Return of the Plains Grizzly
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Green News | Comments OffBy WorldChanging Canada writer Rod Edwards. The Grizzly bear's Latin name captures its place in popular culture: fierce symbol of untamed wilderness, Ursus arctos horribilis. Among carnivorous North American land mammals, the grizzly is second in ...
Can the Dead Sea Be Brought to Life?
Monday, August 18th, 2008 Posted in Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Green News | Comments Offby Hannah Doherty The Dead Sea has been a religious and cultural landmark of the Middle East for thousands of years. Saltier than the oceans, the lake is like none other in the world. But in the ...
Ontario to Protect Northern Boreal Forest
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Green News | Comments OffTuesday, Primer Dalton McGuinty announced that Ontario will set aside 55 million acres of Northern Boreal Forest for permanent protection from development. The area, one of the world's largest intact forest and wetland ecosystems, is roughly ...
U.S. Ecosystem Report Indicates Trouble
Friday, June 27th, 2008 Posted in Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Green News | Comments OffYears of industrial and agricultural growth have left an indelible imprint on many formerly vibrant U.S. ecosystems. While nature is adept at resilience, the depletion and contamination of natural resources, especially water, may affect human health ...
Chinook Salmon Invade South America
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Green News | Comments OffTrying to manipulate nature to get what we want often has unintended consequences. One of the most recent examples of this has been the chinook salmon’s colonization of Chile and Argentina. People introduced chinook salmon to ...
Conservationists Map Madagascar’s Exotic Wildlife
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Green News | Comments OffBy Ben Block A trip to the island nation of Madagascar is often likenedto a journey into another world. Many of its species are found nowhere else on Earth, isolated within the country's ...
Conservationists Map Madagascar’s Exotic Wildlife
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Green News | Comments OffBy Ben Block A trip to the island nation of Madagascar is often likenedto a journey into another world. Many of its species are found nowhere else on Earth, isolated within the country's ...
Seeing Through Salmon
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Green News | Comments OffTo get a sense of how complex and tangled the task is of managing the planet, consider Chinook salmon. The Sacramento River fall Chinook salmon run, which had been recovering in recent years, has suddenly collapsed, and ...