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The role of wildlife conservation in human health
OpenDate : September 08, 2010By Laurel Neme, special to mongabay.com
This interview is an excerpt from The WildLife with Laurel Neme, a program that explores the mysteries of the animal world through interviews with scientists and other wildlife investigators. "The WildLife" airs every Monday from 1-2 pm EST on WOMM-LP, 105.9 FM in Burlington, Vermont. You can livestream it at theradiator.org or download the podcast from iTunes, laurelneme.com or laurelneme.podbean.com.
Dr. Laurel A. Neme is also the author of ANIMAL INVESTIGATORS: How the World's First Wildlife Forensics Lab is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species.
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Bjørn Lomborg: $100bn a year needed to fight climate change
OpenDate : September 01, 2010By Juliette Jowit, guardian.co.uk
The world's most high-profile climate change sceptic is to declare that global warming is "undoubtedly one of the chief concerns facing the world today" and "a challenge humanity must confront", in an apparent U-turn that will give a huge boost to the embattled environmental lobby.
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Climate Change, Like A Flood, Hits Those at the Bottom Hardest
OpenDate : August 30, 2010By RP Siegel, 3p Contributor
If you’re unfortunate enough to have a flood in your area, the first question you’ll want to ask yourself is how high up the hill you are. You’ll want to get yourself to safety and then perhaps give a thought to those lower down. Or, if you’re of a more humanitarian nature, you might head downhill to see if you can lend a hand to those who will surely need it.The same logic applies to global warming. It’s going to impact those at the bottom of the economic hill, or what economists sometimes call the base of the pyramid, most severely.
More.
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El Niños Are Growing Stronger, NASA/NOAA Study Finds
OpenDate : August 29, 2010Science Daily
A relatively new type of El Niño, which has its warmest waters in the central-equatorial Pacific Ocean, rather than in the eastern-equatorial Pacific, is becoming more common and progressively stronger, according to a new study by NASA and NOAA. The research may improve our understanding of the relationship between El Niños and climate change, and has potentially significant implications for long-term weather forecasting.
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Time to blame climate change for extreme weather?
OpenDate : August 26, 2010By Anil Ananthaswamy New Scientist
It IS time to start asking the hard questions. Countless people in flood-stricken Pakistan have lost families and livelihoods. Who can they hold responsible and turn to for reparations?
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France to drain lake under Mont Blanc glacier
OpenDate : August 25, 2010BBC News
French engineers are set to drain a lake that has formed under a glacier on Mont Blanc, and threatens to flood the St Gervais valley.
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Researchers monitoring Hawaii coral for bleaching
OpenDate : August 23, 2010By Audrey Mcavoy, Associated Press Writer
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Scientists plan to monitor corals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands next month for signs of bleaching that could harm the reefs.
Corals become stressed and expel the algae that live inside them when temperatures are warmer than normal. This causes corals to lose their color and appear white.
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Satellites show mangrove forest loss even worse than estimated
OpenDate : August 20, 2010By Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com
New satellite data shows that human actions are wiping out mangrove forests even faster than previous bleak estimates. Conducted by the US Geological Survey and NASA, the researchers found that mangroves comprise 12.3 percent less area than previously estimated. In total, satellites reveal that mangrove forests cover approximately 53,290 square miles (137,760 square kilometers).
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Indonesia gets first $30M from Norway under $1B forest deal
OpenDate : August 20, 2010mongabay.com
Norway has agreed to transfer an initial $30 million to Indonesia under its $1 billion REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) partnership with the Southeast Asian country.
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Indonesia's coral reefs dying at alarming rate
OpenDate : August 18, 2010Associated Press
Coral that survived the 2004 tsunami is now dying at one of the fastest rates ever recorded because of a dramatic rise in water temperatures off northwestern Indonesia, conservationists said, warning Wednesday that the threat extends to other reefs across Asia.