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Photos: Google Earth used to find new species

Drought and deforestation in southeast Asia linked to climate change

Rainforest canopy-penetrating technology gets boost for forest carbon monitoring

Japanese scientists clone embryo of vanishing ‘living fossil’

Brazil to use body-heat sensing technology to find uncontacted Amazon tribes

Discovery may lead to organic acrylic glass made from sugar

Palm oil companies propose satellite monitoring of their plantations to ensure sustainability

Ozone hole is second-largest on record in 2008

Brazil to have high resolution imagery for 86% of the Amazon by year end

Rare Amur leopard photographed for the first time with kill

U.S. Congress passes legislation to boost solar, wind, and geothermal energy

U.S. ignores laws on e-waste disposal

Arctic sea ice falls to second lowest on record

Group takes ‘venture capital’ approach to conservation

NASA: Sea ice melt opens the Northwest and Northeast Passage

Big computer makers pitch energy efficiency to sell more services, equipment

Independent of climate, forest cover in southern Amazon may fall to 20% by 2016

Amazon deforestation jumps 69% in 2008

Haze risk returns as fires increase in Indonesia

Google Earth reveals cattle have a built-in compass

NASA images reveal two massive glaciers breaking apart in Greenland

There is enough water for everyone provided it is well-managed and distributed

Smoke from Amazon fires reduces local rainfall

Google Earth now reveals damage caused by the paper industry

New mapping system shows how detailed climate changes will affect species

NASA study shows global warming will diminish rainfall in East Africa, worsening hunger

Often overlooked, small wild cats are important and in trouble

Developing the world’s most sophisticated program for mapping endangered species

Amazon deforestation forecast for 2008 revised downward

Gore launches second campaign… for Earth

First carbon map of America released by NASA

Breakthrough in solar energy: ten times more effective solar power may be available in three years

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