With the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch just around
the corner, the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is helping householders
to brush up on their ID skills.
Any airport development in the Thames Estuary would
be catastrophic for fragile ecosystems and wildlife, warns Kent Wildlife
Trust which is prepared to fight any proposals.
Animal and insect species in Europe are at risk of
extinction because they are failing to respond fast enough to our
rapidly changing climate, say scientists.
Roe deer may markedly alter forest nitrogen and phosphorus
budgets
Most forests in Europe are patchily distributed within
the agricultural landscape. Therefore, forest biogeochemistry in Europe
cannot be understood without considering the connectivity of nutrient
cycles between forest patches and fertilized cropland.
Protesters take on bird charity over plans for village
turbine
Campaigners have objected to plans for a new seabird
centre at Bempton after failing to win backing for their own campaign
against a nearby wind turbine.
REpower to upgrade Blyth wind farm with UK's biggest
turbine yet
Plans to repower one of the UK's oldest wind farms
have taken a major step forward after REpower Systems secured a
contract to supply a giant 3.4MW turbine to the Blyth Harbour onshore
wind farm in Northumberland.
Worst fish-kill in recent times off Guyana and Suriname
In what authorities believe is one of the worst fish-kills
in recent times, a lot of Curiass is being washed up on the Guyanese
and Surinamese foreshores, apparently due to murky Atlantic Ocean
waters and the discharge of freshwater into the sea.
Sulawesi is the 11th largest island in the world and
an Indonesian region blessed with unique biodiversity which inhabit
its pristine terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems.
Sumatran elephant upgraded to critically endangered
status
The Sumatran elephant has been placed on the list of
critically endangered species after losing half of its population
in a single generation, prompting calls from conservation groups for
emergency measures to halt the destruction of its habitat.
U.N. sustainable development summit shifts from climate
change
Representatives from around the world gather in Rio
in June to try to hammer out goals for sustainable development at
a U.N. conference designed to avoid being tripped up by the intractable
issue of climate change.
Biodiversity in danger without swift action, MEPs say
With Europe facing a “silent crisis” of
biodiversity loss, MEPs are considering ways to strengthen protections
for habitats and species but are divided over how to compel EU national
governments to live up to their commitments.
U.S. CO2 emissions to stay below 2005 levels as
coal use shrinks
U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions will be 7 percent
lower than their 2005 level of nearly 6 billion metric tons in 2020
as coal's share of electricity production continues a steady descent
over the next two decades, according to new government data.
Countries opposing an EU law that charges airlines
for carbon emissions should consider seeking waivers by adopting
equivalent emission reduction measures, the EU's new ambassador
to India said yesterday (23 January).
Climatic warming-induced change in timings of 24
seasonal divisions in China since 1960
The Twenty-four Solar Terms are ancient Chinese terms
used for about 2000 years. They describe 24 stages or timings associated
with seasonal changes in phenology and agricultural activity throughout
a year.
