News With Microdata

Climate Change is a key challenge for society IPCC presents report on impacts of climate change (Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of the Federal Republic of Germany)

April 1, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

(Source: Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of the Federal Republic of Germany) No. 054/14 | Berlin, 31.03.2014 Joint press release with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research IPCC presents report on impacts of climate change The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlights the far-reaching impacts […]

Death of young Sumatran rhino shouldn’t discourage captive breeding efforts say conservationists

April 1, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

Just over two weeks ago, conservationists in the Malaysian state of Sabah managed to finally catch a wild Sumatran rhino female after months of failed attempts. But following such hopeful events, comes bad news thousands of miles away: a young female rhino, named Suci, died over the weekend at the Cincinnati Zoo.

Stop! Think before buying your child a mallard duck for Easter (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)

April 1, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

(Source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) I hope all you turkey hunters south of State Road 70 took a nice bird or two this year, as your season is coming to a close. For those of us in the rest of the state (excluding Holmes County), we still have until April 20 to bag […]

A goodbye message to staff and stakeholders from Dr David Mabunda (South African National Parks)

April 1, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

(Source: South African National Parks) A goodbye message to staff and stakeholders from Dr David Mabunda Date: 1st April 2014 A goodbye message to staff and stakeholders from Dr David Mabunda,outgoing CEO of South African National Parks (SANParks). Saying farewell is never considered to be a joyful thing to do and becomes even more difficult […]

Magnetic Bricks Bring 3-D Interaction to Screens

April 1, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

GaussBricks lets tablet users create interactive shapes that bring digital drawings, animations and games to life Continue reading →

Going Bats: German Reunification Memorials Hit the Wall

March 6, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

Two monuments to East Germany’s peaceful revolution of 1989 were supposed to be unveiled in time for the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall this autumn. But due to a raft of obstacles, from roosting bats to technical challenges, neither project will be ready on time.

Read More

Dietary diversity: key to defending tropical ecosystems

March 6, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) points to the homogenization of global diets over the past fifty years. It shows that worldwide production of traditional staples such as millet, rye, sorghum, yams and cassava have been in decline. Instead, the world’s population increasingly relies on a relatively […]

Read More

Nuclear submarine to get new core

March 6, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

HMS Vanguard is to be refuelled at a cost of £120m after low levels of radioactivity were discovered in the cooling waters of a submarine test reactor.

Read More

Great white shark’s epic ocean trek

March 6, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

A great white is about to make history as the first of its species to be seen crossing from one side of the Atlantic to the other.

Read More

Great white shark’s epic ocean trek

March 6, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

A great white is about to make history as the first of its species to be seen crossing from one side of the Atlantic to the other.

Read More

Greening our oceans?

March 6, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

After the World Ocean Summit, the long term future is not assured. We can hope that the more positive nations move on aggressively, to combat those people and industries who would violently continue their unthinking habits. Some fishing and eating habits became obsolete when so many species, great and small, started to disappear © The […]

Read More

Immune upgrade gives ‘HIV shielding’

March 6, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

Doctors have upgraded the immune system of 12 patients with HIV to help shield it from the virus’s onslaught.

Read More

Wonderful Creatures: meet the beetle-riding arachnid

March 6, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

Without wings, smaller terrestrial animals are really restricted when it comes to moving long distances to find new areas of habitat. However, lots of species get around this problem simply by clinging on to other, more mobile animals. The common, yet overlooked pseudoscorpions are among the most accomplished stowaways, one of which (Cordylochernes scorpiodes) has […]

Read More

Freedom2014: Animals

March 6, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

How animals represent freedom to you

Read More

Law Aims To Keep Chicago From Becoming Petcoke Dumping Ground

March 6, 2014 / Angela Cave / News

Midwest refineries are processing crude oil from Canada’s tar sands. Chicago officials voted to ban any new companies from storing petroleum coke in the city, and said existing companies can’t expand. » E-Mail This

Read More

«‹40 41 42 43 44 ›»