Amazon deforestation slows in Brazil for 2005 Amazon deforestation slows in Brazil for 2005 Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 5, 2005 [2006: Amazon deforestation rate plunges 41 percent] Deforestation in…
Elevated atmospheric CO2 increases soil carbon Elevated atmospheric CO2 increases soil carbon Blackwell Publishing Ltd. release December 5, 2005 An article in the current issue of Global Change Biology indicates…
Mysterious carnivore found in Borneo rain forest Frontal view of the mysterious animal (top). Back view of the same creature (bottom). © Stephan Wulffraat / WWF Mysterious carnivore found in…
Temperate forests may worsen global warming, tropical forests fight higher temperatures Temperate forests may worsen global warming, tropical forests fight higher temperatures Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 5, 2005 At…
Companies increasingly at risk for climate change litigation says UN Companies increasingly at risk for climate change litigation says UN mongabay.com December 5, 2005 SUMMARY: Companies which contribute to climate…
Congo rainforest - 600,000 sq km slated for logging Congo rainforest - 600,000 sq km slated for logging Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 5, 2005 Environmentalists ask World Bank to…
Amazon rainforest biodiversity due to biology not climate change says study Amazon rainforest biodiversity due to biology not climate change says study Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 5, 2005 The…
Elephant drunk from fruit not likely, finds study Elephant drunk from fruit not likely, finds study University of Chicago Press release December 5, 2005 Dispelling years of anecdotes in travelogues,…
New maps reveal the human footprint on Earth New maps reveal the human footprint on Earth University of Wisconsin release December 5, 2005 by Paroma Basu As global populations swell,…
Archaeologists make ancient Maya discovery in Guatemala Archaeologists make ancient Maya discovery in Guatemala Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 5, 2005 Researchers working in Guatemala have unearthed a monument with…
Mozambique Gets World Bank Conservation, Tourism Project Mozambique Gets World Bank Conservation, Tourism Project $20 million credit from International Development Association targets local level By Jim Fisher-Thompson Washington File Staff…
70 years after logging, forests don't hold as much carbon as original forests 70 years after logging, forests don't hold as much carbon as original forests mongabay.com December 5, 2005…
Pandas threatened by roads and forest fragmentation in China Pandas threatened by roads and forest fragmentation in China mongabay.com December 5, 2005 China's endangered giant panda is threatened by the…
Somali pirates force UN food aid to take arduous land route Somali pirates force UN food aid to take arduous land route UN release December 5, 2005 Somali's government signs…
Soil moisture, root depth influence climate models Soil moisture, root depth influence climate models University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign release December 5, 2005 By soaking up moisture with their roots…
Warming could free far more carbon from high Arctic soil than earlier thought Warming could free far more carbon from high Arctic soil than earlier thought University of Washington release…
Energy efficiency helped California grow an extra $31 billion finds study Energy efficiency helped California grow an extra $31 billion finds study mongabay.com December 4, 2005 SUMMARY: Countering Bush administration…
Governments making progress in fight against illegal logging says FAO Governments making progress in fight against illegal logging says FAO mongabay.com December 3, 2005 Governments are becoming increasingly innovative in…
Against the backdrop of the Montreal Summit on global climate being held this week, an article on African droughts and monsoons, by a University of California, Santa Barbara scientist and…
Poisonous volcanic gas probably caused history's worst mass extinction event Poisonous volcanic gas probably caused worst mass extinction says new study mongabay.com December 2, 2005 The mass extinction event at…
Scientists taking a multidisciplinary approach to understanding nature Scientists taking a multidisciplinary approach to understanding nature Oak Ridge National Laboratory release December 1, 2005 Improved tools and increasingly sophisticated approaches…
Australian industry embraces green energy while government fights emissions cuts Australian industry embraces green energy while government fights emissions cuts Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 1, 2005 Despite Australia's resistance…
US "exporting" carbon emissions to China US "exporting" carbon emissions to China National Center for Atmospheric Research December 1, 2005 The growth of Chinese imports in the U.S. economy boosted…
Overfishing of fresh waters of serious concern Overfishing of fresh waters of serious concern American Institute of Biological Sciences December 1, 2005 Systematic overfishing of fresh waters occurs worldwide but…
U.S. fishing operations waste 1 million metric tons of fish per year says study U.S. fishing bycatch wastes 1 million metric tons of fish per year says study Oceana release…
Ancient human-sized scorpion discovered Giant, human-sized scorpion discovered Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 1, 2005 Tracks made 330 million years ago by a 1.6 meter-long (5 ft 3 inches) water…
Could failure of Atlantic current plunge Europe into cold winters? Change in Atlantic circulation could plunge Europe into cold winters Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 1, 2005 The Atlantic Ocean…
Biosensor Could Help People with Parkinson's, Alzheimer's Disease Biosensor Could Help People with Parkinson's, Alzheimer's Disease University of Arkansas release December 1, 2005 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - An engineering researcher at…
Crystal sponges can absorb carbon dioxide and fight global warming Crystal sponges can absorb carbon dioxide and fight global warming University of Michigan December 1, 2005 Since the Industrial Revolution,…
US denies hurricane link with climate change US denies hurricane link with climate change Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 1, 2005 Harlan Watson, chief climate control negotiator for the U.S.…
