By ALI KOTARUMALOS (AP) JAKARTA, Indonesia — The discovery of three dead Javan rhinos has intensified efforts to save one of the world’s most endangered mammals from extinction, with an electric fence being built Monday around a new sanctuary and breeding ground. With only about 50 of the species left in the wild — […]
You should submit your apology to BP. You can submit videos, photos, quotes, whatever you want, as long as you apologize for the thing you did to BP. Did you eat all BP’s cheetos? Did you forget to fill up their tank the last time you borrowed their car? Let it all out. Make amends. […]
By Kelly Lynch, CNNJune 17, 2010 — Updated 0058 GMT (0858 HKT) (CNN) — The Deepwater Horizon oil spill has already claimed many victims — from pelicans to oyster beds and precious marshland. But there may be one more: a species only just recently discovered. Scientifically known as halieutichthys aculeatus, it is not a thing […]
Mientras vemos el mundial nuestro planeta sigue muriendo, gracias a una de las catástrofes ecológicas más grandes del mundo, debido al derrame de petróleo más terrible ocurrido en el Golfo de México. Y ahora que viene la nueva película de Toy Story 3, se me ocurrió proponer unas ideas para que hagan la Segunda parte […]
(PhysOrg.com) — Climate change has led to masses of bizarre swimming crabs to invade the North Sea – hundreds of miles from their usual home, new research has revealed. The exotic Henslow swimming crabs have moved from the warm seas off Portugal to the increasingly comfortable waters off Britain’s east coast. Experts made the discovery […]
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, June 17, 2010 (ENS) – One-third of the critical wetlands that migratory waterbirds need when traveling between Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Central Asia are entirely unprotected, according to the first survey using a new online information tool. As a result, 42 percent of these waterbird species are in decline, […]
This figure shows changes in ocean heat content between 1955 and 2008. Ocean heat content is measured in joules, a unit of energy, and compared against the long-term average, which is set at zero. • In three different data interpretations, the long-term trend shows that ocean heat content has increased substantially since 1955. • Although […]
By Michael Perry, ReutersJune 17, 2010 SYDNEY (Reuters) – The world’s oceans are virtually choking on rising greenhouse gases, destroying marine ecosystems and breaking down the food chain — irreversible changes that have not occurred for several million years, a new study says. The changes could have dire consequences for hundreds of millions of people […]
James Duncan Davidson, TED’s conference photographer, is among a crew of five photographers and videographers reporting on the Gulf of Mexico for the TEDxOilSpill Expedition. His photos, taken aboard a plane above the Deepwater Horizon accident site, reveal the staggering extent of the oil slick. Aerial photos of the oil slick Technorati Tags: oil production,oil […]
By Maria Cheng And Christina Okello, Associated Press WritersThu Jun 17, 7:56 pm ET PARIS – The traders sell an array of bushmeat: monkey carcasses, smoked anteater, even preserved porcupine. But this isn’t a roadside market in Africa — it’s the heart of Paris, where a new study has found more than five tons of […]
