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emagazine Scientists from around the world met last week in Atlanta to kick off the ambitious Amphibian Ark project, a global campaign to protect the world’s vanishing amphibian species from a series of environmental dangers, including a ravenous killer fungus, widespread habitat loss, exposure to pollution and global warming. Project organizers are asking zoos, botanical [...]

msnbc Citing overfishing, scientists added several species of deep sea sharks on Thursday to the World Conservation Union’s (IUCN) endangered Red List. At a meeting in Oxford, England, the scientists listed all three species of thresher sharks — known for their scythe-like tails — as “vulnerable globally,” and moved the shortfin mako to “vulnerable today” [...]

wwf Perhaps you have a friend, a work colleague or even a family member who still isn’t convinced about Climate Change? Well help is now at hand! Below is a complete listing of the articles in “How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic,” a series by Coby Beck containing responses to the most common sceptical [...]

Discovery Channel A mutant cancer which causes facial tumors on Australia’s Tasmanian devil has brought the carnivorous marsupial to the brink of extinction, a leading researcher has said. Local populations of the animal, popularized as Taz by Warner Bros. in its Looney Tunes cartoons, have already been savaged by the mysterious disease, which results in [...]

msnbc SYDNEY, Australia – Satellite images of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef show that sediment from river run-off is threatening the reef at a greater rate than previously realized, Australia’s peak scientific body said on Wednesday. The images, taken this month by NASA and U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellites, show sediment creating a hazy [...]

bbc Adding nutrients to areas of the ocean that lack phytoplankton is one way of reversing the effects of global warming explored by a new BBC TV documentary, Five Ways To Save The World. Our oceans are teeming with phytoplankton: millions of microscopic plants beneath the waves that are vital to the marine ecosystem because [...]

The New Zealand Herald New Zealand and Australia are about to turn off the incandescent lights that have illuminated them since the bulb was invented more than 120 years ago. Australian Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday announced that traditional light bulbs would be phased out within three years – a move he said would be [...]

sciencedaily NASA scientists may have discovered how a warmer climate in the future could increase droughts in certain parts of the world, including the southwest United States. The researchers compared historical records of the climate impact of changes in the sun’s output with model projections of how a warmer climate driven by greenhouse gases would [...]

Discovery Channels The use of air conditioners to cool big city buildings is making it hotter outdoors, say Japanese researchers. A study comparing the summer temperatures in downtown Tokyo on weekends versus weekdays shows air conditioners dump enough heat into the streets to raise the temperature at least 2 to 4 degrees F (1 to [...]

seed When it comes to Thai rice, people usually think of steamed, fried or sticky. But scientists say there are tens of thousands of varieties of rice in Thailand, although many of them are in danger of disappearing, along with their potential uses in medicine and agriculture. Surapong Pransilapa is in charge of efforts to [...]