Royal Navy ships patrolling Westcountry coastal waters
may be forced to turn off their sonar to prevent the stranding of
whales and dolphins on beaches.
The final month of 2011 proved to be a frustrating
one as far as any sort of whale watching was concerned with strong
south-westerlies keeping all but the most dedicated from the cliff-tops,
let alone out at sea.
Rugged oil beetle stronghold in the Stroud Valleys
Buglife and Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust are celebrating
the discovery of eleven rugged oil beetles at Elliott nature reserve,
on Swift’s Hill near Stroud.
Ayrshire's rolling green hills and succulent pasture
may be ideal for dairy cattle but new research is suggesting this
landscape is failing to provide vital winter food for declining farmland
birds
Disappointment as damaging rail route gets go-ahead
The Wildlife Trusts today express disappointment
as the first phase of High Speed 2 (HS2) is given the go-ahead by
the Transport Secretary. Serious damage to wildlife and habitats
is expected as a result of the route’s construction.
WWF & AEF: Civil Aviation Authority report on
airport capacity ‘a contradiction in terms’
WWF and the Aviation Environment Federation (AEF)
today rejected the Civil Aviation Authority's (CAA) report claiming
that new runways are needed in the Southeast in order to meet consumer
demand.
WWF-UK response to Defra announcement of funding
for endangered species projects
Defra have today announced investments totalling
£1.3 million for a range of projects dedicated to protecting
some of the world’s most endangered and best-loved species.
Leaked document reveals Rio+20 sustainable development goals
Countries will be asked this summer to sign up for
10 new sustainable development goals for the planet and promise to
build green economies at the first earth summit in 20 years.
Sunken ship oil spill leaves endangered species at
risk
An emergency plan has been activated to respond to
a sunken ship that is spilling oil and phosphate off the coast of
Christmas Island, creating a potential environmental disaster.
Australian activists released from Japanese whaling
vessel
An Australian customs ship was steaming toward a Japanese
whaling vessel to pick up three activists after Tokyo agreed to release
them without charges over their surprise boarding off southwest Australia.
Fracking moratorium urged as doctors call for health
study
The U.S. should declare a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing
for natural gas in populated areas until the health effects are better
understood, doctors said at a conference on the drilling process.
Canada let loose an extraordinary rant against opponents
of a controversial project to pump tar sands crude to Pacific Coast
ports on Monday, accusing campaigners of colluding with foreign "radicals"
and "jet-setting celebrities" to hijack the government.
At the root of carnivorous plant? Deadly underground
leaves
Sticky underground leaves help a Brazilian plant to
capture and digest worms, a hitherto unknown way for carnivorous plants
to catch victims, scientists find.
RenewableUK slams Civitas wind power report as inaccurate
and outdated
The renewable energy industry has today launched
a scathing attack on a new study that argues the government should
abandon its wind energy targets because the technology is ”inordinately
expensive” and is hampering efforts to cut carbon emissions
Low carbon Leeds City Region would 'save money and
create jobs'
Hopes of turning the Leeds city region into a 'low
carbon area' have been given useful underpinning by an academic
study which shows how cutting energy bills could be both profitable
and create jobs.
Business chiefs call for better Government support
for the green economy
Businesses that are helping the UK transition to
a green economy are calling on the Government to provide greater
certainty to ensure growth and jobs, a GreenWise poll has revealed.
Scientists say they hope ice cores drilled to bedrock
from a glacier in the eastern European Alps will yield clues to
the ancient climate history of the region.
Global warming: European species lag in habitat shift
Fast-track warming in Europe is making butterflies
and birds fall behind in the move to cooler habitats and prompting
a worrying turnover in alpine plant species, studies published Sunday
said.
Australian scientists report link between climate,
habitat loss
Australian scientists on Sunday said the governments
may need to abandon efforts to save certain animals in particular
areas when faced with the effects of climate change and habitat
loss.
Scientists long puzzled by the rapid decline in millions
of Canadian boreal ducks since the 1970s think they may finally
have the cause: global warming.
Global warming caused by greenhouse gases delays
natural patterns of glaciation, researchers say
Unprecedented levels of greenhouse gases in the Earth's
atmosphere are disrupting normal patterns of glaciation, according
to a study co-authored by a University of Florida researcher and
published online Jan. 8 in Nature Geoscience.
