Noss Head mussels helped make marine survey a success
The largest Horse Mussel bed in Scotland, found in
waters near Caithness, was just one of many discoveries made during
a massive marine survey earlier this year.
Why county’s hen harriers teeter on brink of
extinction
The deep midwinter was traditionally the key time of
the year for the determined birder to be rewarded with a fluttering
glimpse of one of our most majestic predators.
Figures from the UK Department of Energy and Climate
Change (DECC) show that companies have announced plans for almost
£2.5 billion worth of renewable energy investment in the UK,
with the potential to create almost 12,000 jobs, so far in the financial
year 2011/12.
Equestrian conservation group voice fears over plans
to dig up Epsom Downs
An equestrian conservation group has savaged plans
to dig up part of Epsom Downs to level the racecourse and create
a wildlife habitat for the threatened small blue butterfly.
Quarry set to be extended despite 'negative impacts'
A massive quarry extension which will see 1.2 million
tonnes of sand and gravel extracted from South Derbyshire farmland
looks set to be approved by planners.
The number of elephants in two wildlife sanctuaries
in Tanzania has fallen by nearly 42 percent in just three years, a
census showed on Tuesday, as poachers increasingly killed the animals
for their tusks.
Return of wolves has helped ecosystem recovery in Yellowstone
Park
The return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park has
caused significant ecosystem recovery by curbing populations of elk
that for decades had over-browsed young aspen and willow trees ...
Norwegians have been left puzzled at the sight of thousands
of dead herring carpeting a beach in the northerly district of Nordreisa
with some wondering if a predator had driven them to their death or
a storm had washed them ashore.
EU Environment Ministers fail to stand up for nature
On Monday 19 December the EU Environment Council in
Brussels came out with conclusions on the EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy,
in which the interests of the farm lobby purveyed over biodiversity
protection.
Efforts by developed countries to redistribute promised
funds to help poorer parts of the world avoid environmental disasters
have been described as "dismal" by the foreign minister
of Bangladesh.
Police inquiry prompts new speculation on who leaked
climate-change e-mails
For two years, the mystery has endured: who set out
to undercut climate scientists by publishing more than 1,000 of
their private e-mails on the Internet?
Media coverage of climate change continued to tumble
in 2011, declining roughly 20 percent from 2010's levels and nearly
42 percent from 2009's peak, according to analysis of DailyClimate.org's
archive of global media.
Renewable energy sources generated 9% of the UK's
electricity in the third quarter of 2011, according to figures from
the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
