Biodiversity
Thousands of Species, Each a Work of Art
Originally Published by NY Times - Joel Sartore has been a conservation photographer for more than 20 years, shooting primarily for National Geographic.
Posted on
May 15th, 2012
Biodiversity
Do we know enough to ensure safe Arctic drilling?
- If we must open the Arctic Ocean to oil and gas development we should at least do it in a way that doesn't harm wildlife, but the signs don't look good.
Posted on
May 15th, 2012
Biodiversity, Energy
Climate Change Pushes Europe’s Alpine Plants Toward Extinction
Originally Published by ENS - As the climate warms, plant species that prefer a colder environment are disappearing from the mountain ranges of Southern Europe.
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May 14th, 2012
Biodiversity, Climate
Tiger shrimp are jumbo threat to native species
- A big increase in reports of Asian tiger shrimp along the U.S. Southeast coast and in the Gulf of Mexico has federal biologists worried the species is encroaching on native species' territory.
Posted on
May 14th, 2012
Biodiversity
Increasing predator-friendly land can help farmers reduce costs
Originally Published by ScienceDaily - Having natural habitat in farming areas that supports ladybugs could help increase their abundance in crops where they control pests and help farmers reduce their costs, says a new study.
Posted on
May 13th, 2012
Agriculture, Biodiversity
Control killer fly with satellite tracking
Originally Published be Futurity - A new method plans to use earth observation to track and control the dangerous tsetse fly in Kenya.
Posted on
May 12th, 2012
Biodiversity, Earth Observation, Health
Protecting Killer Frogs From Killer Humans
- Golden poison frogs are facing a dire future due to habitat loss in the Colombia.
Posted on
May 11th, 2012
Biodiversity
The snakes that took over an island
- How Guam is battling an infestation of non-native serpents.
Posted on
May 10th, 2012
Biodiversity
Peru issues public health alert over pelican and dolphin deaths
- Peruvian government urges people to stay away from Lima's beaches as it investigates deaths of thousands of animals.
Posted on
May 7th, 2012
Biodiversity, Health
Over 30 Yangtze porpoises found dead in China as population nears extinction
Originally Published by MongaBay - Six years after the Yangtze river dolphin, or baiji, was declared "functionally extinct" by scientists, another marine mammal appears on the edge of extinction in China's hugely degraded Yangtze River.
Posted on
May 4th, 2012
Biodiversity
NASA Daily Image
Opportunity's Traverse Map From Sol 2951