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Amazon trees super-diverse in chemicals

March 3, 2014 / Angela Cave / News / No Comments

In the Western Amazon—arguably the world’s most biodiverse region—scientists have found that not only is the forest super-rich in species, but also in chemicals. Climbing into the canopy of thousands of trees across 19 different forests in the region—from the lowland Amazon to high Andean cloud forests—the researchers sampled chemical signatures from canopy leaves and […]

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Bird Strikes are an Unreported Threat to US Military Aircraft

March 3, 2014 / Angela Cave / News / No Comments

US military aircraft face an under-assessed risk of collisions known as wildlife strikes, according to a new report in the Wildlife Society Bulletin.

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World Briefing: Climbing Mt. Everest? Nepal Says Bring Back Garbage

March 3, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

With an estimated 50 tons of trash left behind by climbers littering Mount Everest, Nepal declared that all climbers must carry down 18 pounds of garbage or face stiff penalties.     

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Dot Earth Blog: Global Warming Basics from the U.S. and British Science Academies

March 3, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

More basics from the leading science academies on what we know and don’t know about greenhouse gases and global warming.     

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COLLEGIATE CORNER: The faults of fracking

March 3, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

Hydraulic Fracturing is a process that sends pressurized liquid down to a target depth to fracture rock and draws out liquids, such as natural gas. This process is used to retrieve the gas from rock formations beneath the earth that were previously thought to be unsuitable for gas production (Helman) (Rao). Fracking is now being […]

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VIDEO: Penguins make Atlantic crossing

March 3, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

Mike Dilger travels to Texas to accompany a group of young Gentoo penguins making the trip across the Atlantic to their new home in Hull.

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VIDEO: Penguins make Atlantic crossing

March 3, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

Mike Dilger travels to Texas to accompany a group of young Gentoo penguins making the trip across the Atlantic to their new home in Hull.

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How does a snake eat a crocodile?

March 3, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

A snake swallows a crocodile…. then what happens?

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Snake eats crocodile after battle

March 3, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

A snake wins a lengthy battle with a crocodile in northern Queensland, wrestling it, constricting it and then finally eating it.

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E.P.A. Set to Reveal Tough New Sulfur Emissions Rule

March 3, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

The Environmental Protection Agency regulation would force oil refiners to strip sulfur out of American gasoline blends and automakers to install cleaner-burning engine technology.     

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About The Politics of Species

The assumption that humans are cognitively and morally superior to other animals is fundamental to social democracies and legal systems worldwide. It legitimises treating members of other animal species as inferior to humans. The last few decades have seen a growing awareness of this issue, as evidence continues to show that individuals of many other species have rich mental, emotional and social lives. Bringing together leading experts from a range of disciplines, this volume identifies the key barriers to a definition of moral respect that includes nonhuman animals.

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Themes

  • The Road to Respectful Coexistence

  • Carnal Desires

  • An Animal Bill of Rights?

  • Turning a Whale into a Killer

  • Apeism and Racism

  • What is a Person?

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