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1191.Penguins lost ability to taste fish (2015-02-17)
... Penguins can taste only sour and salty food, scientists have discovered. A genetic study suggests the flightless birds lost three of the five basic tastes long ago in evolution. Taste is critical for survival in most animals, but may not matter in the penguin, which swallows fish whole, say researchers in China and the US. ...
1192.Sub-Saharan African countries are failing to plan for climate change (2015-02-16)
... Failure to factor climate change into long-term investment and planning risks leaving countries across sub-Saharan vulnerable to droughts, floods, heatwaves and rising sea-levels. ...
1193.The truth behind the wind power subsidies row (2015-02-16)
... Do claims in a recent IPPR report that 100 UK wind turbines are receiving unfair subsidies at a cost of £400m to consumers add up? Fiona Harvey investigates. ...
1194.Coastal communities dumping 8m tonnes of plastic in oceans every year (2015-02-13)
... China ranked top polluter as figures suggest total plastic litter ending up in the seas could rise tenfold by 2025. ...
1195.Out of the blue, on the edge of the world, killer whales converge to feast (2015-02-13)
... In the first of a series of special reports on extraordinary marine environments under threat, Guardian Australia’s ocean correspondent visits a ‘pinprick’ in the Southern Ocean where, once a year, a jaw-dropping wonder of nature takes place. ...
1196.UK threatens to hit back at Austria over Hinkley Point legal challenge (2015-02-12)
... UK ministers are warning their Austrian counterparts that an arsenal of retaliatory measures will be launched if Vienna goes ahead with plans to challenge an EU state aid decision approving subsidies for new nuclear reactors at Hinkley point in Somerset. A diplomatic cable from the Austrian embassy in London to Vienna, seen by the Guardian,... ...
1197.Fossil fuel lobby goes on the attack against divestment movement (2015-02-12)
... The speed at which the fossil fuel divestment campaign is growing seems to have rattled its opponents in the coal and oil lobbies ...
1198.Richard Branson leads call to free global economy from carbon emissions (2015-02-05)
... Prominent business leaders claim setting a net-zero emissions target for 2050 would push companies into reducing their reliance on fossil fuels. Governments should set a clear target of making the world’s economy free from carbon emissions by mid-century, Sir Richard Branson and a group of other prominent businesspeople have urged. ...
1199.Barrier Reef coral genetically altered in hope of surviving climate change (2015-02-04)
... Coral species from different climes being mixed as a form of ‘assisted evolution’ to see if it will help them adapt more quickly to rising sea temperatures. The Australian government’s marine research agency is looking to genetically alter species of coral to help them cope with rising sea temperatures, as new modelling showed the coverage... ...
1200.Conservationists v chainsaws: the RSPB’s battle to save an Indonesian rainforest (2015-02-04)
... In 2007 an RSPB-led group bought up a series of logged-out Indonesian forests to bring them back from the brink. But in a country that’s losing trees faster than any other and where farmers are desperate for land, it’s an uphill effort. Brad Sanders, an American forestry manager in Jambi province on the Indonesian island... ...
