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Urgent Action On International Coral Reef Crisis Urged
Coral reef scientists and
policy makers from the
world's most prominent coral
reef nations are meeting in
Australia this week to
develop urgent action plans
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Trouble In The Pipeline For Grey Whales
The fate of the world's few
remaining western grey
whales now rests on the
outcome of appeals to
Russian authorities and
courts following the refusal
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How Does Climate Change Affect The Water Cycle?
Climate change is having an
impact on the water cycle,
raising the issue of whether
we should be investing in
adapting to these impacts or
focusing on more pressing
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Thinking It Through: Scientists Call For Policy To Guide Biofuels Industry Toward Sustainability
As the United States and
other nations commit to the
path of biofuels production,
23 scientists call for
sustainable practices in an
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Analysis Shows How Cap-and-trade Plans Can Cut Greenhouse Emissions
November 16, 2008 — Researchers at MIT's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research have produced a report concerning key design issues of proposed "cap-and-trade" programs that are under consideration in the ... > full story -
Emerging Carbon Finance Market Will Play Critical Role In Addressing Climate Change, Experts Say
November 10, 2008 — Climate change is an unprecedented global problem and an emerging carbon finance market will play a critical role in addressing it, asserts a newly published Yale ... > full story -
Eastern Pacific Tuna Hang In The Balance
October 30, 2008 — The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, the international body charged with the conservation and management of tuna and associated species in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, will meet in San ... > full story -
Fisheries Management And Environmental Conditions: Win-win For Baltic Cod
October 24, 2008 — Politics have played a critical role in the increase of the cod stock in the Baltic Sea, but environmental conditions are equally important. Only the synergies from these two factors have resulted in ... > full story -
Ship Strike Reduction Rule Aims To Protect North Atlantic Right Whales
October 20, 2008 — NOAA officials have issued a regulation that will implement new measures to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales. The regulation will, for the first time, require large ships to reduce ... > full story -
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Environmental Migrants: UN Meeting Aims To Build Consensus On Definitions, Support, Protection
October 8, 2008 — A growing international consensus to formally recognize and protect people uprooted by environmental problems is expected to accelerate at a major conference. Featured at the conference: early ... > full story -
U.S. Navy Sonar Linked To Whale Strandings, Environmental Scientists Argue
October 6, 2008 — With the U.S. Supreme Court due to review a series of lower court rulings that restrict the Navy's use of sonar in submarine detection training exercises off the coast of Southern California, George ... > full story -
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Mandate For Biofuels Production Requires Science-based Policy And Global Perspective
October 2, 2008 — In his State of the Union Address on Jan. 23, 2007, President Bush stated that, in order to substantially lower foreign oil imports, "We must increase the supply of alternative fuels, by setting a ... > full story -
Global Warming Will Have Significant Economic Impacts On Florida Coasts, Reports State
October 1, 2008 — Scientists have released two new studies, including a report finding that climate change will cause significant impacts on Florida's coastlines and economy due to increased sea level rise and ... > full story -
It’s All In The Hips: Early Whales Used Well Developed Back Legs For Swimming, Fossils Show
September 18, 2008 — The crashing of the enormous fluked tail on the surface of the ocean is a "calling card" of modern whales. Living whales have no back legs, and their front legs take the form of flippers that allow ... > full story
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