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Biodiversity Archive
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Rangelands’ ‘silent demise’ threatens climate, food, wellbeing of billions
Posted on May 21, 2024 | No CommentsUN Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn Bonn/Ulaanbaatar – Degradation of Earth’s extensive, often immense natural pastures and other rangelands due to overuse, misuse, climate change and biodiversity loss poses a severe […] -
Landmark UN report reveals shocking state of world’s migratory animals
Posted on February 13, 2024 | No CommentsUnited Nations Convention on Migratory Species, Bonn Germany The first-ever State of the World’s Migratory Species report was launched today by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals […] -
UN Warns of 6 Risk Tipping Points Threatening the Environment, Security
Posted on October 25, 2023 | No CommentsUNU Institute for Environment and Human Security A United Nations University report finds that drastic changes are approaching if risks to our fundamental socioecological systems are not addressed. The Interconnected […] -
Leading scientists, philosophers identify nature’s missing evolutionary law
Posted on October 16, 2023 | No CommentsCarnegie Science, Washington DC Evolution of plants, animals: “A very special case within a far larger natural phenomenon.” Similar marvels occur with stars, planets, minerals, other complex systems; When a […] -
Invasive Alien Species: Major Global Threats to Nature, Economies, Food Security, Human Health
Posted on September 4, 2023 | No CommentsIPBES, Bonn, Germany Key role in 60% of global plant and animal extinctions; Annual costs now >$423 Billion – have quadrupled every decade since 1970; Report provides evidence, tools and […] -
Do fish bay at the moon? Can songs unmask mystery fish? Eavesdropping scientists create ocean soundscapes
Posted on April 26, 2023 | No CommentsThe Rockefeller University, Programme for the Human Environment, New York Using hydrophones to eavesdrop on a reef off the coast of Goa, India, researchers have helped advance a new low-cost […] -
COP15: Nations Adopt 4 Goals, 23 Targets for 2030 in Landmark UN Biodiversity Agreement
Posted on December 19, 2022 | No CommentsUN Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal By 2030: Protect 30% of Earth’s lands, oceans, coastal areas, inland waters; Reduce by $500 billion annual harmful government subsidies; Cut food waste in […] -
UN Biodiversity COP 15: What’s on the Table, What to Expect
Posted on November 10, 2022 | No CommentsUnited Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Canada Key negotiating issues defined and detailed: A COP15 Primer On Nov. 10, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, David Cooper and David Ainsworth, respectively the […] -
Decisions based on narrow set of nature’s market values underpin biodiversity crisis
Posted on July 11, 2022 | No CommentsIPBES, Bonn, Germany More than 50 methods and approaches exist to make visible the diverse values of nature The way nature is valued in political and economic decisions is both […] -
50,000 wild species meet needs of billions worldwide; experts offer options to ensure sustainable use
Posted on July 8, 2022 | No CommentsIPBES, Bonn 1 in 5 people rely on wild species for income & food; >10,000 wild species harvested for human food; 2.4 billion (1 in 3) depend on fuel wood […] -
World “at a crossroads” in management of droughts, up 29% in a generation
Posted on May 11, 2022 | No CommentsUnited Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Bonn Humanity is “at a crossroads” when it comes to managing drought and accelerating mitigation must be done “urgently, using every tool we […] -
Chronic land degradation: UN report offers stark warnings, remedies
Posted on April 27, 2022 | No CommentsUnited Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Bonn Up to 40 % of the planet’s land is degraded, directly affects half of humanity, threatens roughly half of global GDP (US$44 trillion); […] -
Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds, “GLUBS,” will help monitor marine life
Posted on February 17, 2022 | No CommentsThe Rockefeller University Programme for the Human Environment, International Quiet Ocean Experiment By assembling and expanding first-ever global audio collection of aquatic life, scientists aim to unveil unidentified swimming objects, […] -
Scientists urge quick, deep, sweeping changes to halt, reverse dangerous biodiversity loss
Posted on January 19, 2022 | No CommentsGEO BON / bioDISCOVERY Proposed target of protecting 30% of land and seas by 2030 is important but will leave humankind far short of its ultimate goals for nature; Meeting […] -
In the news, 2021: Our clients’ most noted science news releases of the year
