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Lizard named after Obama was wiped out by climate change

Well it was just a matter of time before some commie scientists named an extinct animal after the 44th president of the United States. Obamadon gracilis is the name, and the foot-long creature — which was discovered in a fossil bed in Montana — has been extinct for about 65 million years. And ironically, its extinction may indicate that paleolithic changes in climate affected animals differently than previously believed. Paleontologist Nicholas Longrich explains that scientists are now rethinking the idea that the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs spared smaller lizards like Obamadon:....

Ten Years of the Biological Diversity Act

India’s Biological Diversity (BD) Act was enacted in 2002. There is now a decade of its existence to reflect on.The genesis of the law can be traced to the Convention on Biological Diversity(CBD), which was signed at the Rio Summit in 1992. While assessing the 10 years of the Act, one has to be mindful of how India itself has undergone change in these years. By the time the Act came into force, trade imperatives had begun to influence environmental law and policy making both at the national and global level. The final shape of the Act and the manner of its implementation through the BD rules issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests....

Endow-Bio, Inc., the First National Endowment for Biodiversity

This is the birth announcement of Endow-Bio, Inc., the First National Endowment for Biodiversity. Please help us to publicize our brand new, all-volunteer, 501(c)(3) public charity. Endow-Bio, Inc. operates wholly within the U.S. Our current crises of nature, conservation and culture call for an audaciously hopeful response in the form of this new public charity. Our mission is to further conservation of biodiversity of native species and their habitats in the U.S., to expose the full breadth of our environmental problems, to show there are good-hearted people working to solve these problems who would ....

Protecting Livestock and Wildlife through Transfrontier Conservation Areas: An Interview with Steve Osofsky

“We are looking to make wildlife and livestock more compatible by dealing with diseases, by dealing with human/wildlife conflict, and at the same time seeking economic opportunity in both of these arenas.” Steve Osofsky, director of wildlife health policy for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), developed the Animal & Human Health for the Environment And Development (AHEAD) program at WCS and served as the first wildlife veterinary officer for the Botswana Department of Wildlife and National Parks. In an interview with Worldwatch Research Fellow Molly Theobald, Dr. Osofsky discusses how farmers can both help and benefit from wildlife c....

Blogs

Cooling the World

Can climate engineering help check the efforts of global warming? Put yourself in the shoes of a future President of the Maldives. The earth has been warming relentlessly for several decades, and the rising sea is about to wipe the island nation off the world map. There are some untested ways to stop the warming and the sea level rise, but they would adversely impact other nations. What would you, the Maldives President, do? ...
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Sunday,30 August, 2009 | Hits: 59

Global warming will affect Earth’s tilt’

A new study has suggested that global warming may heat up oceans to the extent that it could cause Earth’s axis to tilt in the coming century. ...
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Friday,21 August, 2009 | Hits: 81

New constructs for betterment

We have the potential to create a sustainable world where 100% of the population lives comfortably and in harmony with our environment Since the late 17th century — a relatively short time in world history — the Industrial Age has showered immense wealth and prosperity on a billion people. For the rest of the six billion people on earth, however, the quality of life is no better — and perhaps worse — than it was for the typical peasant farmer or hunter-gatherer of the Middle Ages. Moreover, industrialization has left the world a poorer place in terms of natural resources, fresh air, and potable water. ...
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Sunday,30 August, 2009 | Hits: 59

Going, going gone!

It is unfortunate that the fight against global warming has been increasingly politicized, especially due to the efforts to fix accountability and commit to specific carbon reduction norms in light of the impending crisis. The technology divide between the developed and the developing world, not to mention the debate over which countries fall into which of the two categories, has only accentuated the problem. ...
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Friday,28 August, 2009 | Hits: 84

Growing fast as it sinks

The rice plant has adapted to keep its head above water, says S AnanthanarayananTHE rice plant differs from other cereal plants like wheat or barley in the way it saves its contact with air for efficient photosynthesis. The corrugated and water repellant surface of the leaves and stalk of the rice plant, when submerged in water, is coated with a layer of air. This layer helps regulate the flow of carbon dioxide and oxygen for the plant to use light energy to grow. Other plant varieties use this pathway to a much lesser extent. ...
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Tuesday,25 August, 2009 | Hits: 48

India not to set greenhouse gas emission targets in can’t meet

INDIA is working towards creating an ambitious sustainable development model that would lead to reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, claims Shyam Saran. ...
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Thursday,20 August, 2009 | Hits: 63

A green delight for Delhiites in store

The Yamuna Bio-diversity Park in Wazirabad here is being spruced up and will be ready well ahead of the Commonwealth Games in the city next year. ...
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Sunday,16 August, 2009 | Hits: 88

Monitor every little detail

What to focus on when buying a new serene. They’re all flat; 22 inches measured horizontally and offer a range of additional functions. So how can buyers tell a good PC monitor from a bed one? Is a contract of 500:1 sufficient, or does is need a ratio of 3,000:1? ...
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Sunday,30 August, 2009 | Hits: 60

Climate change and Development

Since the late 17th century — a relatively short time in world history — the Industrial Age has showered immense wealth and prosperity on a billion people. For the rest of the six billion people on earth, however, the quality of life is no better — and perhaps worse — than it was for the typical peasant farmer or hunter-gatherer of the Middle Ages. ...
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Sunday,30 August, 2009 | Hits: 59

Converting energy-efficiency savings into cash earnings

Industry has welcomed the government nod to the energy-efficiency mission, but is closely watching to see how it is operationalised. ...
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Sunday,30 August, 2009 | Hits: 94

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