Rhett Ayers Butler

Rhett Ayers Butler

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Rhett Butler is the founder and CEO of Mongabay.

Rhett founded Mongabay out of his passion for wildlife and wild places.

He has traveled widely in the tropics and enjoys photography, hiking, and scuba-diving.

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California plans $3 billion for solar energy projects

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Dec 2005

Sex vs. Intelligence: Bigger balls mean smaller brain

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Dec 2005

Some Amazon rainforest trees are over 1000 years old finds study

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Dec 2005

794 species on brink of extinction find study

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Dec 2005

UN agrees to “rainforest conservation for emissions” deal

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2005

Amazon drought continues, worst on record

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2005

Deforestation causes 25% of greenhouse gas emissions

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Dec 2005

Environmental damage linked to new diseases says WHO

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2005

Changes in forest cover could affect climate as much as greenhouse gases in some areas

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2005

Alaska could lose Northern Lights in 50 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2005

Arctic Inuit sue U.S. govt over global warming pollution

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Dec 2005

Future forests may absorb more carbon dioxide than current forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Dec 2005

45% chance Gulf Stream will collapse by 2100 say scientists

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Dec 2005

Photos of erupting volcano in Vanuatu

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Dec 2005

Using biomimicry to fight computer viruses via “immunity software”

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Dec 2005

Easter Island's demise caused by rats, Dutch traders says new theory

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Dec 2005

Archaeologists make ancient Maya discovery in Guatemala

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2005

Amazon rainforest biodiversity due to biology not climate change says study

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2005

Congo rainforest – 600,000 sq km slated for logging

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2005

Temperate forests may worsen global warming, tropical forests fight higher temperatures

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2005

Amazon deforestation slows in Brazil for 2005

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2005

US denies hurricane link with climate change

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Dec 2005

Change in Atlantic circulation could plunge Europe into cold winters

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Dec 2005

Giant, human-sized scorpion discovered

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Dec 2005

Australian industry embraces green energy while government fights emissions cuts

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Dec 2005

Rainforests worth $1.1 trillion for carbon alone in Coalition nations

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Nov 2005

Vaccination can prevent bird flu epidemic

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Nov 2005

Developing countries: pay us to save rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Nov 2005

Exploring freshwater fish habitats in the rainforest of Peru

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Nov 2005

Singing iceberg discovered in Antarctica

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Nov 2005

Carbon in Canada's boreal forest worth $3.7 trillion

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Nov 2005

Britain is largest importer of illegal timber in EU says WWF

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Nov 2005

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