Aug 31 2010

Whale Meat: WHO is it good for?

Tag: Conservation, Food Chain, Pollution, Whales — Kieran Mulvaney @ 11:07 pm
If concern for whales won't stop some people hunting whales, perhaps concern over their own health will, environmentalists hope.

Aug 29 2010

Apple’s Genetic Material Is A Delicious Find

Tag: Conservation, Engineering, Genetic Science, Trees — Zahra Hirji @ 6:27 pm
An international team of scientists have sequenced the genome of the world's most mouth-watering fruit: the delicious apple.

Aug 26 2010

France to Drain Glacial Lake That Threatens Thousands

Tag: Conservation, Engineering, Floods, Geophysics, Glaciers — Zahra Hirji @ 12:15 am
Engineers will soon attempt to drain a dangerous glacier lake hidden inside Mount Blanc before it floods the valley below, home to 3,000 people.

Aug 25 2010

Cryogenic Coral ‘Seed Bank’ Will Save Endangered Reefs

Tag: Climate Change, Conservation, Engineering, Oceanography — Zahra Hirji @ 2:25 am
Humanity's impact on the oceans is crippling the world's coral. One researcher is freezing endangered corals to preserve them -- for centuries if necessary -- until the seas are once again safe.

Aug 24 2010

Sea World Fined Over Death of Trainer

Tag: Animal Behavior, Animal Instincts, Animal Relationships, Conservation, Whales — Michael Reilly @ 3:16 am
An investigation has concluded that SeaWorld Orlando "willfully" put its trainers at risk of injury or death from its captive killer whales.

Aug 19 2010

Warming Caves Could Curtail ‘Bat Plague’

Tag: Animal Behavior, Animal Research, Animal Science, Conservation — Michael Reilly @ 2:28 am
White nose syndrome is devastating bats across eastern North America, and threatening local populations with extinction. Though there is no cure, researchers may have found a way to quell the carnage.

Aug 17 2010

Report: Nearly 80 Percent of Spilled Oil Still Threatens Gulf

Tag: Animal Research, Conservation, Everyday Science, Oceanography, Pollution — Michael Reilly @ 2:11 pm
The vast majority of oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster is still in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a report released yesterday. This is in direct contradiction to previous government findings that argued only a quarter of the oil ...

Aug 16 2010

Pair of Rare White Whales Spotted off Australia

Tag: Animal Behavior, Animal Research, Animal Science, Conservation, Whales — Michael Reilly @ 11:24 pm
"Migaloo," a full-grown, all-white humpback whale was spotted off eastern Australia over the weekend. Despite being incredibly rare and a local celebrity, he is not alone.

Aug 16 2010

No Oil Detected in Gulf Shrimp — Yet

Tag: Animal Science, Conservation, Pollution, Water — Teresa Shipley @ 5:30 pm
University researchers determine that seafood samples taken from the Gulf are free of petroleum.

Aug 08 2010

Giant Glacier Breaks on Anniversary of Global Warming

Tag: Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Conservation, Geophysics, Glaciers, Global Warming, Green Science, Oceanography, Weather, Wildfires — Michael Reilly @ 7:50 pm
Thirty-five years after the term "global warming" was coined, a stark reminder of its symptoms reared its head in the Arctic.
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