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Fish Show That Undesirable Evolution Can Be Reversed

In an intriguing 21st century example of Darwinism, researchers demonstrate that fish will again grow to larger sizes and produce more young when size-selective fishing is eased

4 Mar 2009

Climate Change Causing Peril for Tropical Lizards In the World's Jungles

Lizards living in tropical forests could be in serious peril from rising temperatures associated with climate change. In fact, those forest lizards appear to tolerate a much narrower range of survivable temperatures than do their relatives at higher latitudes and are actually less tolerant of high temperatures

3 Mar 2009

Europe Pushes Responsibility for Climate Change Action Towards Developing Nations

European environment ministers, who today discussed Europe's proposals for the Copenhagen climate summit in December, appear to be backtracking from a UN agreement by which developed countries take the lead on climate action

3 Mar 2009

Starch Based Plantic Biodegradable Plastic Saving Tonnes of Carbon Dioxide

A life cycle analysis shows that every tonne of Plantic sheet purchased in place of petrochemical polymers will save up to 2.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide (the average annual emissions of a compact car) and enough energy to power 2.5 average Australian homes

3 Mar 2009

WWF Develops Climate Change Action Plan

With a series of critical European Union meetings on a new global climate deal about to begin, WWF has set out what Europe needs to do to grow in a green way while contributing to helping the world avoid passing the 2 degree threshold of warming that presents unacceptable risks of catastrophic climate change

2 Mar 2009

PG and E Plans to Develop Up To 500MW of Solar Power in California

Pacific Gas and Electric Company has announced plans for a five-year program to develop up to 500 megawatts (MW) of clean solar photovoltaic (PV) power in its northern and central California service area

2 Mar 2009

Climate Change Evidence From Millions of Years Ago Points to an Underestimation of Current Climate Change Predictions

New temperature data and numerical climate model simulations contradict the long-held idea that global temperatures were steady in the greenhouse-to-icehouse transition 34 million years ago. This suggests that models in use now to predict climate change may be underestimating future polar warming

1 Mar 2009

Volunteers to Track Climate Change by Obeserving Flowers Blooming

Thousands of volunteers are taking part in a nationwide initiative to track climate change by recording the timing of flowering, leafing, and other plant life cycle events

1 Mar 2009

Hungary Loses Green Credibility By Propping Up Budget Rather Than Spending Carbon Credit Money on Renewable Energy

Hungary - a major seller of carbon credits– will weaken its credibility in the growing international carbon markets by using revenues to prop up its budget rather than green its energy production, WWF-Hungary has warned

1 Mar 2009

28 Million Scouts Get Behind Earth Hour

The Scouts, the world's largest youth movement with more than 28 million members in 160 countries, lead thousands of community groups around the world mobilising their supporters for Earth Hour, the global expression of a desire for serious and sustained action on climate change

1 Mar 2009