TOP 100 CAMPING SITES
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| Wolves dropped from U.S. endangered species list -- again This week, gray wolves in the Northern Rockies lost their protected status under the Endangered Species Act for the second time in the space of a year. And what a long, strange year it's been.There are many factors affecting the decision, of course: farmers want to protect their livestock, hunters want to be able to shoot wolves; people are scared of wolves and other large predators; and contractors want to be able to build in the Northern Rockies. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Stable ancient atmosphere underscores current greenhouse spike Despite vast changes in climate since the early Pleistocene, 2.1 million years ago, carbon dioxide levels have stayed pretty stable until lately, according to a study published online today in Science. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Komodo dragons? Not in my backyard--Or yours A plan by the Indonesia Ministry of Forestry to move 10 Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) to a breeding facility on Bali has met with protests from two groups of local citizens, neither of which want the lizards moved, but for different reasons. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Lack of U.S. Climate Change Legislation Will Delay Global Treaty Talks President Obama's top climate diplomat acknowledged today that Capitol Hill delays over global warming legislation will likely push international negotiations to work beyond a December summit in Copenhagen on a new treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol."I think that we'll shape the thing to get as much done as can be done, and there are some pieces that need to get completed," Todd Stern , the State Department's climate envoy, told reporters. "But I think the mission is to get the most ambitious, most far-reaching accord that we can in Copenhagen, and to the extent there's some things that need to be completed after that, then that will happen." [More] rss.sciam.com |
At Año Nuevo Point The value of coastal protection can be seen north of Santa Cruz, Calif., where sea otters and the northern elephant seals have been saved from extinction. nytimes.com |