Life began to the dance of moths’ wings. Or rather my earliest
memories of it did. As I dug little holes in the soil of my dad’s allotments,
squeezing between the rows of Love in a Mist and marigolds, clouds of pale pixie-like
moths waltzed round my head.
The conservationist behind controversial plans to reintroduce
wild beaver to the Westcountry says it is "inevitable" others will follow from
a landmark scheme in Scotland.
Plans submitted
for "world's most productive" wind farm
Plans
to build one of the world's most productive wind farms on the wind-swept Shetland
Isles have been submitted to Scottish ministers for consideration.
Conservationists warn of housing
development 'threat' to ancient woodland
New
housing, roads and other developments built too near ancient woodlands can have
"devastating impacts" on the UK's equivalent of the rainforest, campaigners warned
today.
A
campaign group has been set up to try to stop a former slate tip from being moved
to make way for a future housing development in the Nantlle Valley.
Marine
scientists in Cape Town, observed by emotional crowds, euthanased dozens of pilot
whales on Saturday after rescue workers lost the battle to return the beached
mammals to the sea.
Rising carbon dioxide emissions
are turning the oceans acidic in an irreversible process that threatens coral
reefs and food security, the world's scientific academies have warned.
Nearly 60% of Malta’s shark species
threatened with extinction
The Shark
Alliance marked Global Ocean Policy Day by calling on EU Fisheries Commissioner
Joe Borg to strengthen one of the EU’s most important and far-reaching policies
for sharks ...
Ecuador wants billions to
not drill in biosphere reserve
President
Rafael Correa on Saturday said that he wants the world to pay Ecuador some 5.2
billion dollars in exchange for not drilling for oil in the Yasuni National Park,
a UNESCO world biosphere reserve.
Scientists asked people around the world on Monday to help compile
an Internet-based observatory of life on earth as a guide to everything from the
impact of climate change on wildlife to pests that can damage crops.
Satellite shots of emperor penguin droppings highlight climate
change
It may be the king of the species
but the personal hygiene of emperor penguins is far from regal. Vast expanses
of penguin droppings that are visible from space are helping scientists pinpoint
the whereabouts of penguin colonies in Antarctica.
Negotiators from 181 countries began work on the first draft
of a new global warming treaty Monday, calling it a good beginning despite complaints
it was unbalanced and incomplete.
California forests hold
one answer to climate change
Silvery
light flickers through the redwood canopy of the Van Eck forest down to a fragrant
carpet of needles and thimbleberry brush. A brook splashes along polished stones,
through thickets of ferns.
World leaders are to meet for
an unprecedented second summit on climate change this year to try to get agreement
on a tough new treaty by December, and may even get together for a third time
before the end of the year.
African ministers resolve to combat
climate change
African environment
ministers ended a meeting in Kenya on Friday by adopting a Nairobi Declaration,
a major milestone on the road for combating climate change on the continent.
The Opposition Leader, Malcolm
Turnbull, indicated yesterday that he was willing to split with the National Party
and support an emissions trading scheme ...
