Article Archive for September 2008

Arctic sea ice at lowest level ever
By solonavi
Posted in Arctic, Habitat on 16 September 2008
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WWF Arctic sea ice may well have reached its lowest volumes ever, as summer ice coverage of the Arctic Sea looks set to be close to last year’s record lows, with thinner ice overall. Final figures on minimum ice coverage for 2008 are expected in a matter of days, but they are already flirting with [...]

Second Borneo rhino caught on camera
By solonavi
Posted in Endangered & Extinction, Protected Sites on 16 September 2008
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1st Borneo Rhino caught on camera WWF An image of a second wild Borneo rhino has been captured by scientists in Malaysia using a motion-triggered camera. Only 25-50 Borneo rhinos, a subspecies of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino, are thought to exist. They are found in the interior Heart of Borneo forests of Sabah, Malaysia. [...]

New Giant Fish Species Announced
By solonavi
Posted in Discovery, General, Protected Sites on 2 September 2008
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National Geograpohic One fish—the goliath grouper—has suddenly become two. The Atlantic goliath grouper, found in warm waters of the Americas and western Africa, is a separate species from the goliath grouper that roams tropical reefs of the eastern Pacific Ocean, a new genetic study shows. The newly identified Pacific goliath grouper can grow more than [...]