Article Archive for 18 October 2006
Posted in General on 18 October 2006
Stats: 191 views and No Comments
The Independent Iceland has decided to resume commercial whaling, in defiance of the 20-year-old international whaling moratorium. The country joins Norway in openly hunting the great whales for profit. In recent years it has been killing a small number of animals annually but saying it was hunting them for “scientific” reasons, as does Japan. Iceland’s [...]
Posted in Coral Reefs, Global Warming, Habitat on 18 October 2006
Stats: 197 views and No Comments
Associated Press A new survey of coral reefs along Madagascar’s southwestern coast found massive damage from coral bleaching caused by rising sea temperatures, researchers said Thursday. However, the survey team, funded by Conservation International and led by the conservation groups Blue Ventures and the Wildlife Conservation Society, said scientists also discovered several small reefs with [...]
