British
dolphins have travelled a record-breaking distance from Scotland's east coast
to Ireland, research backed by an international environment charity has discovered.
Three rare seabirds have hatched at a nature reserve. Wardens
at Langstone Harbour have their fingers crossed that the little terns will make
it through the first 17 days before they fledge.
The two commonest warblers of the oak woods, the blackcap and
garden warbler, are still singing vigorously, but now the foliage is so thick
they are not often seen.
The UK Government
and the devolved administrations in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast have been criticised
by the RSPB for failing to do enough to protect wildlife and tackle climate change.
Wales is falling behind in the fight to halt the decline of its
natural environment, according to a new report from the Royal Society for the
Protection of Birds.
Environmental engineering
company and water expert MWH has made a donation to Lancashire Wildlife Trust
to enable them to restore peat land and bogs across the Northwest ...
Local people such as fishermen, sea anglers and divers, who use
and enjoy the sea, are being invited to help plan Marine Conservation Zones off
the coast of Cornwall.
The
environmental record of the outgoing European Commission is worryingly off target.
This is the outcome of the report published today in Brussels by the ‘Green 10’,
the coalition of leading environmental organisations, of which BirdLife International
is a member.
The rapid expansion of rubber plantations
in Southeast Asia in the last decade could have a devastating effect on the environment,
scientists here have warned.
Indonesian
orang-utans and tigers threatened by new logging scheme
Elephants, Sumatran tigers and some of Asia’s rarest orang-utans
will be plunged into a “dire and immediate” fight for their lives this summer
as plans are finalised for a massive logging operation in Indonesia ...
Talk about showing off for
your lady. During courtship flights, male Anna's hummingbirds sustain accelerations
that would cause a fighter jet pilot to pass out.
As global climate changes, some African bird species may need
to relocate to new habitats. But the expansion and shifting of geographical ranges
might be hindered by natural breaks in the landscape, according to new research.
A study, recently published
in the Journal of Mammalogy, chronicles the behaviors of the long-beaked echidna
(also called the spiny anteater), the first mammal to lay eggs.
Japan targets eight percent emissions cut from 1990 levels
Japan said Wednesday it plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions
by the equivalent of eight percent from 1990 levels by the end of the next decade,
a goal attacked as too little by environmentalists.
One fifth of China's energy to come from renewables
by 2020
A senior Chinese official
has said China wants to produce one-fifth of its energy needs from renewable sources
by 2020, a significant increase on the current target.
The UN's top climate official on Wednesday voiced doubt about
the prospects for completing a new pact on global warming in Copenhagen by its
much-touted December deadline.
The French government
on Wednesday kickstarted plans for a so-called carbon tax on energy-hungry products,
to be rolled out by 2011 as part of France's efforts to slash global warming emissions.
A U.S. study shows introducing a
hybrid of the American chestnut tree would not only help the nearly extinct species,
but also reduce atmospheric carbon.
The
wind, a favorite power source of the green energy movement, might be dying down
across the United States. And global warming — the very problem wind power seeks
to address — could be behind that.
A new measure of global warming from carbon emissions
Damon Matthews, a professor in Concordia University's Department
of Geography, Planning and the Environment has found a direct relationship between
carbon dioxide emissions and global warming.
