Lepidopterology.comLatest content provided by Lepidopterology.comProtecting old-growth forests in Poland- December 7, 2007 Over 100,000 signatures have been forwarded to the Polish government, calling for the protection of Europe's last remaining stands of natural forests. The signature drive is part of a WWF campaign to safeguard ancient woodlands in Poland's Bialowieza Primaeval Forest from logging and other unsustainable forest activities...http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/07120701.htm Disguising environmental harm eases only our conscience- December 4, 2007 We can disguise environmentally harmful practices and dress them up in words to help ease our consciences, argues Albert Bandura of the Department of Psychology at Stanford University, but such practices will have a negative impact on the planet and the quality of life of future generations, no matter how we label them...http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/07120402.htm Record breaking year for climate- December 4, 2007 The past year has seen more weather records smashed as extreme events take a firmer hold of the planet, says WWF at the start of the UN climate change conference...http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/07120401.htm Expected drop in nitrogen deposition may hamper Kyoto targets- December 3, 2007 Researchers at Wageningen University, Netherlands, have shown that a drop in atmospheric nitrogen deposition will slow down forest growth. At the same time they expect that a lower tree growth implies less carbon sequestration and thus a decrease in the sequestration of the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide...http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/07120301.htm 14 million GBP available for biodiversity research- December 3, 2007 Around 20 million euros, almost 14 million GBP, of research money is up for grabs in a new partnership programme that tackles the alarming decline of plant and animal species on our planet...http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/07120302.htm Quality groundwater essential to global development- December 3, 2007 The 6th International Association of Hydrological Sciences Groundwater Quality Conference 2007 (GQ07) features a program of over 300 international scientists working in the field of groundwater quality, meeting for the first time in the Southern Hemisphere, giving local scientists unprecedented access to a wealth of international learning...http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/07120303.htm Indigenous water frogs under threat- December 2, 2007 Indigenous water frogs can be crowded out by immigrant or imported species. This is the finding of a French-German study. The scientists investigated water frog populations in France and Northern Spain and noticed that the marsh frog (Rana ridibunda), which normally occurs only in Eastern Europe, has the potential to crowd out indigenous species like Graf's hybrid frog (Rana grafi) and the Iberian water frog (Rana perezi)...http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/07120202.htm Artist aims to develop poem sequence based on myths and images of the Northern Lights- December 2, 2007 Leicester writer Siobhan Logan is collaborating with the Radio and Space Plasma Physics Group of the University of Leicester, to visit Tromso in Northern Norway in December...http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/07120201.htm |