Biology

Mexican Gulf Oil Spill Ecocide

24 avril, 2013 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.earthzine.org/2013/04/24/mexican-gulf-oil-spill-ecocide/

* This project was conducted by high school-aged students at St. George’s School in Bogotá, Colombia, as part of a 2013 literature review project on ecosystems.

Resurrected mammoths and dodos? Don’t count on it | David Ehrenfeld

26 mars, 2013 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/23/de-extinction-efforts-are-wa...

Originally Published by The Guardian

– Let’s focus on conserving living animals, not on an expensive quest to bring back extinct ones – or some variation of them

Call for targeted investments in cholera-prone areas

23 mars, 2013 - 05:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97338/Call-for-targeted-investments-in-cholera-pr...
DAKAR 25 January 2013 (IRIN) - Aid groups are urging donors to invest in water and sanitation in areas known as hotbeds for cholera. They say while such projects might directly affect a relatively small population, the indirect impact in terms of cholera reduction could be immense.

Nature lies dormant ahead of first day of spring

20 mars, 2013 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/19/nature-dormant-first-day-sprin...

Originally Published by The Guardian

– Conservationists report lack of budding plants, animals returning to hibernation and migrating birds held back by wintry weather.

Antarctic soil researcher awarded prestigious 2013 Tyler Environmental Prize

17 mars, 2013 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/bc-asr031113.php

Originally Published by EurekAlert!

– The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement today named Diana H. Wall, Ph.D., of Colorado State University the recipient of the 2013 Tyler Prize for her research documenting and exploring the complex and fragile soil ecosystem.

The week in wildlife – in pictures

12 mars, 2013 - 06:02
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2013/mar/08/week-in-wildlife-in-pi...

Matt Cardy/Getty ImageOriginally Published by The Guardian - Elephant seals, majestic manta rays and scrappin

Cholera in West Africa - lessons learned

4 mars, 2013 - 14:30
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97157/Cholera-in-West-Africa-lessons-learned
DAKAR 31 December 2012 (IRIN) - The cholera epidemic that struck Guinea and Sierra Leone in 2012 is winding down. What to do now? Start preparing - for cholera.

First mind-reading implant gives rats telepathic power

4 mars, 2013 - 06:02
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23221-first-mindreading-implant-gives-rats...

Nigel Cattlin/Science Photo Library)Originally Published by New Scientist - The world's first brain-to-brain connection has given rats the power to communicate by thought alone.

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