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South American butterflies cause Darwinian flutter
Bright black-and-red butterflies that live on the fringes of the Amazonian rain forest have developed extraordinary techniques of gene-swapping to survive, scientists reported on Wednesday.
Posted on 16 May 2012 | 6:10 pm
US launches air pollution data in Shanghai
The United States consulate in Shanghai has begun issuing its own pollution statistics, giving a much more pessimistic assessment of the city’s air quality than official Chinese data.
Posted on 15 May 2012 | 6:47 am
WWF says over-consumption threatens planet
The spiralling global population and over-consumption are threatening the future health of the planet, according to conservation group WWF.
Posted on 15 May 2012 | 1:05 am
Anti-whaling group leader ordered held in Germany
A German court on Monday ordered Paul Watson, the founder of marine conservation group Sea Shepherd, to remain in custody a day after his arrest on a warrant from Costa Rica.
Posted on 14 May 2012 | 6:33 pm
Air pollution system to be trialled
An advanced new pollution monitoring system developed by British scientists that scans air quality across whole cities is to go on trial in London during the Olympics.
Posted on 29 April 2012 | 11:10 pm
Avocado oil ‘may combat diseases’
Avocado oil may have anti-ageing properties like those attributed to olive oil, researchers have said.
Posted on 22 April 2012 | 8:28 pm
Polar bears ‘older than thought’
Polar bears are five times older than previously thought and adapted slowly to Arctic conditions during the last Ice Age, research suggests.
Posted on 19 April 2012 | 6:05 pm
Wildlife thriving after Chernobyl’s nuclear disaster – study
Discovery that birds have not been affected by Chernobyl fallout boosts hopes that Fukushima wildlife may emerge unscathed
Posted on 11 April 2012 | 8:25 am
Feds: bluefin tuna probably OK after BP oil spill
A federal analysis shows that last year’s BP oil spill probably won’t push the troubled bluefin tuna population in the Gulf of Mexico population over the edge as some scientists had worried.
Posted on 4 December 2011 | 4:21 pm
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Men do the ‘grunt work’ in the garden, while women do the colours
Women take charge of the garden and make the decisions about what to plant as they say they have ‘better taste’, according to poll.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 6:00 am
Richard Madeley complains about recycling bins ‘littering the countryside’
Richard Madeley has hit out at a new waste collection service in Cornwall which forces households to separate waste into six different containers and leads to “coloured bags and boxes littering our countryside”.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 5:20 am
Spectacular displays of the northern lights or aurora borealis in northern Norway
Spectacular displays of the northern lights or aurora borealis in Norway.
Posted on 16 May 2012 | 11:39 am
‘Beast of Bont returns’ as 20 sheep found massacred
Fears a savage big cat could be roaming across a remote mountain range have been reignited after 20 sheep were found “massacred” in their fields.
Posted on 15 May 2012 | 10:04 am
Chelsea Flower Show 2012: touts want £300 a ticket as demand outstrips Coldplay
Exclusive: Demand for the Chelsea Flower show is outstripping interest in rock concerts such as Coldplay by five searches to one on some sites.
Posted on 15 May 2012 | 5:30 am
Igor Siwanowicz’s pictures of praying mantises, stag beetles and chameleons
Macro photos of praying mantises, stag beetles and chameleons.
Posted on 14 May 2012 | 3:25 pm
Countryside under threat as developers fail to compensate for damage to wildlife
New planning rules fail to protect the countryside because they don’t ensure that developers compensate for the damage their buildings cause by planting new wildlife, it is today warned.
Posted on 10 May 2012 | 2:39 pm
Water companies being let off leak targets ‘to spare customers higher bills’
Water companies are being let off tougher targets on reducing leaks because they would mean customers facing higher bills, regulators have said.
Posted on 9 May 2012 | 8:01 am
Scientists probe mass marine deaths on Peru beaches
Environmentalists query the government’s ability to protect one of the world’s most abundant areas of marine life.
Posted on 9 May 2012 | 6:16 am
Great Pacific Garbage Patch ‘has increased 100-fold since the 1970s’
The vast swirl of plastic waste floating in the North Pacific has grown 100-fold over the last 40 years, according to a research paper published on Wednesday.
