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BBC News, 2012-05-25
Once rare UK butterflies have been moving further north due to a pattern of hot summers, say researchers.
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United Press International (UPI), 2012-05-25
PHILADELPHIA, May 24 (UPI) -- Climate at nesting beaches of leatherback turtles affects survival of eggs and hatchlings, and they could be threatened by climate change, U.S. scientists say.
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Scientific American, 2012-05-25
The once rare brown argus butterfly is on the move, expanding its range and numbers in the U.K.—and it’s all thanks to climate change.
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Scientific American, 2012-05-25
Greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 could rise to nine billion metric tons (9.92 billion tons) above what is needed to limit global warming as some countries look set to miss their emissions cut targets, a report by three climate research groups said on Wednesday.
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Nature, 2012-05-25
Geoengineering research has a problem. That much should be clear following last week's cancellation of a field trial for the Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (SPICE) project. The solutions to this problem are not so obvious, but they must be found — and fast.
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Nature, 2012-05-25
With its jumble of leaves and pointy, green, flower spikes, the plant known as pigweed or palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) isn’t much to look at. But to farmers in the southeastern United States, it is a formidable foe.
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Scientific American, 2012-05-25
The population of endangered California condors (Gymnogyps californianus) hit an important milestone last month, reaching a high of 405 birds—quite an achievement for a species that was down to its last 22 individuals just 25 years ago.
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SciDev.net, 2012-05-25
A potential malaria vaccine produced by genetically-engineered algae could allow people to grow their own vaccine at homes, and would be especially useful in rural parts of the developing world, say its developers.
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Science Daily, 2012-05-25
ScienceDaily (May 24, 2012) — A seaweed considered a threat to the healthy growth of coral reefs in Hawaii may possess the ability to produce substances that could one day treat human diseases, a new study led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has revealed.
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Inter Press Service News Agency, 2012-05-25
ST. JOHN'S, May 24, 2012 (IPS) - Something is decimating the coconut and other palm trees here and no one seems to know exactly what it is.
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Science Daily, 2012-05-24
ScienceDaily (May 23, 2012) — If you've traveled to a forested national park out West in recent years, you may have noticed two things.
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SciDev.net, 2012-05-24
[RIO DE JANEIRO] Brazilian consumers came out on top for their awareness and understanding of both biodiversity and the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), according to the results of a survey in eight countries released last week (19 May) in São Paulo.
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United Press International (UPI), 2012-05-24
WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) -- Three rare Florida panthers have been killed this week, bringing the total to 12 for the year as habitat for the cat shrinks, an environmental group says.
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Mongabay.com, 2012-05-24
The pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) is one of the world's most endangered mammals, according to the first ever formal survey of the population, which found less than 100 sloths hanging on in their island home.
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Mongabay.com, 2012-05-24
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and a coalition of Indonesian environmental groups known as Eyes on the Forest have released a new Google Earth-based tool that maps forests, land use, carbon stocks, and biodiversity across the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
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United Press International (UPI), 2012-05-24
PHOENIX, May 23 (UPI) -- A sneezing monkey and a fungus named for a popular TV cartoon character are on a list of the top 10 new species described in 2011, U.S. researchers say.
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BBC News, 2012-05-24
Care must be taken not to spread deep-sea creatures around the world during exploration of the remote ocean floor.
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Inter Press Service News Agency, 2012-05-24
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, May 23, 2012 (IPS) - Eli Fuller is a third-generation Antiguan who, for the past two decades, has been exploring the Antigua and Barbuda coastline.
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Scientific American, 2012-05-24
LONDON (Reuters) - Large-scale crop plantations are expanding at a rapid pace across southeast Asia, with multinational firms often benefiting the most at the expense of local communities and the environment, two U.N. rights experts warned on Wednesday.
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Science Daily, 2012-05-24
ScienceDaily (May 23, 2012) — The evolutionary origin of turtles is one of the last unanswered questions in vertebrate evolution.
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Inter Press Service News Agency, 2012-05-24
UNITED NATIONS, May 23, 2012 (IPS) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has invested heavily in the success of the upcoming U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), is publicly expressing his frustration at the lack of substantial progress on a final plan of action for a greener economy and a sustainable future worldwide.
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Guardian (UK), 2012-05-24
The UK secretary of state for the environment, food and rural affairs says the challenge for the UN Earth summit must be how to 'green' the world economy
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Mongabay.com, 2012-05-23
Indonesia's moratorium on new forest concessions will not be enough to meet its 2020 emissions reduction target says the largest backer of the country's forest and climate action plan.
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BBC News, 2012-05-23
The biggest environmental summit for a decade must make meaningful progress on global food security and sustainable agriculture, say researchers.
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SciDev.net, 2012-05-23
Crop diseases could be detected earlier and more easily if a new method that stamps a leaf with a colour-changing biosensor is successful.
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BBC News, 2012-05-23
The presence of street lights substantially changes the ecology of ground-dwelling invertebrates and insects, research suggests.
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New York Daily News, 2012-05-23
New Delhi, May 22 — The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) launched an appreciation programme on sustainable management of biodiversity on the occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity Tuesday.
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Pakistan Observer, 2012-05-23
Peshawar—Provincial Minister for Forest and Environment Wajid Ali Khan Tuesday said that exploding population across the globe is resulting in huge loss to biological diversity besides putting negative impacts on weather.
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UN News Centre, 2012-05-23
22 May 2012 – Marking the International Day for Biological Diversity, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted the fragile state of the world’s oceans, urging greater protection for marine biodiversity.
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Guardian (UK), 2012-05-23
This year's International Day for Biological Diversity is dedicated to marine life. We must care for our oceans as we do our land
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