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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:....
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....
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 ....
“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....
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New evidence shows that if global warming melts the West Antarctic sheet, sea levels around the world could rise by up to five meters, a New Zealand scientist said on Thursday.... Read more...
Thursday,02 July, 2009 | Hits: 55
Action on Climate change can’t wait:A year has passed since Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released the National Action Plan on Climate Change.... Read more...
Wednesday,01 July, 2009 | Hits: 57
Concerned over environment and climate changes, the state government plans to have a new policy for wind energy. This includes working on a plan to divert traffic from private transport to public transport.... Read more...
Tuesday,30 June, 2009 | Hits: 54
The Union Government on Tuesday revealed that nuclear energy will be an important component of the 24 ‘critical initiatives’ to be taken up by different ministries in India to combat climate change. ... Read more...
Tuesday,30 June, 2009 | Hits: 65
The US House of Representatives on Friday passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act by a narrow margin of 17 votes. It still has one more test to pass, which would be when it is presented to the Senate for final approval. Everyone realises that this will not be a cakewalk and may result in further dilution of the Bill, which would obviously impact its contribution to climate change mitigation efforts.... Read more...
Tuesday,30 June, 2009 | Hits: 85
The airstrip at Lokichoggio, in the scorched wastes of north Kenya, was once ground zero for food aid. During Sudan’s civil war, flights from here kept millions of people alive. The warehouses are quieter now, but NGOs keep a toehold, in case war restarts — and to deal with what pundits call the “permanent emergency” of “environmentally induced” migration.
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Tuesday,30 June, 2009 | Hits: 76
Climate change has far-reaching implications for rapidly developing economies including India. The increased emission of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere disturbs the ecological balance created over millenniums. ... Read more...
Tuesday,30 June, 2009 | Hits: 62
India will not enter into any binding agreement with developed countries to cut down its green house emissions, minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday. Any such legal agreement would mean jeopardising the country’s energy consumption, power and agricultural production needed for poverty elimination,he added.... Read more...
Tuesday,30 June, 2009 | Hits: 96
Scientists say Darwinius masillaehas several human characteristics and could be our common ancestorIDA, THE NFIRST LINK TO HUMANS?95% complete, the 47-mnold fossil was named Ida after the daughter of Jørn Hurum, the paleontologist who secured one section of the fossil from an anonymous owner, and led the research.... Read more...
Wednesday,20 May, 2009 | Hits: 61
The missing link’ between humans and apes:Scientists unveiled the well-preserved fossilized remains found in Germany of a primate from 47 million years ago that may have been a close relative of the common ancestor of monkeys, apes and people.... Read more...
Wednesday,20 May, 2009 | Hits: 53
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