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1141.Climate change, plant roots may accelerate carbon loss from soils (2015-04-07)
... Soil, long thought to be a semi-permanent storehouse for ancient carbon, may be releasing carbon dioxide to the atmosphere faster than anyone thought, according to Oregon State University soil scientists. In a study published in this week’s online edition of the journal Nature Climate Change, the researchers showed that chemicals emitted by plant roots act... ...
1142.Under the microscope, strong-swimming swamp bacteria spontaneously organize into crystals (2015-04-07)
... Insects form swarms, fish school, birds flock together. Likewise, one species of bacteria forms dynamic, living crystals, says new research from Rockefeller University. Biophysicists have revealed that fast-swimming, sulfur-eating microbes known as Thiovulum majus can organize themselves into a two-dimensional lattice composed of rotating cells, the first known example of bacteria spontaneously forming such a... ...
1143.Where is the world’s greenest city? (2015-04-02)
... It’s easy to say we’d like our cities to be cleaner and greener. But what does that even mean? “Greenness” is a concept that’s hard to pin down – there’s no official list of the top 50 most eco-friendly cities, nor any widely agreed set of measurements for working out how green a city actually... ...
1144.UK’s most endangered butterfly back from the brink (2015-04-02)
... The critically endangered high brown fritillary had its best summer in a decade in 2014, with numbers rising 180% in a year thanks to conservation efforts The high brown fritillary butterfly was once common in woodlands across England and Wales. Photograph: Iain H Leach/Butterfly Conservation ...
1145.Polar bears face starvation as unlikely to adapt to a land-based diet, says report (2015-04-02)
... New research casts doubt on the theory that polar bears could survive habitat loss as sea ice declines by foraging for food on land Polar bears will not be able to get enough calories from land-based food, says a new report Photograph: Justin Hofman/Barcroft Media ...
1146.Fossil-fuel divestment is not the way to reduce carbon emissions (2015-03-25)
... or two decades I lived in Vietnam, leading research into the health challenges affecting low and middle-income countries. It is clear from my personal and professional experience that environmental change, including climate change, is among the most significant of these: rising temperatures, altered weather patterns, urbanisation and habitat loss have serious implications for nutrition, disasters... ...
1147.Inside the Guardian – how we started the debate about climate change (2015-03-25)
... The Guardian’s climate change campaign launched last week and already more than 100,000 readers have pledged their support. Keep it in the ground journalist Emma Howard explains what’s been going on behind the scenes The Keep it in the ground journalists debate climate change with editor-in-chief Alan Rushbridger. Photograph: Guardian ...
1148.Shell oil drilling in Arctic set to get US government permission (2015-03-25)
... Controversial decision expected from US interior secretary likely to spark protests from campaigners against Anglo-Dutch exploration in seas off Alaska A Greenpeace activist covers the Shell logo in May 2012. Photograph: Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty ...
1149.Great Barrier Reef: Nationals MP says environmentalists are guilty of treason (2015-03-25)
... Conservation groups are ‘eco-traitors’ for lobbying the Unesco world heritage committee on reef, says Abbot government backbencher George Christensen Protesters in Sydney on global divestment day on 13 February. Coalition MP George Christiansen has said conservationists lobbying over the Great Barrier Reef want to shut the coal industry down completely. Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images ...
1150.World’s top zoo organisation accused of links to Taiji dolphin slaughter in Japan (2015-03-24)
... Conservationists take World Association of Zoos and Aquariums to court for allegedly sanctioning a deal with fishermen in which dolphins were selected for capture Link to video: dolphins slaughtered in Taiji, Japan. WARNING: viewers may find scenes distressing. Oliver Milman and Justin McCurry ...
