronger due to warmer seas Powerful hurricanes may be getting stronger due to warmer seas mongabay.com September 3, 2008 Warming climate is causing the strongest…
Researchers devise new comparison of mass extinction events
Researchers devise new comparison of mass extinction events Researchers devise new comparison of mass extinction events mongabay.com September 2, 2008 Researchers have created a new way to compare historical mass…
Scientist forecast 4 Atlantic hurricanes in September
Scientists forecast 4 Atlantic hurricanes in September Scientists forecast 4 Atlantic hurricanes in September mongabay.com September 2, 2008 Prominent hurricane researchers are forecasting five tropical storms in the Atlantic for…