Posted on 9 May 2012 | 5:55 am
ScienceDaily: Earth & Climate News
Ancient history of circumarctic peoples illuminated
Scientists have discovered new information about the migration patterns of the first humans to settle the Americas. The studies identify the historical relationships among various groups of Native American and First Nations peoples and present the first clear evidence of the genetic impact of the groups’ cultural practices.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 11:31 pm
Bioinformatics: We can learn a lot from other species
Researchers have confirmed the long-held belief that studying the genes we share with other animals is useful. The study shows how bioinformatics makes it possible to test the fundamental principles on which life science is built.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 11:29 pm
Forest diversity from Canada to the sub-tropics influenced by family proximity
How species diversity is maintained is a fundamental question in biology. Biologists have shown for the first time that diversity is influenced on a spatial scale of unparalleled scope, in part, by how well tree seedlings survive under their own parents.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 6:35 pm
Ancient giant turtle fossil was size of Smart car
Picture a turtle the size of a Smart car, with a shell large enough to double as a kiddie pool. Paleontologists have found just such a specimen — the fossilized remains of a 60-million-year-old South American giant that lived in what is now Colombia.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 5:16 pm
1,000 years of climate data confirms Australia’s warming
In the first study of its kind in Australasia, scientists have used 27 natural climate records to create the first large-scale temperature reconstruction for the region over the last 1,000 years.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 3:14 pm
Bats: A good immune system ensures success in reproduction
Anyone who is healthy has more enthusiasm for reproduction. The same is true even for bats. Male bats with a good immune system are more successful in being selected by females during mate choice and reproduction than their ailing counterparts.
Posted on 16 May 2012 | 11:54 pm
The Rhine is five million years older than first thought: Age of the river corrected based on fossils
Scientists have examined the age of the Rhine based on fossils. They have discovered that the river is five million years older than previously believed.
Posted on 16 May 2012 | 11:54 pm
NASA survey counts potentially hazardous asteroids
Observations from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system’s population of potentially hazardous asteroids. The results reveal new information about their total numbers, origins and the possible dangers they may pose.
Posted on 16 May 2012 | 10:06 pm
New advice on medication disposal: Trash beats take-back, new study suggests
Returning extra medicine to the pharmacy for disposal might not be worth the extra time, money or greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study that is the first to look at the net effects of so-called take-back programs.
Posted on 16 May 2012 | 7:25 pm
Listening to chickens could improve poultry production
Listening to squawks and other chicken “vocalizations” using digital signal processing techniques may help farmers better manage growing conditions, contributing to both healthier birds and more productive poultry operations.
Posted on 16 May 2012 | 7:22 pm
"Climate Change" – Bing News
Workplace rights office, justice body axed – Brisbane Times
The Newman government confirmed today it would wind up the Office of Climate Change, the Sentencing Advisory Council and the Queensland Workplace Rights Office. The Office of Climate Change, headed by former premier Anna Bligh’s bureaucrat husband Greg …
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 8:27 am
Energy and climate progress: tragedy, farce or dramatic change? – The Guardian
No-one thinks slashing the carbon emissions driving climate change, while keeping the lights on and at an affordable price, is easy. But trying to tackle the challenge with policies that contradict each other and silly spin makes a tough job unnecessarily harder.
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 7:29 am
Study: U.S. drought risk to increase with climate change – MIT News
The impacts of drought in the United States are estimated to cost an average of $6 to $8 billion per year. These impacts are likely to increase if drought risk throughout the United States is exacerbated by climate change, suggests a team of researchers …
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 7:08 am
One in five households struggle with fuel bills (From The Northern Echo) – The Northern Echo
According to the 2012 Annual Report on Fuel Poverty released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc), 21 per cent of households in the North-East were living in fuel poverty in 2010, compared to 24 per cent in 2009. The fall was mainly due to …
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 6:32 am
Climate change? No controversy – Lompoc Record
As far as all available evidence is concerned, climate change, and more specifically, global warming, is fact. In 2010, oil behemoth Koch Industries funded an independent research project to collect and analyze new data in hopes of supporting …
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 6:32 am
Three State Government agencies closed with up to 50 workers made redundant – couriermail.com.au
The Office of Climate Change, the Sentencing Advisory Council and the Queensland Workplace Rights Office have today been informed of the decision to close the agencies. It is believed senior executives – including former premier Anna Bligh’s husband Greg …
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 5:56 am
Abbott rejects Combet’s climate egging – Big Pond
Climate Change Minister Greg Combet on Thursday said Australians would realise Mr Abbott had been scaremongering when the tax is implemented in July. But Mr Abbott is standing by his claims, saying the more people know about the tax the less they like it.
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 5:20 am
‘Israel could be flooded with refugees due to droughts’ – YNET News
Israel must prepare for a situation in which it will become a passage to Europe for refugees escaping drought and rising ocean levels in Egypt, Jordan, and North Africa, a report prepared by the Climate Change Information Center and presented this week to …
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 4:45 am
New twist in solar tariff cuts saga – money.aol.co.uk
The Government is considering “tweaking” the start date for the next reduction in solar tariffs, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey has said, insisting there would be no “massive change”. Mr Davey’s comments came as shadow energy and climate …
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 10:40 pm
New Zealand ‘Voice for Nature’ Appeals Climate Change Ruling – Environment News Service
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, May 17, 2012 (ENS) – One of New Zealand’s major environmental groups will appeal a decision by the Environment Court that stops climate change impacts from being considered under the Resource Management Act. The Royal …
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 9:14 pm