Posted on January 1, 2022 | No CommentsTerry Collins & Assoc., Toronto Of the 18 science news releases produced in 2021, 16 were environment-themed: food waste, e-waste, oceans, biodiversity, dams, and floods. And one announced 14 living […] -
UN’s new global framework for managing nature: 1st detailed draft agreement launched
Posted on July 12, 2021 | No CommentsUN Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal Draft 1 of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework includes 21 action targets proposed for 2030; Will be considered at UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s […] -
IPBES/IPCC: Tackling the biodiversity and climate crises together, and their combined social impacts
Posted on June 10, 2021 | No CommentsIPBES, Bonn (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform On Biodiversity And Ecosystem Services) Unprecedented changes in climate and biodiversity, driven by human activities, have combined and increasingly threaten nature, human lives, livelihoods and […] -
UNEP synthesis of scientific assessments provides blueprint to secure humanity’s future
Posted on February 18, 2021 | No CommentsUN Environment Programme, Nairobi Meeting ramped-up climate and biodiversity targets, cutting deadly pollution and achieving SDGs needs an all-society push for sustainability Shifting world views and putting nature at the […] -
Escaping the ‘Era of Pandemics’: experts warn worse crises to come; offer options to reduce risk
Posted on October 29, 2020 | No CommentsIPBES, Bonn (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) Highlights: Intergovernmental council on pandemic prevention; risk drivers include deforestation, wildlife trade; tax high pandemic-risk activities; 540,000 – 850,000 unknown […] -
Nature: Humanity at a crossroads, UN warns in new Global Biodiversity Outlook report
Posted on September 15, 2020 | No CommentsUN Convention on Biodiversity, Montreal Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 report outlines 8 major transitions needed to slow, then halt nature’s accelerating decline Final report card on Aichi Biodiversity Targets, set […] -
Humanity’s greatest risk: Cascading impacts of climate, biodiversity, food, water crises: scientists
Posted on February 6, 2020 | No CommentsFuture Earth, Stockholm, Sweden Survey reveals common concern of global scientists: interlinkages between crises; Part of Our Future on Earth, 2020, a 50-page synthesis of latest peer-reviewed, state-of-the-planet research and […] -
Scientists quantify global volcanic CO2 venting; estimate total carbon on Earth
Posted on October 1, 2019 | No CommentsDeep Carbon Observatory, Carnegie Institution, Washington DC Scientists update estimates of Earth’s immense interior carbon reservoirs, and how much carbon Deep Earth naturally swallows and exhales 10-year Deep Earth study […] -
Earth Commission to identify risks, guardrails, targets for the entire planet
Posted on September 19, 2019 | No CommentsFuture Earth, Stockholm, Sweden First holistic attempt to identify scientific risks, guardrails — akin to a 2C rise for climate — to create targets for land, water, oceans, biodiversity Three of […] -
Nature’s dangerous decline ‘unprecedented,’ species extinction rates ‘accelerating’
Posted on May 6, 2019 | No CommentsIPBES, Bonn (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) Current global response insufficient; ‘transformative changes’ needed to restore and protect nature; opposition from vested interests can be overcome for public […] -
UN warns of rising levels of toxic brine as desalination plants meet growing water needs
Posted on January 14, 2019 | No CommentsUNU-INWEH, Hamilton Canada World’s ~16,000 desalination plants discharge 142 million cubic meters of brine daily — 50 percent more than previously estimated; Enough in a year to cover Florida under […] -
Global forests expanding: Reflects wellbeing, not rising CO2, experts say
Posted on May 14, 2018 | No CommentsUniversity of Helsinki, Finland Study finds virtually no correlation between higher levels of atmospheric CO2 and nations’ forest expansion/decline; difference mirrors the UN Human Development Index The surprising, steady expansion […] -
Worsening worldwide land degradation now ‘critical,’ undermining well-being of 3.2 billion people
Posted on March 26, 2018 | No CommentsIPBES, Bonn 26 March, 2018 Main cause of species loss; driver of the migration of millions of people by 2050 In landmark 3-year assessment report, 100+ experts outline costs, dangers […] -
IPBES: Biodiversity and nature’s contributions continue dangerous decline, scientists warn
Posted on March 23, 2018 | No CommentsIPBES, Bonn 23 March 2018 Human well-being at risk; Landmark reports highlight options to protect and restore nature and its vital contributions to people Biodiversity — the essential variety of life […] -
