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Biodiversity Crisis Is Worse Than Climate Change, Experts Say
January 20, 2012 — Biodiversity is declining rapidly throughout the world. The challenges of conserving the world's species are perhaps even larger than mitigating the negative effects of global climate change, experts ... > full story -
Extremely Rare Turtle Is Released Into the Wild
January 18, 2012 — Biologists have successfully released a Southern River terrapin (Batagur affinis) – one of the most endangered turtles on Earth – into the Sre Ambel River in ... > full story -
Arctic Plants Face an Uncertain Future
January 17, 2012 — New research shows that a warmer climate will have quite different consequences for plant species in the Arctic. While most species are expected to lose part of their current habitat, the genetic ... > full story -
Climate Adaptation Difficult for Europe's Birds
January 16, 2012 — For the past 20 years, the climate in Europe has been getting warmer. Species of bird and butterfly which thrive in cool temperatures therefore need to move further north. However, they have ... > full storyMore: -
Wandering Albatross Alters Its Foraging Due to Climate Change
January 12, 2012 — Wandering albatrosses have altered their foraging due to changes in wind fields in the southern hemisphere during the last decades. Since winds have increased in intensity and moved to the south, the ... > full storyMore: -
Diverse Ecosystems Are Crucial Climate Change Buffer
January 12, 2012 — Preserving diverse plant life will be crucial to buffer the negative effects of climate change and desertification in in the world's drylands, according to a new landmark ... > full storyMore: -
World's Smallest Vertebrate: Tiny Frogs Discovered in New Guinea
January 11, 2012 — Biologists just discovered two new species of frogs in New Guinea, one of which is now the world's tiniest known vertebrate, averaging only 7.7 millimeters in size -- less than one-third of an inch. ... > full story -
Better Way to Gauge Climate Costs of Land Use Changes
January 8, 2012 — Those making land use decisions to reduce the harmful effects of climate change have focused almost exclusively on greenhouse gases -- analyzing, for example, how much carbon dioxide is released when ... > full story -
Bird Smuggler Busted in Indonesia
January 5, 2012 — A smuggler using a public bus to transport a veritable aviary of rare birds for the illegal pet trade was recently arrested by Indonesian ... > full story -
Early Land Plants: Early Adopters
January 4, 2012 — A newly described species of a liverwort (very simple, small plants, and probably common ancestors of all land plants) from New Zealand marks a pioneering effort by international plant scientists to ... > full story
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