300 million year old fossilized forest discovered under coal mine in China
There's some good coming off China's extensive coal exploitation (the nation holds the top place for most pollutant emissions resulting from burning co Continue reading →
View ArticleFirst Photos of China’s 298-Million-Year-Old Buried Forest
These are the first photos of some of the countless treasures found in the extraordinary 298-million-year-old forest discovered under coal mine in Wuda, Inner Mongolia, China. Continue reading →
View ArticleAmazon Families Finding Sustainable Alternatives to Deforestation – News Watch
Editor’s Note: Rane Cortez works for The Nature Conservancy and is based in Belem, Brazil. She has just moved for two months to the highly deforested frontier town of São Felix do Xingu (roughly...
View ArticlePetition calls on Brazilian president to veto ‘catastrophic’ forest code –...
More than 1.5 million people have petitioned Dilma Rousseff to reject a bill that may lead to further destruction of the Amazon Continue reading →
View ArticleIndian state to let forest guards shoot poachers on sight – Environment –...
Maharashtra government says killing poachers will no longer be considered a crime after eight tiger deaths in the state this year Continue reading →
View ArticleBBC News – Green decline ‘may bring irreversible change’
Humanity's path is anything but sustainable, the UN Environment Programme warns, as scientists suggest life may be heading for irreversible change. Continue reading →
View ArticleMystery ‘forest boy’ shows face 10 months on – The Local
Berlin police have released a photograph of the English-speaking boy known as Ray, nearly a year after he showed up claiming to have no idea who he was and that he had been living in the German woods...
View ArticleForest Boy finally identified and admits: ‘I made it all up’– Telegraph
The mystery of the Continue reading →
View ArticlePine Beetles Turn Forests From Carbon Sinks to Sources
Insect infestations are turning forests in British Columbia into net carbon sources, according to new research that may force researchers to revise climate change models. Continue reading →
View ArticleAfrica’s savannas may become forests by 2100, study suggests
Large parts of Africa’s savannas may well be forests by 2100. The study suggests that fertilization by atmospheric carbon dioxide is forcing increases in tree cover throughout Africa. A switch from...
View ArticleThe Life of a Salvaged Tree, From Forest to Tree – News Watch
Editor's note: There was a lot of discussion at Rio+20 about reducing deforestation, both to preserve critical habitat and decrease carbon emissions. Some big commitments were made to that end,...
View ArticleNASA – Landsat Sets the Standard for Maps of World’s Forests
Countries like Brazil are using NASA satellite data to track and measure their forests in advance of a United Nations effort to reduce climate change. Continue reading →
View ArticleHuman cycles: history as science – KurzweilAI
(Credit: Missouri Historical Society/Wikimedia Commons) Advocates of cliodynamics say that they can use scientific methods to illuminate the past. But Continue reading →
View ArticleNew owl species discovered in the Philippines
Two new owl species have been described in the Philippines, reports Inquirer News. Continue reading →
View ArticleNew bird discovered in Colombia imperiled by hydroelectric project
In a little-known dry forest in Colombia, scientists have discovered a new species of bird: the Antioquia wren (Thryophilus sernai). First seen in 2010, scientists photographed the new wren and...
View ArticleJavan rhino clings to survival in last forest stronghold – Environment
There are only 35 rhinos in the wild, and no individuals in captivity. But conservationists hope they can increase the numbers of what is possibly the rarest large mammal on Earth Continue reading →
View ArticleJournalist Found Murdered
The body of a Cambodian reporter who uncovered illegal logging is found in the trunk of his car. Continue reading →
View ArticleScienceShot: The Sharp Shape of Frozen Water – ScienceNOW
ScienceShot: The Sharp Shape of Frozen Water - ScienceNOW Continue reading →
View ArticleMicrobial fauna in your belly button is like a ‘tropical forest’
According to researchers, thousands and thousands of bacteria types (some new to science) can be found in your belly button - but don't worry: Continue reading →
View ArticlePanama Forest Boasts Tens of Thousands of Arthropod Species – ScienceNOW
Panama Forest Boasts Tens of Thousands of Arthropod Species - ScienceNOW Continue reading →
View ArticleAmerica’s Latest Oil and Gas Rush – Group Think
As the unconventional oil and gas drilling rapidly industrializes rural areas across the nation, the lessons of Bayou Corne will be crucial to draw upon. The full story of America's current oil and gas...
View ArticleHuge New Species of Flying Frog Discovered in Vietnam – Biology
An international team of amphibian biologists has discovered a new species of flying frog near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Continue reading →
View ArticleIndian man single-handedly plants a 1,360-acre forest – MNN – Mother Nature...
Jadav Payeng single-handedly turned a barren sandbar in northern India into a lush new forest ecosystem. Continue reading →
View ArticleIndian Rhino Poachers Shot Dead – India Real Time
The recent surge in killings of one-horned rhinoceroses in India’s northeastern state of Assam by poachers has again shone a spotlight on the endangered animal’s fight for survival. Continue reading →
View ArticleBBC Nature – African forest elephants decline by 62% in 10 years
Forest elephant numbers have decreased by 62% across central Africa over the last decade, according to the largest study of its kind. Continue reading →
View ArticleParks, indigenous territories are effectively reducing Amazon deforestation
Strict conservation areas and indigenous reserves are more effective at reducing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon relative to 'sustainble-use' areas set up for non-indigenous resource extraction,...
View ArticleDemand for chopsticks killing trees, Chinese lawmaker says
BEIJING: A Chinese legislator who heads a forestry company has urged the country to save more trees by reducing the 80 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks it makes each year, state media say....
View ArticleSlaughter of the African Elephants
Poachers in central Africa are pushing elephants to extinction. Continue reading →
View ArticleStudy finds fungi, not plant matter, responsible for most carbon...
(Phys.org) —A new study undertaken by a diverse group of scientists in Sweden has found that contrary to popular belief, most of the carbon that is sequestered in northern boreal forests comes about...
View ArticleEndangered primates and cats may be hiding out in swamps and mangrove forests
What happens to animals when their forest is cut down? If they can, they migrate to different forests. But in an age when forests are falling far and fast, many species may have to shift to entirely...
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