Killer whales hum
to herring to herd them into groups before slaughtering them with a slap of their
tails, researchers at a Scottish university have found.
A new report issued by the Lincolnshire
Bird Club celebrates the success of many of the county's bird species. The Lincolnshire
Bird Report is an assessment of the state of Lincolnshire's birds during 2008
in comparison to other years.
Waxwings
have been pouring into Sweden this week, probably coming from Siberia. So far
this winter only a few of these crested pink birds have been seen in Britain.
Rare Peregrine falcons are being encouraged to nest in the city
for the first time after the University of Sheffield constructed a special platform
on St George's Church in the Portobello area.
A study published today in Science ... sheds new light on the
flight behaviours that enable insects to undertake long-distance migrations, and
highlights the remarkable abilities of these insect migrants.
Tidal
energy in the Solway Firth could generate power for hundreds of thousands of homes
but would need significant financial support to proceed, according to a new study.
The UK Government has published
a 15 year strategy to deliver world class marine science which will inform decisions
on food and energy security, managing the seas sustainably and climate change.
Beauly-Denny work to start this year but final costs are still
unknown
Work to prepare the way for
the controversial Beauly to Denny power line will begin later this year in the
hope it will be completed within four years.
Still no expert group set up to deal
with toxic dump
The Office of Public
Work (OPW) has admitted it still has not set up an expert group to deal with tonnes
of toxic waste dumped in Cork harbour - seven months after being told to do so.
Extensive commercial fishing
endangers dolphin populations in the Mediterranean. This has been shown in a new
study carried out at the University of Haifa’s Department of Maritime Civilizations.
First discovery of the female sex
hormone progesterone in a plant
In
a finding that overturns conventional wisdom, scientists are reporting the first
discovery of the female sex hormone progesterone in a plant. Until now, scientists
thought that only animals could make progesterone.
Geo-tagging reveals mining threats on the “Last frontier”
Plant Talk invited Dario Novellino from the Centre for Biocultural
Diversity (CBCD), UK to speak out against the logging and mining in protected
areas that is destroying the forests of Palawan.
Oman attaches great importance to maintaining a healthy, clean
environment and this focus has increased in direct response to the economic and
social advances taking place in the country.
New research conducted at the University of Maryland's bat lab
shows Egyptian fruit bats find a target by NOT aiming their guiding sonar directly
at it.
If you were drawing
up a guest list for an animal dinner party, sex-mad bonobos might not be your
first choice, especially as they have recently been shown to cannibalise their
own offspring.
The increasing acidity of the world's oceans - and that acidity's
growing threat to marine species - are definitive proof that the atmospheric carbon
dioxide that is causing climate change is also negatively affecting the marine
environment ...
Scant Arctic ice could mean summer
"double whammy"
Scant ice over the
Arctic Sea this winter could mean a "double whammy" of powerful ice-melt next
summer, a top U.S. climate scientist said on Thursday.
Climate change policy just got a whole lot harder. Once again,
the culprit is the science. New research suggests that forests are not the carbon
sinks they were assumed to be.
Companies feel threatened by climate fight: U.N. chief
Certain countries and companies feel threatened by growing efforts
against climate change, the U.N. climate chief said on Thursday, after other officials
spoke of a campaign to undermine a consensus on global warming.
Yvo de Boer, the United Nation’s top climate change official,
on Thursday leapt to the defence of the embattled UN climate change scientist
Rajendra Pachauri, saying it would be “senseless” for him to resign.
A national mandate requiring utilities to generate 25 percent
of power from sources such as wind and solar energy by 2025 will create three
times more jobs than weaker measures Congress is considering, a study released
by renewable energy advocates said on Thursday.
Black carbon a significant factor in melting of Himalayan glaciers
The fact that glaciers in the Himalayan mountains are thinning
is not disputed. However, few researchers have attempted to rigorously examine
and quantify the causes.
Spain
sees emissions to 2012 breaching Kyoto limit
Spain
on Tuesday predicted on Wednesday that its greenhouse gas emissions in the 2008-12
period will be almost 20 percent above the upper limit it was set in 1990 under
the Kyoto Protocol.
