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Central Iowa has been chosen as the site for a massive indoor rain forest and environmental learning center that organizers hope will be as successful as its predecessor in the United Kingdom.
Earthpark will be built on 70 acres of wooded land overlooking Lake Red Rock near Pella and will be modeled after Eden — a [...]

news @ nature
More rain makes for more plant growth: that much is obvious. But now a statistical study of satellite images has added weight to the reverse notion: more plants also make for more rain.
The result adds to the impetus to preserve green spaces in dry regions, in order to help prevent deserts from growing [...]

reuters.com
Earth may be close to the warmest it has been in the last million years, especially in the part of the Pacific Ocean where potentially violent El Nino weather patterns are born, climate scientists reported on Monday.
This doesn’t necessarily mean there will be more frequent El Ninos — which can disrupt normal weather around the [...]

The Guardian
Conservation efforts have prevented the extinction of 31 bird species globally over the past 30 years, according to the most detailed analysis of conservation success ever conducted.
The species brought back from the brink include the Bali starling, Chatham Island taiko and northern bald ibis, as well as the California condor, which numbered just nine [...]

http://getinvolved.conservation.org
The state of our planet is a little spooky right now. Human activity and modern conveniences are taking a significant toll on the plants, animals, and natural resources we rely on. Climate change, species extinction, and other urgent environmental issues threaten all life on Earth, including us.
The scariest part of it all? We could [...]

Conservation International
Bird’s Head Seascape

Two recent expeditions led by Conservation International (CI) to the heart of Asia’s “Coral Triangle” discovered dozens of new species of marine life including epaulette sharks, “flasher” wrasse and reef-building coral, confirming the region as the Earth’s richest seascape. The unmatched marine biodiversity of the Bird’s Head Seascape, named for the [...]

msnbc.msn.com
Greenland’s massive ice sheet is melting much more quickly than scientists had estimated as recently as last year, according to research published on Wednesday.
An analysis of satellite observations shows the rate of ice loss increased by 2.5 times between the periods April 2002 to April 2004 and May 2004 to April 2006, most of it [...]

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WorldPublicOpinion.Org conducted a poll from adults in 30 countries and found that many express concern about climate change. 65 per cent of respondents think global warming is a very serious problem, while 25 per cent call it somewhat serious.
To see the poll result, download the report here

In 1967, a frog (Oreophryne nana) was named in 1967 had been thought to be the only vertebrate restricted to the island of Camiguin. They are now been classified as endangered.
Oreophryne nana commonly known as Small Narrow-mouthed Frog is a small microhylid frog distinguishable from O. anulata due to smaller size. Snout-vent length measures 17-20 [...]