Ontario town’s 10-year, $2.7 million effort to save endangered turtles offers global lessons, template
Posted on May 26, 2017 | No CommentsLong Point Causeway Improvement Project, Long Point, Canada 89 percent fewer turtles venture onto Lake Erie’s Long Point Causeway A newly completed project in a remote corner of southwestern Ontario is […] -
Exploring vast ‘submerged America,’ marine scientists discover 500 bubbling methane vents
Posted on October 19, 2016 | No CommentsNat’l Ocean Exploration Forum – New York 19 Oct 2016 Portable observatories and new marine vehicles: The hinge of historic change in deep sea exploration Yet to be found worldwide: A […] -
Galapagos: Wind turbines replace millions of liters of diesel since 2007, meet 30% of energy needs
Posted on May 29, 2016 | No CommentsGlobal Sustainable Electricity Partnership, Montreal World’s top utilities hand over project keys, chart path for Ecuador’s famously biodiverse archipelago to meet 70 percent of fast-rising energy needs with renewables 29 […] -
Pollinators Vital to Our Food Supply Under Threat
Posted on February 26, 2016 | No CommentsIPBES, Bonn / Office of the Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia 26 Feb 2016 Assessment Details Options for Safeguarding Pollinators Kuala Lumpur – 26 February, 2016 – […] -
World loses trillions of dollars worth of nature’s benefits each year due to land degradation
Posted on September 15, 2015 | No CommentsUN University – INWEH, Hamilton, Canada 15-SEP-2015 To better inform the tradeoffs involved in land use choices around the world, experts have assessed the value of ecosystem services provided by […] -
Over 1,000 new ocean fish species identified in past eight years, including 122 sharks, rays
Posted on March 12, 2015 | No CommentsWorld Register of Marine Species, Belgium 12-Mar-15 World registry, nearing completion, confirms 228,450 known marine species; consolidation relegates 190,400 other “species” as duplicate identities Champion of taxonomic redundancy: “Rough Periwinkle” […] -
World losing 2,000 hectares of farm soil daily to salt damage
Posted on October 28, 2014 | No CommentsUnited Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton CANADA 28-Oct-2014 Salt-spoiled soils worldwide: 20 percent of all irrigated lands — an area equal to France; Extensive costs include $27 […] -
Human health, wealth require expanded marine science, experts say
Posted on October 9, 2014 | No CommentsEuropean Marine Board, Oostende, Belgium 9-Oct-2014 Some 340 European scientists, policy-makers and other experts representing 143 organizations from 31 countries spoke with one voice today, publishing a common vision of today’s […] -
Zone tropical coastal oceans; manage them more like land resources: Scientists
Posted on July 2, 2014 | No CommentsUnited Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health 2-Jul-2014 Business-as-usual management policies risks well-being of 2 billion+ people Leading international environmental and marine scientists today published a joint […] -
Keeping whales safe in sound: Marine species and seismic surveys
Posted on January 20, 2014 | No CommentsInternational Union for the Conservation of Nature, Geneva 20 January, 2014 Unique collaboration between oil/ gas industry, scientists, conservationists proves way to minimize seismic survey impacts on rare whales, other […] -
Indigenous knowledge: preserving biodiversity, ecosystem services
Posted on December 8, 2013 | No CommentsUN Intergov’l Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Bonn 8 December 2013 IPBES experts cite importance of ‘co-production’ of information with indigenous people With the planet losing species 100 […] -
Deep Carbon Observatory scientists discover quick recipe for producing hydrogen
Posted on December 8, 2013 | No CommentsDeep Carbon Observatory, Washington DC 8 December 2013 New formula for fast, abundant H2 production may help power fuel cells, helps explain expansive chemical-eating microbial communities of the deep Water […] -
Most nations lack means to assess biodiversity, key ecosystem services and their value: Experts
Posted on November 5, 2013 | No CommentsUN Intergov’l Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services, Bonn 5-Nov-2013 Most of the world’s nations — unanimously committed to protecting biodiversity — nevertheless cannot measure and assess their genetic and […] -
Scientists sequence genome of high-value grape, seek secrets of wine’s aroma
Posted on September 2, 2013 | No CommentsUnited Nations University – BIOLAC (Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean) 2 Sept. 2013 Marking 25th year, UNU-BIOLAC also announces brokered breakthrough to diagnose widespread problem of syphilis with […] -
