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A friend for Mr. SquarePants Greenpeace discovers new sponge species	Glenn Hurowitz	29 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: biodiversity, oceans, Greenpeace (all these topics)

Strangers in the backyard Why save the planet if you don't know who lives here?	Miles Grant	23 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: advertising, biodiversity, education, green living, messaging, parenting (all these topics)

Betting on the future Private equity firm buys rights to rainforest reserve's environmental services	biodiversivist	21 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: biodiversity, biofuels, business, Guyana, investing, rainforests (all these topics)

Cane, You Hear Me Now Animal-welfare group backs toad-killing in Australia		03 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 4:48 PM on 03 Apr 2008 Australian politician Shane Knuth has proposed a special "Toad Day Out" for residents of the state of Queensland to kill cane toads, a poisonous invasive species that Knuth calls "the greatest environmental vermin and probably the most disgusting creature known to man." The plan even has the backing of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals -- with ...
Topics: animal welfare, Australia, biodiversity, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Law & Order: Species Victims Unit Green group files lawsuit to protect 681 species		25 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 6:00 AM on 25 Mar 2008 Environmentalists filed suit last week against the U.S. Interior Department, seeking to force the agency to review and issue findings on the status of 681 species vulnerable to extinction. WildEarth Guardians, which filed the suit, contends that the Bush administration has deliberately stalled Endangered Species Act listing decisions to appease developers and other interests; ...
Topics: biodiversity, Department of Interior, endangered species, litigation, news, United States (all these topics)

Ecosystem for sale On the oddity of privatizing nature	Erik Hoffner	18 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: biodiversity, business, Virginia, wetlands (all these topics)

That's Crazy Talk! Fixing environmental problems necessary and doable, says OECD		05 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 4:20 PM on 05 Mar 2008 It is not only highly necessary but entirely affordable to tackle climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, and other environmental problems, according to a report released Wednesday by some wacko environmentalists the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Summed up OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria: Solutions "are available, they are achi ...
Topics: air pollution, biodiversity, climate, climate change mitigation, news, water crisis, water pollution (all these topics)

At this rate, extinctions may be outpacing postings Encyclopedia of Life up, but empty	biodiversivist	04 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: biodiversity, websites (all these topics)

That's Life Massive database of species goes online		26 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 12:38 PM on 26 Feb 2008 An online Encyclopedia of Life that aims to eventually include every living organism on the planet has unveiled its first detailed pages. Read up on the 24 species that have entries complete with text, pictures, and video, or sift through 30,000 others with preliminary information. Those involved with the encyclopedia, which got its start from a 2003 paper written by famed biologist E.O. Wilson, hope it will he ...
Topics: biodiversity, endangered species, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Swan Ache Swans a nuisance in Connecticut		28 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 3:04 PM on 28 Dec 2007 To many, swans are a picture of beauty and grace -- but to others, they're miscreants hell-bent on environmental destruction. In Connecticut, mute swans -- considered an invasive species -- can eat eight pounds of shoreline plants per day and, in the process, uproot an additional 20 pounds of vegetation. Their gluttony can disrupt ecosystems, displacing crabs, oysters, and native birds. Conservationists, including the st ...
Topics: biodiversity, Connecticut, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh Bye Humans have intruded on large-mammal habitat, says study		27 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 4:57 PM on 27 Dec 2007 Humans have driven out large mammals in, um, droves, says a new study in the Journal of Mammalogy. Since the year 1500, at least 35 percent of mammals weighing over 44 pounds have seen their range cut by more than half, thanks to humans moving on in. Well gee, maybe if the animals had brought over a welcome basket we would have been more neighborly. source:� BBC News < ...
Topics: biodiversity, news, placemaking, sprawl, wildlife (all these topics)

Bird by bird A third of avian species on land could disappear this century as a result of climate change	Katy Balatero	10 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biodiversity, climate, climate change impacts, habitat loss, scientific research, wildlife (all these topics)

Turtle tryst? What the fate of two old turtles says about China's future	Ashley Braun	10 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biodiversity, China, endangered species, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

Red List not enough Experts push for an intergovernmental biodiversity panel	Maywa Montenegro	04 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: international politics, climate, energy, biodiversity, politics (all these topics)

Wild Thing, I Think I'll Miss You Photos of species threatened by climate change	Gary Braasch	25 Oct 2007	Grist Feature
The following photos and excerpt -- highlighting the threats posed to animals and plants by climate change -- are drawn from Gary Braasch's new book Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming Is Changing the World, published by the University of California Press, � 2007. Featuring more than 100 photographs, Earth Under Fire shows species, cultures, and entire ecosystems at risk due to rapid cl ...
Topics: biodiversity, books, climate change impacts, wildlife (all these topics)

Those Who Repeat the Past Are Doomed to Know It Study of fossil record predicts climate change could fuel mass extinction		24 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 7:42 AM on 24 Oct 2007 Photo: iStockphoto Climate change may fuel a mass extinction in which half of all plant and animal species could -- how to put this delicately? -- exit stage left, according to a new study. If the past 520 million years of fossil records are any predictor of the future, a globally warmed world will not bode well for biodiversity, researchers ...
Topics: biodiversity, climate change impacts, news, scientific research (all these topics)

Planet in Peril A two-part CNN documentary begins tonight	Sarah van Schagen	23 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biodiversity, climate, deforestation, endangered species, population, TV (all these topics)

Dirk's dodo Interior Secretary Kempthorne gets award for record refusal to protect endangered species	Glenn Hurowitz	28 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biodiversity, Department of Interior, endangered species (all these topics)

Puffin rescue Save the funny-looking seabirds!	JMG	27 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biodiversity, cutesy, Iceland, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

I dub thee Hemiscyllium vanschagenii New species naming rights on the auction block	Sarah van Schagen	25 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biodiversity, Monaco, oceans (all these topics)

Possible new species discovered Scientists uncover underwater community on Atlantic seamount	Andrew Sharpless	24 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biodiversity, oceans, scientific research (all these topics)

Plant power Who knew things grew in NYC?	Kate Sheppard	17 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biodiversity, New York City (all these topics)

Hansen 2: Iowa edition of Declaration of Stewardship Hansen gives a talk in Iowa about climate change impacts	Joseph Romm	09 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biodiversity, climate, climate change impacts, oceans, severe weather (all these topics)

Good News, Sad News Six species discovered in Congo, four endangered gorillas shot		09 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Good News, Sad News Six species discovered in Congo, four endangered gorillas shot A research expedition to a remote forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo found six new animal species -- a bat, a rat, two shrews, and two frogs -- and may have found new plant species as well. The trip, which ran from January to March and was led by the Wildlife Conservation Society, represented ...
Topics: biodiversity, Congo, endangered species, extinction, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Someone Alert Ben and Jerry Indo-Pacific coral reefs disappearing twice as fast as rainforest, study says		08 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Someone Alert Ben and Jerry Indo-Pacific coral reefs disappearing twice as fast as rainforest, study says Forget the rainforest: the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific oceans are vanishing twice as quickly, researchers say. The Indo-Pacific region, home to 75 percent of the world's coral reefs, has lost nearly 600 square miles of reef each year since the late 1960s. In addition, coral cover -- ...
Topics: biodiversity, climate, news, oceans, scientific research (all these topics)

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