Melting Glaciers Threaten Rare Insect Found Only In Glacier National Park
The rare western glacier stonefly (Zapada glacier) is native to Glacier National Park and is seeking habitat at higher elevations due to warming stream temperature and glacier loss due to climate warming CREDIT: JOE GIERSCH/USGS Glacier melt is a major player in the long-term effects of climate change, contributing to sea level rise and dwindling water supplies. But it also has immediate impacts on the organisms ...
The Other CO2 Problem: How Acidic Oceans Will Cost Our Economy Billions (cont...)
The economic impacts of ocean acidification are already being felt Rising acidity levels in the oceans have posed a serious threat to shellfish, particularly oysters. CREDIT: AP Photo/Ted S. Warren The U.N. report cited “strong evidence” that acidification is already negatively impacting shellfisheries off the northwest coast of the U.S., partially because the pH of the water there is already ...
The Other CO2 Problem: How Acidic Oceans Will Cost Our Economy Billions
A Norwegin coral reef with gorgonian and stony corals in Norway. CREDIT: AP Photo/GEOMAR, Karen Hissmann The growing acidity of the world’s oceans could cost the global economy $1 trillion by 2100 if humans don’t stop putting so much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to an extensive report compiled by 30 experts worldwide and released Wednesday by the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity. Oceans ...
USAID and NASA Using Technology for Development in Lower Mekong
For Immediate Release Monday, October 6, 2014 Richard Nyberg (662) 257-3138 BANGKOK, October 6, 2014 — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) today announced a five-year project that will promote the use of satellite imagery to help Asia’s Lower Mekong region better predict and cope ...
New threatened tree populations discovered in Vietnam
Surveys carried out by the Center for Plant Conservation Vietnam (CPCV) have identified new populations of a number of threatened species including the Critically Endangered Magnolia grandis. The new findings are the result of over two weeks of fieldwork in forests surrounding the villages of Phieng Luong and Phieng Phoc in northern Vietnam. Among a number of exciting new findings, a major highlight was the discovery ...