Potentially ‘catastrophic’ changes underway in Canada’s northern Mackenzie River Basin
Posted on June 10, 2013 | No CommentsRosenberg International Forum on Water Policy, University of California Berkeley 10-Jun-2013 Biodiversity in watershed covering roughly 20% of Canada compared to Africa’s Serengeti; Alarm raised at melting of permafrost, ice […] -
Harvard expert: “Agricultural innovation offers only path to feed Africa and the world”
Posted on June 3, 2013 | No CommentsHarvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge MA 3-Jun-2013 The world can only meet its future food needs through innovation, including biotechnology: Kenya-born Harvard prof. Calestous Juma […] -
Even farm animal diversity is declining as accelerating species loss threatens humanity
Posted on May 27, 2013 | No CommentsChair IPBES / Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, Malaysia / Malaysian Industry‑Government Group for High Technology 27-May-2013 Founding Chair of new world biodiversity body offers first public remarks The accelerating […] -
Deep Carbon: Quest underway to discover its quantity, movements, origins and forms in Earth
Posted on March 4, 2013 | No CommentsDeep Carbon Observatory, Carnegie Institution of Washington DC 4-Mar-2013 Probing the secrets of volcanoes and diamonds, sources of gas and oil, and the origins of life itself, Deep Carbon Observatory scientists […] -
Preserve the services of mangroves — Earth’s invaluable coastal forests, experts urge
Posted on November 14, 2012 | No CommentsUnited Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Canada 14 Nov 2012 Loss of mangroves to fish farms, other development, a poor economic trade-off risking human and environmental well-being […] -
Sea-surfing ‘wave glider’ robot deployed to help track white sharks in the Pacific
Posted on August 10, 2012 | No CommentsBlock Lab, Stanford University, Monterey Bay, CA, USA 16-Aug-2012 New high-tech ocean observers debut above ‘The Blue Serengeti’; ‘Shark Net’ app lets public follow tagged animals in real time Monterey Bay, […] -
Beyond GDP: Experts preview ‘Inclusive Wealth’ index at Planet under Pressure conference
Posted on March 28, 2012 | No CommentsEarth System Science Partnership, Paris 28-Mar-2012 Brazil and India pay a high price for rapid economic growth, according to experts speaking at a major international meeting in London, Planet Under […] -
Top priorities in biodiversity science agreed: Paris-based DIVERSITAS to spearhead global investigation into the ‘5 Ws’ of biodiversity loss and how to mitigate it
Posted on March 26, 2012 | No CommentsDIVERSITAS, Paris 26-Mar-2012 Concluding a four-year global consultation, international experts have agreed on key efforts needed to reduce the on-going loss of biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. On Day 2 […] -
State of the Planet: Scientists describe humanity’s global impact as ‘The Great Acceleration’ and offer ominous outlook: An uncertain future on a much hotter world
Posted on March 26, 2012 | No CommentsEarth System Science Partnership, Paris 26-Mar-2012 Time is running out to minimize the risk of setting in motion irreversible and long-term climate change and other dramatic changes to Earth’s life […] -
Major threats foreseen due to Europe’s changing marine environments
Posted on September 15, 2011 | No CommentsProject CLAMER (Flanders Marine Institute, (VLIZ) Oostende, Belgium, and Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel, Netherlands) 13 September 2011 Sea levels, erosion top public […] -
Redesigned and vastly expanded, Encyclopedia of Life Version 2 offers information on 1/3rd of known species
Posted on September 5, 2011 | No CommentsEncyclopedia of Life (EOL.org) Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 5 September 2011 Landmark global online collaboration now offers trusted information on 700,000+ species, 35 million+ pages of scanned literature, 600,000+ photos […] -
Ongoing global biodiversity loss unstoppable with protected areas alone: Study
Posted on July 28, 2011 | No CommentsUnited Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 28 Jul 11 Continued reliance on a strategy of setting aside land and marine territories as “protected areas” […] -
Data revealing migrations of larval reef fish vital for designing networks of marine protected areas
Posted on July 11, 2011 | No CommentsUnited Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 11 Jul 2011 Networks of biologically-connected marine protected areas need to be carefully planned, taking into account the […] -
Prodigal plankton species makes first known migration from Pacific to Atlantic via Pole
