Articles in the Category: Adaptation and Extinction
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate, Climate Change, Environment, Featured Articles, Greenovation, SciClips on 06 5th, 2009 | No Comments
Sinking Kivalina
As the Arctic heats up, indigenous people seem to bearing the brunt of global warming. The village of Kivalina, in northwestern Alaska is the latest victim and is being forced to relocate in a safer spot.
The village is suing the largest oil companies in the world–blaming the warming world on...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environment, Video on 03 31st, 2009 | No Comments
Disney Launches Earth-friendly Studio, movie, Earth Day, April 22
Disney’s goal is going to plant one tree for every ticket sold. Disney will oversee the planting of the trees in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, which is considered the most endangered rain forest in the world. Today, only 7 percent of the Atlantic Forest remains. Disney is committed to ensuring...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate, Climate Change, Environment, Featured Articles, Greenovation, SciClips on 03 16th, 2009 | No Comments
11 Degrees of Separation
Scientists just met in Copenhagen, Denmark to discuss the state of science surrounding the climate. The prognosis–we’re in serious trouble unless we change course, fast.
The news was pretty grim for the most part, with each bit of science raising dire prediction after dire prediction.
The...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Backyard Science, Climate Change, SciClips on 03 2nd, 2009 | No Comments
Phenological Fun
Courtesy of Univsersity Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Don’t just read about climate change, get outside and watch it in action. And, help scientists gather data about seasonal pattern changes in many different plant species.
Join the Project BudBurst volunteer network to monitor climate...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Anthropology, Bioethics, Video on 02 9th, 2009 | No Comments
Darwin Year Begins with a Big Birthday
2009 is Darwin year, the bicentenary of the British naturalist’s birth, and 150th anniversary of the publication of his seminal work “The Origin of Species.” An exhibition has opened in London’s Museum of Natural History.
The major milestone was to have begun the Year of Evolution...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Biology, Climate, Climate Change, Marine Science, SciClips, Video on 01 13th, 2009 | No Comments
Frost Bite Nips Pelicans
Brown Pelicans in the Caribbean, photo by Diana Shpektor
From Oregon to Mexico, brown pelicans are dropping from the sky and scientists are puzzled. They say it could be exposure to a chemical, a disease or even frost bite after being caught too far north when winter began.
Wildlife experts are trying...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate Change, Engineering, Environment, Greenovation, SciClips, Solar on 12 1st, 2008 | 2 Comments
4 Solutions 4 Climate Change
Ecoclub Surya in London, courtesy of Club4Climate
The 14th annual United Nations Conference on Climate Change gets underway in Poznan, Poland this week. The two-week long conference will focus on ways the world can adapt to the changing Climate. And, for the first time a world exhibit on Technologies...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Artificial Intelligence, Backyard Science, Biofuels, Biology, Climate Change, Dinosaurs, Diseases, Engineering, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Genetics, Genomics, Geoengineering, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Nanotechnology, SciClips, Space, Wave Power on 11 17th, 2008 | No Comments
One Celled Solutions
Model of a phage attacking a microbe, courtesy of Ohio State University
Science is facing some big questions, like how will we capture excess atmospheric carbon dioxide or how will we overcome antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections?
But, a one-celled organism that lives in the sea may have the...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Marine Science, SciClips, Video on 11 13th, 2008 | No Comments
Supreme Court Overturns Navy Sonar Rule
Beached sperm whale, courtesy of New Zealand Herald, photo by Richard Robinson
The jury is still out on whether the Navy’s use of sonar is hurting whales or other marine mammals. But a 5-4 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday lifted part of a moratorium on using sonar in military testing...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Biology, SciClips on 08 25th, 2008 | No Comments
Originating New Species
Horned beetle, photo by Armin Mozcek
The fittest do survive.
But new research from Indiana seems to indicate that what makes a creature fit can be driven by other secondary characteristics.
This can lead to rapid speciation.
Originating New Species [ 3:25 ]
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate Change, Diseases, Health and Medicine, SciClips on 07 16th, 2008 | No Comments
Hot Stones
Dr. Yair Lotan and Dr. Margaret Pearle, courtesy of UT Southwestern Medical Center
In a warmer world, kidney stone risk will increase. New research shows a connection between geography, temperature and kidney stones.
The kidney stone belt in the U.S. includes all the southern states but it could grow...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Climate, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environment, SciClips on 07 14th, 2008 | No Comments
Penguin-o-Meter
Adelie Penguins, photo by Dee Boersma, courtesy of University of Washington
Are penguins the new canary in the coal mine when it comes to warning the world about global warming?
One conservation biologist at Unviersity of Washington says, Yes.
Penguin-o-Meter [ 3:40 ]
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Backyard Science, Climate, Video on 06 27th, 2008 | No Comments
Plant Creep
Plants seem pretty well rooted in the ground where they are planted. But new botanical research is showing that global warming is pushing plants, trees and forests to higher elevations. A long-term study just revealed a major altitude migration among European trees and plants.
Backyard green thumbs...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Biology, Computer Science, SciClips on 05 23rd, 2008 | No Comments
Animal Tracker
Animals roam across vast expanses, criss-crossing the world. And, now people can follow many different species fitted with satellite tags and tracked online using applications like Google Maps.
Peregrine Falcons
Porcupine Caribou Herd
Narwhals
Sea Turtles
Animal Tracker [ 4:06 ]
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Podcast, SciClips on 02 8th, 2008 | No Comments
Pacific Walrus on the Brink
courtesy of US Fish and Wildlife Service
First the polar bears and now the Pacific Walrus are being squeezed off the melting ice and onto the brink of extinction. Could listing the walrus under the Endangered Species Act save the tusked mammal or is global warming making it too hot for the walrus to...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Marine Science, Podcast, SciClips on 02 5th, 2008 | No Comments
Fish Booms (and Busts) Solved
courtesy of Scripps Institue, UC San Diego
Cycles of booms and busts have plagued the fishing industry forever. Fish suddenly disappear in one area and turn up in another. Now scientists think they have figured out part of the mystery — at least when it comes to sardines and anchovies.
Fish...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate, Environment, Podcast, SciClips, Video on 01 9th, 2008 | No Comments
Losing India’s Islands
In India, rising sea levels have already swallowed two islands in the famed Sunderbans mangrove region, with dozens more under threat.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Endangered Species, Politics, Video on 09 24th, 2007 | No Comments
Threatened Species List Published
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Biology, New Species, Podcast, SciClips on 08 8th, 2007 | No Comments
Forest Find
photo by Andy Plumptre, Wildlife Conservation Society
As more and more biologists are worried about mass extinctions, a group of researchers has just discovered a treasure trove of new plant and animal species in an unlikely place–the war-torn Congo.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Endangered Species, Podcast, SciClips on 07 19th, 2007 | No Comments
Butterfly Back
photo by: Larry Orsak
For the blue butterfly in Southern California, all is not lost. The species that only months ago was near extinction is making a come back.
Butterfly Back
