By placing real and virtual objects in the flight paths
of bats, scientists at the Universities of Bristol and Munich have
shed new light on how echolocation works.
The clocks might have gone back and Christmas shopping
started but in the garden at least, people are still seeing signs
of summer according to the RSPB.
A commission report which suggests alternatives to
the proposed Thames Tunnel ... has been strongly rejected by environmental,
wildlife and amenity groups.
Open spaces become city’s first two nature
reserves
It may be best-known for its popular fishing lake,
but more than 100 acres at Noddle Hill ... is now officially one
of the city’s first two nature reserves.
UN overhaul required to govern planet's life support
system: Experts
Reducing the risk of potential global environmental
disaster requires a "constitutional moment" comparable in
scale and importance to the reform of international governance that
followed World War II ...
Biodiversity in Europe's lakes and rivers is shrinking.
Pollution, overfishing, habitat loss and the introduction of invasive
species threaten a large number of fish, mollusks, snails and plants,
according to a new European Commission report.
Conservation science can help protect the variety of
living things in tropical landscapes even if they are being turned
into oil palm plantations, new research argues.
Environmentalists want Ottawa to save Alberta’s
sage grouse
Twelve environmental groups are calling on the federal
government to protect Alberta’s few surviving sage grouse, birds
they say have been pushed out of their natural habitat by oil and
gas development in the southeast corner of the province.
WWF says sustainability of palm oil sources improving
Supermarkets and food companies are improving how they
source palm oil, a key ingredient in half of all packaged foods –
but not fast enough to prevent further environmental damage, according
to the World Wildlife Fund.
Governments and NGOs review actions on power line threats
to migratory birds
Two new international reports on the conflict between
migratory birds and power lines in the African-Eurasian region are
being presented to delegates at the Conference of the Parties (COP)
to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild
Animals (CMS), in Bergen, Norway.
Europe expands protected areas but biodiversity battered
Europe's natural biodiversity heritage is showing "an
alarming decline," according to new research published today
by the European Red List, a part of the IUCN Red List of Threatened
Species.
Huhne eyes £14 billion investment for new energy plan
The government hopes to start up 14 billion pounds
of private investment by 2020 to insulate draughty homes and reduce
energy bills that have seen fuel poverty rates more than double
since the start of the last decade.
Hacked emails do not subvert climate science, says
university
The university at the centre of the "Climategate"
email-hacking controversy moved swiftly yesterday to play down the
significance of a new batch of messages between global-warming researchers
released this week on the eve of a major UN climate conference.
UK wants global climate pact '"operational"
by 2020
Britain wants a new globally binding climate deal
to be "operational" by 2020 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
enough to keep world temperature rises to a limit of 2 degrees Celsius,
the UK's minister for energy and climate change said.
UN chief slams rich nations' plans to delay climate
change treaty
The United Nations' environment chief has slammed
plans by the world's richest nations to put off a global treaty
on climate change to 2020, saying the proposals were "very
high risk".
Japan lures Toshiba, Marubeni to help curb carbon
outside Kyoto
Japan is planning a series of bilateral technology-transfer
agreements to offset itsgreenhouse gases, another step away from
the international treaty signed in 1997 to limit emissions worldwide.
With global climate talks set to begin next week,
China on Tuesday issued the most comprehensive document yet on its
plans and negotiating positions on emissions.
