TOP 100 CAMPING SITES
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| In Alaska, a Wilderness to Call Your Own In a cabin in the Inside Passage, a family goes off the grid and experiences the rugged state on its own terms. travel.nytimes.com |
The Good News: A New Monkey Is Discovered; The Bad News: It Is Already at Risk A new monkey is swinging through the Amazon rainforests--at least it's new to scientists. Unfortunately, the future of this mini monkey, weighing in at just 7.5 ounces (213 grams) and nine inches (23 centimeters) tall, is already threatened by human development. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Can Oil Companies Accurately Measure Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Major oil companies are urging the White House to ensure that U.S. EPA's upcoming greenhouse gas reporting rules do not include what the industry considers burdensome requirements or force disclosure of proprietary information.Representatives of the American Petroleum Institute and several large companies -- BP America, Exxon Mobil Corp., Shell Oil Co. and Chevron Corp. -- met with Office of Management and Budget and EPA officials last Tuesday. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Poachers still killing 100 elephants daily in Africa Twenty years after the international ban on ivory trade took effect, poachers are still slaughtering more than 100 elephants a day, according to a report by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). [More] rss.sciam.com |
Christmas with the leatherbacks Want to know where Noelle and Darwinia --two intrepid adult female leatherback turtles ( Dermochelys coriacea ) that nest in Gabon--are spending their Christmas? Researchers at the University of Exeter in the U.K. have made it easy by launching a new Web site on Wednesday that uses satellite tracking technology to monitor the turtles' movements off the coast of west central Africa. [More] rss.sciam.com |