Biodiversity
Whale Meet Ends With Peace Agenda
Originally Published by BBC News
In a supposed success, the annual IWC meeting has ended with not much more than an agreement to disagree on the controversial issue of whaling as the slaughter continues.
Posted on
July 1st, 2008
Biodiversity, Politics
Australian Crocs Hit By Cane Toad “Wave of Death”
Originally Published by New Scientist - Environment
Mass die-offs of Australian fresh water crocodiles has been traced to an invasive and highly toxic toad eaten by the crocs.
Posted on
June 30th, 2008
Biodiversity
Can Weeds Help Solve the Climate Crisis?
Originally Published by NYT > Environment
Weedy ancestors of our food crops, some scientists predict, will cope far better with coming climatic changes than their domesticated descendants.
Posted on
June 30th, 2008
Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate
Greenland Denied on Whale Catch
Originally Published by BBC News
The first vote at this year’s International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting has resulted in defeat for Greenland’s request to expand its hunt.
Posted on
June 27th, 2008
Biodiversity, Politics
U.S. Supreme Court to Review Navy Sonar Harm to Whales
Originally Published by Environment News Service
The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted a request by the U.S. Navy that the court review a series of lower court rulings that restrict the Navy’s use of loud sonar blasts off the coast of Southern California.
Posted on
June 26th, 2008
Biodiversity, Politics, Technology, Water
Mixed Messages At Chile Whaling Conference
Originally Published by New Scientist - Environment
At the 60th annual International Whaling Commission in Chile, Japan proposes to legalize whaling off her coast while the host country proposes just the opposite.
Posted on
June 26th, 2008
Biodiversity, Politics
Bridging the Iran-West Divide To Save Cheetahs
Originally Published by Environmental News Network
Iranian and Western wildlife experts are working together to save rare cheetahs from extinction in this arid, mountainous region, despite a nuclear row between their governments.
Posted on
June 22nd, 2008
Biodiversity, Politics
Tiny, Clingy and Destructive, Mussel Makes Its Way West
Originally Published by NY Times
The Quagga Mussel - a fingernail-size bivalve with an astonishing sex drive - threatens economic and ecological havoc as it colonizes the Colorado River and moves westward.
Posted on
June 17th, 2008
Biodiversity, Water
Fast Fall of Mediterranean Sharks
Originally Published by BBC News
Largely due to fishing, shark populations in the Mediterranean have dropped dramatically over the last two centuries.
Posted on
June 15th, 2008
Biodiversity, Water
Mercury Contamination Found in Stranded Victorian Dolphins
Originally Published by Environmental News Network
Monash University research into heavy metal contaminant levels in dolphins from Port Phillip Bay and the Gippsland Lakes has revealed high mercury levels may be a contributing factor to dolphin deaths.
Posted on
June 14th, 2008
Biodiversity, Water


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