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Hacked E-Mails Add Fuel To Climate Naysayers' Fire : NPR
Seeded on Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:37 AM EST (NPR)
When hackers released some emails a couple of months ago of some of the worlds leading experts on global warming, it caused them huge embarrassment. The messages revealed ugly sniping going on behind the public discourse.
What Climate Change Means in Glacier National Park | Newsweek Emerging Technologies | Newsweek.com
Seeded on Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:30 AM EDT (Newsweek)
In the roadless, snow-muffled backcountry of northwestern Montana lies your best chance of ever seeing a wild Canada lynx.
Sick Fish May Get Sicker Due To Climate Change And Other Stresses
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:18 AM EDT (Science Daily)
ScienceDaily (Aug. 5, 2009) — Entire populations of North American fish already are being affected by several emerging diseases, a problem that threatens to increase in the future with climate change and other stresses on aquatic ecosystems, according to a noted U.S.
Yosemite trees in decline; climate change is lead suspect
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:16 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)
Yosemite National Park has fewer large trees than it did 70 years ago. Researchers believe climate change is behind the decline. From the 1930s to the 1990s, Yosemite's large-diameter tree density decreased 24%, according to a study by researchers at the U.S.
Big Trees Decline in Yosemite
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:15 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Trees are getting smaller in Yosemite National Park, and climate change may be the cause, according to the United States Geological Survey. In a study released last week, scientists from the survey and the University of Washington found that the number of trees with large diamet …
Will a warmer world make us sicker?
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:09 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Scientists are piecing together how climate impacts disease, strange patterns are emerging: mosquito outbreaks can follow drought, shorter migrations can make butterflies sick, and more birds (not fewer) can ward off West Nile virus.
Plague Vaccine for Prairie Dogs Could Save Endangered Ferret
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:39 AM EDT (Wired News)
Wild prairie dogs may soon get a dose of something extra in their daily diet: an oral vaccine against the plague. The same "Black Death" that devastated Europe during the Middle Ages is still alive and well in wild rodents across the western United States.
Yosemite's big trees withering away
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:33 AM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)
There might be a scientific reason that the old-growth trees in Yosemite National Park don't seem quite as big or as plentiful as those in your grandfather's early snapshots of the park.
Avian Silence: Without Birds to Disperse Seeds, Guam's Forest Is Changing
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:32 AM EDT (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)
The forest on Guam is silent.
Alaska Science Forum: The flight of the Kanuti whimbrel
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:30 AM EDT (Capital City Weekly)
Bob Gill had to look twice at his computer the other day. The two birds he was tracking in Alaska via Google Earth had veered off the lower right corner of the computer screen.
Fla. manatee still poking about upper Chesapeake
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:29 AM EDT (Associated Press)
Ilya the wandering Miami manatee has been spotted again, this time swimming up the Susquehanna River. Ilya was photographed Wednesday near Perryville, where the Susquehanna empties into the upper Chesapeake Bay.
Bird banding – Observatory monitors bird populations
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:27 AM EDT (Herald & News)
Daphne Swope and Adam Beeler get up with the sun to catch songbirds at Odessa Campground near Rocky Point. At 5 a.m., they begin checking 10 to 13 nets every 30 to 40 minutes for birds that have been ensnared by thin mesh stretched in the same spots year after year.
Climate changing? Uncle Sam wants your observations
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:26 AM EDT ()
John Latimer is waiting for the monarch butterflies.
Historic bird-watching program could help fight global warming
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:25 AM EDT (ABC Local Affiliates)
Almost 130 years ago volunteers around the country launched a bird-watching project that may help people understand the effects of global warming. Now, modern-day volunteers in the Bay Area are bringing that data back to life, reviving a treasure trove of science.
Living on Earth: Bird Lovers Build Bird Database
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:24 AM EDT ()
Ken Pauley is an avid birdwatcher. Now his love of birds is keeping him indoors. Pauley is one of numerous volunteers who are sorting through six million handwritten cards documenting bird sightings between 1880 and 1970 and transferring the information into a computer database.
Two Frogs, Two Pesticides and their Toxicity -- Environmental Protection
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:23 AM EDT ()
Two pesticides used in highly populated agricultural areas of California appear to be killing frogs that live and breed in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, according to results from a study published in the August 2009 issue of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
Blowing in the wind: Central Valley pesticides hurt Sierra frogs
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:20 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)
A new study adds to the evidence that Central Valley pesticide use is jeopardizing Sierra Nevada frog populations.
Researchers say Central Valley farming killing mountain frogs
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:19 AM EDT (Central Valley Business Times)
Farmers in the Central Valley are inadvertently killing frogs in the Sierra Nevada, according to a paper authored by researchers at Southern Illinois University and the U.S.
For Horned Lizard, Horns Alone Do Not Make The Species
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:18 AM EDT (Science Daily)
nceDaily (July 27, 2009) — How do you recognize a new species? A thorough study of the million-year evolution of California's horned lizards, sometimes referred to as "horny toads," shows that when it comes to distinguishing such recently diverged species, the most powerful met …
Scientists find species of nearly extinct frog
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:17 AM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)
Scientists have found evidence of a potentially large population of the nearly extinct mountain yellow-legged frog in a Southern California wilderness where it hadn't been seen in a half century, raising prospects for restoring the species to its once wide range.
Evidence of endangered frog group found in Calif.
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:16 AM EDT (Forbes)
LOS ANGELES -- Scientists have found evidence of a potentially large population of the nearly extinct mountain yellow-legged frog in a Southern California wilderness where it hadn't been seen in a half-century, raising prospects for restoring the species to its once wide range.
Population Of Nearly Extinct Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog Discovered
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:15 AM EDT (Science Daily)
ScienceDaily (July 28, 2009) — For the first time in nearly 50 years, a population of a nearly extinct frog has been rediscovered in the San Bernardino National Forest's San Jacinto Wilderness. Biologists from the U.S.
The python problem is growing in Florida and could spread to other states, including Texas
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:13 AM EDT (Examiner)
Wildlife expert Justin Matthews captured a 14-foot python in West Florida on Saturday, and officials say this is just one more example of a serious python problem that is spreading across the state and could move throughout the southern part of the nation.
Get serious about controlling exotics' spread
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:12 AM EDT (The Orlando Sentinel)
If the thought of bumping into a 20-foot python in the wild gives you the heebie-jeebies, imagine coming across a 30-foot anaconda. This isn't the stuff of a Hollywood B-movie. It could happen if lawmakers don't get serious about controlling the spread of exotic species.
Invasive mussels imperil western water system
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:10 AM EDT (Google)
Two years after an invasive mussel was first discovered at Lake Mead, the population has firmly established itself and gone on a breeding binge, with numbers soaring into the trillions.
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