Tag: Ecology - Page 8
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Environmentalists Try to Trump Trump's Golf Course by Buying Land
Celebrities buying plots of land to block developments is the new new. Last year people opposed to the third runway at Heathrow Airport bought up a plot in the middle of the runway in an attempt to thwart it. Now opponents to
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Scientist Speaks Out Against Craig Venter's Patenting of Synthetic Life
Last week we caught word that Dr. Craig Venter and team have developed the first self-replicating cell to be made from synthesized DNA. In other words, they created the first living thing out of DNA dreamed up
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Running Out of Snake Venom! Guide Launched To Solve Antivenom Shortage
Around 250 million people are bitten by venomous snakes each year causing not only deaths, but also nearly 300,000 amputations annually - most of which could be avoided if anti-venom were on hand. But in many
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US Government Spends $500,000 To Get "More Kids in the Woods"
The US Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has a program they call "More Kids in the Woods." We first mentioned it back in 2007. This year they'll contribute $500,000 USD to 21
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Zac Goldsmith, Environmentalist, Wins Conservative Seat in UK Election
Everyone is pretty delighted that Caroline Lucas won the first seat in the UK Parliament for the Green Party. But there is another prominent environmentalist who also got in: Zac Goldsmith. He won for the Conservative Party.
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Is Pandora Possible? James Cameron's Home Tree Initiative
CalTech scientists discuss Pandora with James Cameron. Avatar's director James Cameron is busy following up his monstrously successful film with an environmental campaign, from visiting the Amazon with Al Gore to CalTech last week to join a panel of
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Scientists Shudder to Think at Ecological Devastation if BP Spill Goes For Three Months (Video)
We just got a glimmer of hope with the BP oil spill in that one of the leaks has been capped--even if it's tarnished by the fact that the rate of leakage won't much be affected--but you've got to check out what these scientists are saying could happen
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Laser-Made Rain! German Scientists Succeed in Zapping Air to Make Clouds (Video)
Oh yes indeed, German scientists have done it - a rain machine complete with lasers. In a lab environment, they were able to successfully zap a laser at a room full of water-saturated air sitting at a cool -24 °C. The result
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A Tree Grows in Philly
Philadelphia is about to get a whole lot greener thanks to a major tree planting effort. Mayor Michael Nutter has set a goal of planting 300,000 trees in the city by 2015, according
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World Governments Failing Their Biodiversity Commitments - Pressure On Species Just Increasing
If you regularly follow what often seems like a never-ending string of reports talking about how biodiversity is declining around the planet and the bad impact
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Nature Conservancy Land Purchase Could Save Alabama's Red Hills Salamander
A little salamander that is found in only a
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Meet the Five Scariest Tree-Killing Machines (Video)
If trees could dream, these would give them nightmares In many places throughout the world, deforestation continues to be a problem--which is what makes seeing the latest in tree-killing machinery all the more troubling. Gone, it seems, are the days of
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Old Quarries Going Back to Wild Habitat for Threatened Species
Returning upturned ecosystems into healthy habitats is a focus for some conservationists looking at quarries in the UK. Here in the US, we've seen how it can work well when businesses and environmentalists unite - old
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Bye Bye Glaciers: 2 More Gone From Glacier National Park
We all know warmer temperatures have led to shrinking
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TED Talk: Up-Close Photos of Pollen Tell Unusual Stories
You might be noticing your allergies acting up as the weather warms and spring flowers bloom. However, you might not realize that the very pollen you're breathing in that is causing your sinuses to go berserk also tells a fascinating
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Plastiki Ship Makes its Way Across the Pacific
Last month, on March 20, 2010, the Plastiki set sail with its skipper Adventure Ecology founder and environmentalist David de Rothschild and his intrepid crew of five. They are sailing across the Pacific Ocean to Australia on
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Sharks, Maggots, and Bats, Oh My: California Science Center Opens Environmental Exhibit
Guide the bobcat home on a tilt game. See maggots recycle rot. Compare insulation of feathers vs. blubber. Be a barnacle and find food. These are
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Sexier Sterile Insects for Improved Organic Pest Control
Decades after DDT and "Silent Spring," scientists are still searching for better ways to improve agricultural yields and protect desirable plants and animals (including humans) from plagues of insects. The
