News tagged with biodiversity crisis


The soldadinho-do-araripe is one of the species in critical danger of extinction

2010 species pledge set to fail: conservationists

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The world's paramount authority on species loss has warned that pledges to roll back the threat to biodiversity by 2010 were running into the sand.





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Cautious conservation: How to ensure that slowing global warming will protect biodiversity

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

While it is clear that massive destruction of tropical rainforests poses a serious threat to the incredibly rich biodiversity found on Earth, other hazards are not so explicit. An international group of prominent scientists ...


Novel carbon-trading scheme could stop large-scale extinctions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 2

A new strategy for saving tropical forest species was published in the leading journal Science on the eve of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark, by a team of researchers, includ ...


Carbon-offsetting and conservation can both be winners in rainforest

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Logged rainforests can support as much plant, animal and insect life as virgin forest within 15 years if properly managed, research at the University of Leeds has found.


Microbial societies do not like oligarchy

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bacteria and humans tend to live in highly diverse and complex communities. Most interestingly, bacteria and humans appear to prefer to live in a democracy. This is the basic message of the paper entitled "Initial community ...


Data point to some improvements in China's environment

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The rapid growth of China's forests over the past 20 years makes them the fastest growing forest resources in the world, according to an assessment published in the November issue of BioScience.


Scientists uncover new dolphin species in Australian waters

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created Nov 21, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Marine mammal experts have uncovered a new species of dolphin in Australian waters, challenging existing knowledge about bottlenose dolphin classifications and highlighting the country's marine biodiversity.


In search of the root causes of the 2008 crisis: New York Fed to hear new theory on financial meltdown

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Anjan Thakor, finance professor at the Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, will present a new theory on the causes of the financial crisis to a meeting of the New York Federal Reserve ...


New climate treaty could put species at risk

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Plans to be discussed at the forthcoming UN climate conference in Copenhagen to cut deforestation in developing countries could save some species from extinction but inadvertently increase the risk to others, scientists believe.


Looming tropical disaster needs urgent action

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

A major review by University of Adelaide researchers shows that the world is losing the battle over tropical habitat loss with potentially disastrous implications for biodiversity and human well-being.


Biodiversity loss weakens global development

Biodiversity loss weakens global development

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biodiversity loss is undermining global development, leading scientists warn. The paper brings together a broad group of scientists and policy makers, including Natural History Museum plant expert Dr Sandra ...



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