Posted on June 26, 2011 | No CommentsProject CLAMER (Flanders Marine Institute, (VLIZ) Oostende, Belgium, and Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel, Netherlands) 26 Jun 11 Microscopic plant disappeared from North […] -
Higher density means world forests are capturing more carbon
Posted on June 6, 2011 | No CommentsRockefeller University, New York / University of Helsinki 06 Jun 11 Forests in many regions are becoming larger carbon sinks thanks to higher density, U.S. and European researchers say in a new […] -
Icy meltwater pooling in Arctic Ocean: A wild card in climate change scenarios
Posted on April 5, 2011 | No CommentsProject CLAMER (Flanders Marine Institute, (VLIZ) Oostende, Belgium, and Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel, Netherlands) 5-Apr-2011 Scientists inventory, synthesize 13 years of […] -
Put Government Policy Options Through a Science Test First, Leading Biodiversity Experts Urge
Posted on February 17, 2011 | No CommentsDiversitas, Paris 17-Feb-2011 How should a new ‘IPCC for biodiversity’ work? Leading world scientists offer prescription In the journal Science this week, leading scientists say the new “IPCC for biodiversity” […] -
Pollutants in aquifers may threaten future of Mexico’s fast-growing ‘Riviera Maya’
Posted on February 6, 2011 | No CommentsUnited Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 6 Feb 2011 Pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, shampoo, toothpaste, pesticides, chemical run-off from highways and many other pollutants infiltrate the giant […] -
Speed installation of system to monitor vital signs of global ocean, scientists urge
Posted on November 2, 2010 | No CommentsPartnership for Observation of the Global Oceans Plymouth, UK 1-Oct-2010 ‘It is past time to get serious about measuring what’s happening to the seas around us’ The ocean surface is […] -
Continuing biodiversity loss predicted but could be slowed
Posted on November 2, 2010 | No CommentsDiversitas Paris, France Common approach urged to unify global biodiversity advice. A new analysis of several major global studies of future species shifts and losses foresees inevitable continuing decline of […] -
First Census Shows Life in Planet Ocean is Richer, More Connected, More Altered than Expected
Posted on October 5, 2010 | No CommentsCensus of Marine Life Washington DC, USA 4-Oct-2010 Culminating a 10-year exploration, 2,700 scientists from 80 nations report first Census of Marine Life, revealing what, where, and how much lives […] -
Report casts world’s rivers in ‘crisis state’
Posted on September 29, 2010 | No CommentsDIVERSITAS, Paris 29 Sep 2009 The world’s rivers are in a crisis of ominous proportions, according to a new global analysis to be published Sept. 30 in the journal Nature. The […] -
Census of Marine Life publishes historic roll call of species in 25 key world areas
Posted on August 5, 2010 | No CommentsCensus of Marine Life Washington, DC 2-Aug-2010 Representing the most comprehensive and authoritative answer yet to one of humanity’s most ancient questions — “what lives in the sea?” — Census […] -
Explorers Inventory Hard-to-See Sea Life: Tiny but Mighty Microbes, Plankton, Larvae, Burrowers — Keys to Earth’s Food and Respiratory Systems
Posted on May 7, 2010 | No CommentsCensus of Marine Life Washington DC 18-Apr-2010 Microbial mat the size of Greece found on oxygen-starved South American seafloor; Scientists puzzle out Neptune’s riotous diversity of tiny creatures; “In no […] -
Beyond sunlight: Explorers census 17,650 ocean species between edge of darkness and black abyss
Posted on November 29, 2009 | No Comments22-Nov-2009 Census of Marine Life Washington DC Deep sea teeming with species that have never known sunlight Census of Marine Life scientists have inventoried an astonishing abundance, diversity and distribution […] -
World will miss 2010 target to stem biodiversity loss, experts say
Posted on October 22, 2009 | No CommentsDIVERSITAS, Paris 11-Oct-2009 Growing water needs, mismanagement leading to ‘catastrophic decline’ in freshwater biodiversity The world will miss its agreed target to stem biodiversity loss by next year, according to […] -
What are Coral Reef Services Worth? $130,000 to $1.2 Million per Hectare, per Year: Experts
Posted on October 16, 2009 | No CommentsDiversitas, Paris Economists, assigning values to ‘ecosystem services,’ report staggering totals and rates of return on investment Experts concluding the global DIVERSITAS biodiversity conference today in Cape Town described preliminary […] -
Scientists announce major global collaboration to create online ‘macroscopic observatory’ of Earth’s biodiversity
Posted on June 1, 2009 | No CommentsConsortium for the Barcode of Life, Encyclopedia of Life Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; Natural History Museum, London 31-May-2009 Biodiversity information, innovative internet architecture being fused to create seamless, global view […] -
