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Shrimp backs scientists vertical migration theory
Posted Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:31:01 GMT by Colin RickettsCreatures that currently live in warm, shallow waters, can often survive in much harsher environments a team at Southampton University has found. A team at University of Southampton's School of Ocean and Earth Sciences (SOES) used the aptly-named variable shrimp to test there hypothesis that as deep sea creatures were killed off by climate change their places were taken by their neighbours in the shallow water. Filed under environmental issues: Migration/Nature.
Shrimp backs scientists vertical migration theory
There is no such thing as a dormant volcano
Posted Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:50:00 GMT by Michael EvansNew research indicates that volcanoes long thought to be dormant, can revive in a matter of months. It has traditionally been accepted that once a volcano's magma chamber had cooled down this was the sign that it had become dormant and that it was likely to remain so for many centuries. But research published in the latest edition of Nature casts doubt on this hypothesis. Filed under environmental issues: Volcanoes/Nature.
There is no such thing as a dormant volcano
Mum at 60 - oldest bird in the U.S. has a chick
Posted Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:00:00 GMT by Ruth HendrySpring is sprung, the grass is green and a 60 year old albatross has a new addition to her brood! At 60 years old, Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, is the oldest wild bird known in the U.S. First recorded in 1956 as she incubated an egg, Wisdom has seen it all - from the first man on the moon, to the fall of the Berlin Wall and beyond. Filed under environmental issues: Wildlife/Nature.
Mum at 60 - oldest bird in the U.S. has a chick
Organic burials: corpse to compost in six months
Posted Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:12:00 GMT by Louise MurrayTransforming corpses into compost is a much more eco-friendly process than traditional burial, or energy-hungry cremation. Environmentalists now have the option of a clean, green method for their last act of recycling. The promession process of organic burial involves first freezing the body to minus 18 degrees C, then freeze drying in liquid nitrogen at almost minus 200 degrees.
Organic burials: corpse to compost in six months
Trunks a lot pal! Elephants learn to work together says new test
Posted Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:50:00 GMT by Colin RickettsElephants are commonly regarded as being intelligent but the sheer size of these majestic beasts has made proving that tough - until now. New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences in America aims to prove that Elephants are clued-up enough to know how to work as a team.
Trunks a lot pal! Elephants learn to work together says new test
Losing sight of the real causes of mass animal death?
Posted Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:15:00 GMT by Kieran BallGetting past media sensationalism to discover the real causes of mass animal death. Since last December when 83,000 Drum fish were washed up in Arkansas and thousands of blackbirds fell dead just 100km away in the town of Beebe, the world media has been full of reports of mass animal deaths. Journalists have gone as far as to nickname the phenomena 'aflockalypse'.
Losing sight of the real causes of mass animal death?
Never mind zombies; invasion of the Tamarisk trees is officially here
Posted Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:44:30 GMT by Nicolette SmithThe invasion of the American north-west by the Tamarisk Tree and its natural enemy; the Tamarisk Leaf Beetle. The Tamarisk Leaf Beetle is inadvertently battling one of the greatest threats to the U.S. water reserves by eating it. The Tamarisk Tree, which survives by absorbing river water in a sponge-like manner, has met its nemesis in the Tamarisk Leaf Beetle, an insect whose favourite food of choice is Tamarisk Tree leaf.
Never mind zombies; invasion of the Tamarisk trees is officially here
Mushrooms; scientists reveal potted history of a neglected food source
Posted Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:10:00 GMT by Nicolette SmithMorel mushrooms much older than previously assumed. Ah, the humble mushroom; love them or hate them, they certainly have a distinctive flavour. The results from a recent study conducted by a research team at the University of Oregon's College of Forest Ecosystems and Society has revealed new insights into our love affair with the common morel.
Mushrooms; scientists reveal potted history of a neglected food source
Eye in the sky watching Arctic blooms
Posted Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:44:00 GMT by Martin LeggettA reworking of satellite data is helping scientists track the Arctic spring and summer plankton blooms - that color the sea green as the ice retreats. Understanding how these evolve will help to paint the bigger picture of Arctic ecology as its sea-ice continues to disappear. Vast blooms of phytoplankton take advantage of the nutrient-rich sun-lit waters, starting off a cascade of life up the entire length of the Arctic food chain.
Eye in the sky watching Arctic blooms
Why biodiversity really does matter
Posted Sun, 06 Mar 2011 12:50:00 GMT by Colin RickettsSuper study finds that biodiversity really is worth protecting and could, in fact, be crucial for our very survival. Biodiversity is a green buzzword; something that we should work to protect, but, is biodiversity important for human survival? The answer, according to the latest research, is a resounding yes.
Why biodiversity really does matter
Biodiversity be dammed - plans for Mekong River ignore warnings from failed Thai dam
Posted Sun, 06 Mar 2011 11:33:00 GMT by Martin LeggettThe lessons of a failed dam project in Thailand are not being heeded, in plans for a dam on the Mekong River in Laos. The WWF is asking for a 10-year halt to dam projects on the lower Mekong, in order to allow a fuller understanding of what sustainable hydropower projects are feasible. Going ahead now is likely to repeat a ''bitter lose-lose situation.''
Biodiversity be dammed - plans for Mekong River ignore warnings from failed Thai dam
More Awareness and Information for Potential Exotic Pet Owners
Posted Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:22:01 GMT by Tamara CroesThe trade in exotic pets is rising dramatically. So is the number of abandoned, escaped, and released exotic pets causing worldwide problems. Informing the public about the dangers and problems surrounding exotic pets is urgently necessary, according to EcoHealth Alliance.
More Awareness and Information for Potential Exotic Pet Owners
Bumblebees: Gone with the Wind? A Major Disappearance
Posted Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:02:00 GMT by Hannah C. SarcoBumblebees have been dying out all around the world for over a century. Now, scientists are gathering alarming news that these lovable, fuzzy pollinators may not be around for much longer if current statistics continue. In the past few decades scientific studies have found that increasing numbers of bumblebee colonies are disappearing.
Bumblebees: Gone with the Wind? A Major Disappearance
Multiplier Effect theory supports 'I'm with Stupid' survival technique
Posted Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:02:01 GMT by Nicolette SmithMultiplier theory expands concept of 'survival of the fittest' to incorporate learned behaviour as a survivalist technique. It means that mindless survival strategies (those which do not involve strategic analysis or evaluation) are just as likely - if not more - to promote your likelihood of survival and general wellbeing as those which involve an intelligent assessment of information to influence key lifestyle decisions.
Multiplier Effect theory supports 'I'm with Stupid' survival technique
Lions under growing threat from U.S. hunters
Posted Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:35:01 GMT by Ruth HendryAmerican trophy hunters are an increasing threat to lions, a coalition of wildlife charities reports. The coalition of wildlife charities demonstrated that trophy hunting by U.S. hunters is a serious and growing threat to African lions. They state that between 1998 and 2008, 64 per cent of wild lions traded international for trophy hunting were imported to the U.S.
Lions under growing threat from U.S. hunters
Listening to the pulse of the natural world
Posted Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:44:00 GMT by Colin RickettsProfessor hopes his new field of study, soundscape ecology, will help connect us back to nature and act as a warning bell for environmental damage. Professor Pijanowksi believes that sound is one of the first things to change as an environment changes. He also believes that sound can be an evocative way of connecting people to natural environments.
Listening to the pulse of the natural world
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