Glen Barry in Rainforest Portal rightly said natural ancient rainforests are too valuable to be replaced by oil palm plantations! This reaction is on the basis of the fact that to create a massive oil palm, Indonesia plans to cut a 2,000 kilometer long,..
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Coming decades will witness more bushfires in southeast Australia. A new study blames climate change for the deteriorating phenomenon. The number of high risk fire days could increase by up to 60 per cent by 2050, the CSIRO research found. Using daily..
Climate Change Could Increase Fire Days By 60% By 2050! Read More »
True, developments of former farmlands are needed to improve the overall growth of farming quality. But, things will not be as environment friendly as thought. Such development can disturb pesticides spread nearly a century ago, hence landing up…
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Variations in the behavior of different groups of the apes cannot be explained by genetics or environment alone – according to a study. Behavioral surveys of the roughly 370 gorillas in U.S. zoos are made. The surveys showed 48 variations in how…
Gorillas Pass Along Different Traits Socially, Not Genetically: Study Read More »
Eight million people live on six major river deltas across the world. They are awaiting a complete lush with rising sea levels, sinking land and storms. Hurricane Katrina’s ravaging New Orleans is enough of an example, to show just how dangerous living.
Deltas Disappearing, Endangering Half a Million Lives Read More »
When a predator approaches, African elephants stomp and trumpet to inform other distant elephants, and they feel the prevailing danger from the rumbling ground! A team of scientists recently confirmed on this nature of elephants.
Elephants can detect..
Elephants Hear Warnings With Their Feet! Study Read More »
President Bush is prioritizing expansion of nuclear energy. To deal with radioactive waste from commercial power plants, he on Saturday renewed his push for the expansion, and sought support for plans to revive nuclear fuel reprocessing.
To accelerate a.
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Drought is searing high in parts of South Africa. Mercilessly killing dozens of hippopotamuses and other wild animals in Kenya and neighboring Tanzania, it does not seem to soften its cruelties. The phenomenon has disrupted the annual migration of…
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Suburbias are creeping on the northern fringe of metropolitan Detroit. Keith Carabell has been fighting for two-decade to build condominiums on the property. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments on it. John Rapanos, a Michigan…
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While some scientists are busy studying Alaska’s Augustine Volcano, as it erupts and sends a plume of ash more than 40,000 feet into the air, others are busy recording rumblings at the volcano’s surface with the instruments on the ground.
Besides…
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