Blogging the End of the World™
By JENNIE CURTINMarch 30, 2010 LOGGING has started in a forest containing the only known colony of koalas on the far south coast, despite warnings the work could threaten the marsupials. Forests NSW began harvesting timber for woodchipping and high-quality logs in the Mumbulla State Forest near Bega. Work is expected to continue for six […]
By Gordon ShetlerEnvironmental Health NewsMarch 31, 2010 Workers who apply certain pesticides to farm fields are twice as likely to contract melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer, according to a new scientific study. The researchers identified six pesticides that, with repeated exposure, doubled the risk of skin cancer among farmers and other workers who […]
By Anne Paine • THE TENNESSEAN • April 2, 2010 Sure, some species benefit from a warming planet, but they can be the annoying ones that sting, bite, or make you itch. Tennessee is among areas that are expected to see fire ants and other ills spread as the climate changes, according to the National […]
By THOMAS HUNTERMarch 31, 2010 Hot and wet. That’s how the record books will remember Melbourne’s unseasonal March, the city’s hottest month in 36 years and its wettest in almost a decade, say meteorologists. Weatherzone.com.au‘s Samuel Terry said the wet weather set in early, with 37 millimetres falling in damaging showers over March 6 and […]
By MATTHEW MOORE, URBAN AFFAIRS EDITORApril 2, 2010 OWNERS of houses at risk of being washed into the sea will have the right to dump protective sandbags, weighing up to one tonne each, on public beaches for 12 months without seeking council approval, under new draft laws. And home owners will also be able to […]
By Rob Gutro, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite has been called a “flying rain gauge in space” because it measures rainfall from its orbit around the earth. This week, ex-tropical storm Paul gave TRMM a workout measuring heavy rainfall the storm left behind in areas of northern […]
By MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT, ENVIRONMENT REPORTER Published on Thursday, Apr. 01, 2010 4:30PM EDT Japanese scientists testing ocean water and sea sand have found widespread contamination with high levels bisphenol A, a chemical used to make plastic that’s able to mimic the female hormone estrogen in living things. Its presence in sea water comes from the […]
By DEBRA JOPSONMarch 30, 2010 SIXTY drought-affected farmers living on more than 100 kilometres of an irrigation channel in the state’s south-west, who have volunteered to stop growing rice and thirsty cereals, expect an offer this week from the federal government for their water entitlements. In a desperate move, which for many will end their […]
A baby baboon clings to its mother, with the receding shore of Lake Nakuru in Kenya in the background, on October 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi) Scenes from Kenya Technorati Tags: drought,freshwater depletion,mammal decline,primate decline,Africa,Kenya,agriculture
By COLIN SULLIVAN of GreenwirePublished: April 2, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO — California congressmen George Miller and Mike Thompson stumped for salmon fishermen yesterday during a political rally here meant to counter the political muscle of San Joaquin Valley farmers who tend to get more media attention in the long-running war over the state’s strained water […]
