A new RSPB Scotland project to attach satellite tags to red kites
for the first time in the UK will link schools and communities with the growing
Northern Red Kite population, and establish a new visitor attraction later in
the year.
Humpback whale entangled
in lobster pots freed off Wexford
A
humpback whale which became tangled in lobster pots off the Co Wexford coast has
been released in a collaborative rescue involving anglers, divers and lifeboat
volunteers.
Top television naturalist Sir David
Attenborough has been in Somerset celebrating the 25th anniversary of the reintroduction
of the large blue butterfly into Britain.
Toxic molecule
may help birds 'see' north and south
Researchers at the University of Illinois report that a toxic
molecule known to damage cells and cause disease may also play a pivotal role
in bird migration.
Just days after the first fin whale sighting of the season, RNLI
crews successfully free a humpback whale entangled in lobster pot lines of Hook
Head, Co. Wexford.
Divers
from Cornwall, Devon and the Isles of Scilly have spent a week surveying the reefs
and tidal channels around the Isles of Scilly including sites that had never previously
been dived.
Wildlife
and conservation experts met at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Slimbridge
to press for protection of the Severn estuary if it is used to tidal power.
The NFU has thrown
its weight behind FWAG’s 40th anniversary campaign with President Peter Kendall
signing up to one of the ’Do one thing for wildlife’ pledges on his farm in Bedfordshire.
Environmentally friendly car trials start within weeks
The first of a fleet of 340 environmentally-friendly cars will
take to the streets within weeks as part of the Government's plans to cut carbon
emissions from road transport.
Inspector shortage threatens to delay nuclear ambitions
The government's ambitious timetable for a new wave of nuclear
reactors to begin operation from 2017 could face delays as a result of a shortage
of qualified safety inspectors, according to a confidential report from the government's
chief nuclear inspector.
A Local Nature Reserve which
has hundreds of species of wildflowers, grasses, trees and shrubs and is a ground-nesting
site for skylarks and meadow pipits, has a serious problem with thistles.
The organisation that regulates world whaling opened a crucial
conference with leaders seeking to avoid a disastrous split over hunting the marine
mammals.
'Bycatch' whaling a growing threat to coastal
whales
Scientists are warning that
a new form of unregulated whaling has emerged along the coastlines of Japan and
South Korea, where the commercial sale of whales killed as fisheries "bycatch"
is threatening coastal stocks of minke whales and other protected species.
Norway's fish farms thrive under
ecologists' watchful eye
Tucked away
in the corner of an enchanting fjord, 600,000 baby trout frolick in underwater
cages as they wait their turn to end up on dinner plates: fish farming is booming
in Norway, under the watchful eye of environmentalists.
Genetically modified crops produced in Australia will be on supermarket
shelves by 2015, the National Farmers' Federation congress in Brisbane has been
told.
Hope for Seychelles'
last Critically Endangered species
The
first Seychelles Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone corvina chicks to fledge
successfully outside La Digue Island, Seychelles for over 60 years is flying on
Denis Island, a coral island in the inner Seychelles group.
China has halted a program of
letting marginal farmland return to woodland, because of fears the country's arable
land area could fall below a "red line" needed to feed its people, a vice minister
said on Tuesday.
Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday
he was optimistic that the world could agree on a climate change accord with the
support of the U.S. administration of Barack Obama.
Government unveils new
Climate Adaptation Committee
Just
days after the release of its shocking new climate impact report warning of the
increased incidence of heatwaves, floods and droughts, the government has today
announced the formation of a new Climate Adaptation Committee to provide expert
independent advice on adaptation measures.
Human activity is altering the world's precipitation patterns,
bringing more rainfall to Canada, Northern Europe and Russia and drier weather
to tropical and subtropical areas north of the equator ...
The latest
research expedition to the Southern Patagonia Ice Field revealed that alpine glaciers
in the Chilean and Argentine Andes are disappearing at much faster rates than
previously anticipated by the scientific community.
After a long gap, scientists in Nepal have embarked on the first
field studies of Himalayan glacial lakes, some of which are feared to be swelling
dangerously due to global warming.
Canadian scientists are
breeding a special type of cow designed to burp less, a breakthrough that could
reduce a big source of greenhouse gases responsible for global warming.
Greenhouse gases from chemicals used in refrigerants and air
conditioning are set to be a bigger than expected spur of climate change by 2050,
scientists said.