Ocean life in olden days: Researchers upend modern notions of ‘natural’ animal sizes, abundance
Posted on June 1, 2009 | No CommentsCensus of Marine Life Washington DC 24-May-2009 Census of Marine Life historians reconstruct images of past sea life that boggle today’s imagination Before oil hunters in the early 1800s harpooned […] -
Biotech Scientists Team with Curators to Stem Decay of World’s Art, Cultural Heritage
Posted on February 18, 2009 | No CommentsUnited Nations University Programme for Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNU-BIOLAC), Caracas, Venezuela 8-Feb-2009 The growing relationship between scientists and curators is the focus of a 4-day, UN-affiliated international conference in […] -
Rainforests Regrowing: Impact on Extinction Rates Sparks Debate at Smithsonian
Posted on January 19, 2009 | No CommentsSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute Washington / Panama 12-Jan-2009 Satellite data and other research reveal that huge tracts of abandoned tropical forests that were once logged or farmed are regrowing, prompting […] -
Scientists Report Major Steps Towards 1st Census of Marine Life
Posted on November 11, 2008 | No CommentsCensus of Marine Life Washington DC 9-Nov-2008 Among report’s revelations: Antarctic ancestry of many octopus species, behemoth bacteria, colossal sea stars, mammoth mollusks, more In a report on progress towards […] -
Massive greenhouse gases may be released as destruction, drying of world wetlands worsens: UN
Posted on July 20, 2008 | No CommentsUnited Nations University 20-Jul-2008 700 leading experts convene at edge of Brazil’s vast Pantanal to take stock, offer policy prescription to remedy wetlands crisis Leading world scientists convene in Brazil […] -
Marine explorers marvel at ‘Brittlestar City’ on seamount in powerful current swirling around Antarctica
Posted on May 19, 2008 | No CommentsCensus of Marine Life Washington DC 18-May-2008 Millions of starfish-like creatures catch passing food in 4 km/h current; cod shelter from ‘rattling’ current in folds of huge bubblegum coral See […] -
First wind turbines on Galapagos Islands will halve diesel imports, reduce risk of future oil spills
Posted on February 20, 2008 | No Commentse8 Montreal, Canada 18-Feb-2008 Power utilities from US, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Russia team on project to help protect ‘Mona Lisa’ of biodiversity In January 2001, the world held […] -
Economists: Reduce fish catch now for bigger net profits later
Posted on December 7, 2007 | No CommentsAustralian National University, Crawford School of Economics and Government 6-Dec-2007 A new and compelling argument for reducing fish harvests – the profit motive – could persuade world fishers to endure […] -
European Union forests expanding, absorbing carbon at surprisingly high rate: study
Posted on December 7, 2007 | No CommentsUniversity of Helsinki 29 Nov 07 European Union countries likely require an old ally – Mother Nature and her forests – to meet an ambitious post-Kyoto goal for cutting greenhouse […] -
Marine scientists warn human safety, prosperity depend on better ocean observing system
Posted on November 27, 2007 | No CommentsPartnership for Observation of the Global Oceans, Plymouth, UK, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 25-Nov-2007 Speedy diagnosis of the temper and vital signs of the oceans […] -
Tuna Past and Present
Posted on August 26, 2007 | No CommentsCensus of Marine Life, Washington DC 5-Aug-2007 Historians detail collapse of bluefin tuna population off northern Europe; Tagging reveals migration, breeding secrets of declining population Ocean historians affiliated with the […] -
Creating a Window on ‘Oceans in Motion’: Academic, Science, Engineering Experts Illuminating Sea Life Conditions, Migrations
Posted on March 7, 2007 | No Comments26 June 06 Dalhousie University Ocean Tracking Network Scientists and resource managers could soon have a highly detailed picture of marine conditions and the migrations of fish and ocean animals […] -
Antarctic marine explorers reveal first biological changes after collapse of polar ice shelves
Posted on February 25, 2007 | No Comments25-Feb-2007 Census of Marine Life Deep-sea species at unusually shallow depths on uncapped seabed (photo (c) Julian Gutt, AWI) Once roofed by ice for millennia, a 10,000 square km portion […] -
Extreme Life, Marine Style, Highlights 2006 Ocean Census; Frontiers of Marine Science Stretched by Census experts
Posted on December 10, 2006 | No CommentsCensus of Marine Life 10-Dec-2006 A host of record-breaking discoveries and revelations that stretch the extreme frontiers of marine knowledge were achieved by the Census of Marine Life in 2006, […] -
