Tim Hewison
Royal Society’s climate change guide cuts confusion out of the hard science | Duncan Clark
- UK's 'definitive voice of science' hopes guide will counter confusion and bogus claims about man-made global warming.
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October 1st, 2010
Climate
When worlds collide
- A project to widen the Panama Canal sheds new light on an event that changed the world
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October 1st, 2010
Earth Observation
A fifth of all wild plant species face extinction
- The Sampled Red List Index for Plants reveals that one-fifth of all plant species are on the brink – a higher proportion than for birds
Posted on
September 30th, 2010
Biodiversity, Disasters
Wasps wage war on behalf of wiliwili trees
- A black, 2-millimeter-long wasp from East Africa is helping wage war on one of its own kind -- the Erythrina gall wasp, an invasive species that's decimated Hawaii's endemic wiliwili and introduced coral bean trees.
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September 30th, 2010
Agriculture, Ecosystems
Satellites search for 770m tons of dust in the air
- Using data from several research satellites, scientists will spend the next three years trying to understand the climate impacts of about 770 million tons of dust carried into the atmosphere every year from the Sahara.
Posted on
September 16th, 2010
Earth Observation
Microwave Sea Ice
- NASA's Aqua satellite used microwaves to capture this snapshot of Arctic sea ice on September 3, 2010.
Posted on
September 16th, 2010
Earth Observation, Oceans
The truth about planes and climate change
- A new study suggests that planes cause more warming than cars, while ships are cooling enough to counteract them both.
U.S. Steps Up Its Effort Against a European System of Fees on Airline Emissions
- Even as United States authorities sought to derail the European system, major American carriers were taking steps to comply with the rules, which take effect in 2012.
In order to save biodiversity, society’s behavior must change, leading conservationists warn
- Conservation scientists and practitioners have come together to advocate a fundamental shift in the way we view biodiversity.
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September 12th, 2010
Biodiversity, Sustainability
Audio slideshow: Illegal redwood logging in Madagascar
- Photographer Toby Smith talks about his pictures documenting the illegal logging trade in Madagascar, which he helped bring to the world's attention by going undercover with environmental groups.
Posted on
September 12th, 2010
Ecosystems, Sustainability
NASA Daily Image
Opportunity's Traverse Map From Sol 2951