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photograph by L. Heaney A survey done in 2001 have revealed a 3rd species of Bullimus endemic to the small island of Camiguin, located just north of Mindanao and isolated from that large island by deep water. Multivariate analyses support the recognition of these 3 species. The new species of Bullimus from Camiguin is distinguishable [...]

scienceblogs.com The island of Camiguin, created by seven volcanoes (one is still active) is only 265 square kilometers (102 square miles) in size. This island is the smallest of the Philippine island group that is known to support endemic vertebrate species. There are approximately 7,000 islands in the Philippines. Camiguin has always been isolated from [...]

Beijing – For the first time a giant panda born and raised in captivity will be released into the wild Friday by researchers in China. Four-year-old Xiang Xiang was fitted with a collar containing a global positioning device to track him as he wanders the remote mountain region surrounding the Wolong Giant Panda Research Centre [...]

www.birds.cornell.edu Long believed to be extinct, a magnificent bird–the Ivory-billed Woodpecker–has been rediscovered in the Big Woods of eastern Arkansas. More than 60 years after the last confirmed sighting of the species in the United States, a research team announced that at least one male ivory-bill still survives in vast areas of bottomland swamp forest. [...]

Associated Press AP reported by SETH BORENSTEIN that in the month of August, most of the United States will see “above normal temperatures,” forecasters say. For the long-term future, the world will see more and worse killer heat waves because of global warming, scientists say. The July burst of killer heat waves around the world [...]

HybridCars nutramed.com scifun.chem.wisc.edu epa.gov We have always been told that automobile is doing lots of harm to our Earth. However, not many of us know the seriousness of the harm. In this entry, I’ll like to highlights what are the main pollutants generated by automobile. – Carbon monoxide Carbon dioxide, CO2, is one of the [...]

hybridCARS Hybridcenter HowStuffWorks Care2 GreenHybrid Any vehicle is a hybrid when it combines two or more sources of power. Most hybrid cars on the road right now are gasoline-electric hybrids. Since gasoline hybrids are the kind you’ll find at your local car dealership, we’ll focus on those in this article but before that let’s just [...]

www.epa.state.oh.us www.mbhs.edu www.ecsel.psu.edu Our cars, while necessary, are very harmful to the environment. The average American automobile emits its own weight in pollutants into the atmosphere each year. Auto emissions account for about 60% of air pollution (especially ozone smog) in U.S cities. The problems inherent to automobile transportation stem from the use of gasoline [...]

http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/toohot/index.html Heat waves. Melting glaciers. Rising sea levels. Catastrophic storms. Migrating viruses. Population displacement. Over the past 100 years, the mass consumption of fossil fuels, especially in America, has contributed to a dangerous warming of the earth that has adversely impacted the way we live. The cautionary documentary TOO HOT NOT TO HANDLE offers a [...]

Singapore announced today (30th May 2006) the launch of public consultation on NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY. Singapore is a city-state with limited natural resources. We are heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels and have limited scope to explore renewable energy sources to meet our domestic energy needs. As an export-oriented economy, much of the energy [...]