End of deforestation in view? Experts advance new way to size up global forest resources
Posted on November 13, 2006 | No Comments13-Nov-2006 University of Helsinki / Rockefeller University, New York ‘Growing stock’ expanding in most forested nations, even with modest prosperity An increasing number of countries and regions are transitioning from […] -
Carbon capture, water filtration, other boreal forest ecoservices worth estimated $250 billion per year: Economist
Posted on September 22, 2006 | No CommentsNational Forest Congress, Ottawa www.nfc-cfn.ca Sept. 24, 2006 Create National Accounting Systems To Reflect All Values Of Boreal Forests: Economist It’s time to create a comprehensive accounting system for natural […] -
‘Fish with chips’ reporting from ocean among highlights at Census of Marine Life mid-point
Posted on December 14, 2005 | No Comments14 Dec 05 Census of Marine Life A physconect siphonophore, Marrus sp., photographed during NOAA’s Arctic “Hidden Ocean” expedition in support of the Census of Marine Life. (c) 2005, Kevin […] -
Restaurant seafood prices since 1850s help plot marine harvests through history
Posted on October 23, 2005 | No Comments23 Oct 05 Census of Marine Life Seafood prices collected from U.S. restaurant menus dating to the 1850s will help plot the shifting harvest of marine species, according to a […] -
Valuing biodiversity services, including its insurance against disease
Posted on October 5, 2005 | No Comments25 Oct 05 DIVERSITAS, Paris By diluting the pool of virus targets and hosts, biodiversity reduces their impact on humans and provides a form of global health insurance, biodiversity experts […] -
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: New Report Warns Ecosystem Changes Will Continue to Worsen, Hampering Global Development Goals
Posted on March 30, 2005 | No CommentsMillennium Ecosystem Assessment / United Nations University March 30, 2005 A landmark study released today reveals that approximately 60 percent (15 out of 24) of the ecosystem services that support […] -
South America’s vast Pantanal wetland may become next Everglades, UNU experts warn
Posted on March 21, 2005 | No Comments21 Mar 05 United Nations University South America’s giant Pantanal wetlands, one of the world’s most bio-diverse ecosystems, is at growing risk from intensive peripheral agricultural, industrial and urban development […] -
First ever estimate of cod fishery in 1850s reveals 96% decline on Scotian Shelf
Posted on March 1, 2005 | No Comments1-Mar-2005 Census of Marine Life Once a dominant species, the volume of cod on the Scotian Shelf has plunged 96% since the 1850s, according to a landmark research to be […] -
Census of Marine Life – Discoveries and Highlights 2004: Scientists add 4m+ records
Posted on November 23, 2004 | No Comments23 Nov 04 Census of Marine Life Even in Europe and the best studied seas, the rapid ongoing discovery of new marine species shows no end in sight, according to […] -
Scientists pioneer biotech techniques to halt infestation of history, art treasures in tropics
Posted on November 3, 2004 | No Comments03 Nov 04 United Nations University, Programme for Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean The use of biotechnologies originally intended to remedy crop infestations and other problems is being pioneered […] -
Two-month study of life in mid-Atlantic yields trove of species, new insights & questions
Posted on August 5, 2004 | No Comments05 Aug 04 Census of Marine Life Exploring life in the mid-Atlantic at various depths down to 4 km (2.5 miles), 60 scientists from 13 countries on a two-month expedition […] -
Melting ice cap gives urgency to new Census of Marine Life project in Arctic Ocean
Posted on June 24, 2004 | No Comments24 Jun 04 Census of Marine Life A new ‘Census of Marine Life’ project based in Alaska with global partners seeks to find lifeforms in the world’s oldest seawater. Full […] -
UNU Report: End Catch-22 for Indigenous People
Posted on February 19, 2004 | No CommentsUnited Nations University 19 Feb 2004 To decide whether a new product seeking patent protection is novel or based upon traditional knowledge, officials require free access to indigenous secrets. Several […] -
How many fish in the sea? Census of Marine Life launches first report
Posted on October 23, 2003 | No Comments23 Oct 03 Census of Marine Life An estimated 5,000 previously unknown ocean fish species and hundreds of thousands of other marine life forms are yet to be discovered, according […] -
Mountains of the Seas
Posted on August 21, 2003 | No Comments21 Aug 2003 Census of Marine Life International Experts Meet to Expand Study of Seamounts and Submarine Canyons As These Nurseries for New Species Become Subject to Commercial Harvest Amid […]