Tag: Climate Change
Loggerheads’ Lost Years, Bronx River Beavers & Sibley 2.0
Also in this week’s best of the web: blue-blooded horseshoe crabs, Javan rhinos, hitchhiking pseudoscorpions, and cave-dwelling crocodiles of Gabon
Canary in the Cornfield: Why the Fuss about Monarchs?
Everyone is talking about the record low count of monarchs at their overwintering site in Mexico, but what is really happening to these butterflies and why does it matter?
Juggling Chainsaws: Carbon, Biodiversity, and Livelihoods in the Logging Landscape
Smaller areas of high intensity wood production or larger areas of lower-impact logging? It’s not a simple question — and maybe not even the right one.
Oil from Grocery Bags, Elephant Repellent, Roadkill and More
Also in our best of the web: dating advice for spiders, big data for farming and disease prediction, and a little Darwin Day buzz.
Flying Snakes, White Green Roofs, Why Agoutis Should Sleep in & More
Also in this week’s best of the web: growing an electrical circuit, why scientists and designers struggle to collaborate, and the secret handshake of science communications.
The Amazing Lemming: The Rodent Behind the Snowy Owl Invasion?
Lemmings shape nearly every aspect of arctic ecosystems. Could their recent abundance also be a key factor in the snowy owl invasion occurring in the eastern United States?
The Cooler: Tweeting Sharks, Animal Cannibals, Farmbots & More
Also in our Friday best-of-the-web: a dolphin mega-pod, a trove of old snake venom, and one acid-loving coral reef.
The Trapped Polar Expedition: Spectacle or Serious Science?
The icebound Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) made headlines for becoming icebound at year’s end and requiring helicopter rescue for its passengers. Which set off a debate: was the AAE really science, or just a carnival-like spectacle?
How Will the Polar Vortex Affect Wildlife?
The “polar vortex” that is bringing frigid temperatures to much of the United States is miserable for people. But how do wild animals cope with these extreme conditions?
A Lung Scan for the Planet: A New Global Forest Change Interactive Map
A map that inspires? The new interactive Global Forest Change Map provides an incredible look at our global forests. And it could change the way we conserve them.
Conserving Lake Trout Among the Philosophers
Can well-managed lakes in the Adirondacks provide important refuges for lake trout in the face of climate change? That’s the focus of a new intensive research effort being conducted at Follensby Pond, where philosophers once pondered life’s mysteries.
Will Polar Bears Die Out Because of Climate Change?
Everyone has heard that polar bears are threatened by climate change. But what does that mean, exactly? We look at what the latest science predicts is likely to happen.
Making Climate Change Relevant to You: Climate Wizard Maps the Future
What will climate change bring to your community? Climate Wizard helps people around the world better understand how climate change will impact the places where they live, work and recreate.
Climate Change & Typhoon Haiyan: What’s the Connection, Science?
Was climate change to blame for the intensity of Typhoon Haiyan? The Cooler rounds up climate science literature and scientist responses…and finds a scatterplot of answers.
When the “Big One” Hits New York: Conservancy Science in the News
What if Superstorm Sandy had been worse? Grist looks to Conservancy science for the answers.
What is Cool Green Science?
Featured Content
How Did the Brook Trout Cross the Road?
Road culverts may not be sexy, but they're a matter of life and death for native fish.
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Protecting a 40,000-Year-Old Culture
Can forest carbon markets provide a hopeful future for Tanzania hunter-gatherers?
Does Biodiversity Really Protect Us From Disease?
The idea has gone mainstream over the last year — but new scientific evidence might dash hopes that conservation could be directly relevant to human health.
The Strangest Wildlife Rescue?
Meet the animal that was saved from extinction because someone broke a wildlife law.
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Bird is the Word
- Working towards a #sustainable city as a model for the future in Chennai, India: http://t.co/EdWa7D5WTN #urbanplanning via @GdnDevelopment
- For the PM crowd: #Seaturtles lost years, Bronx River beavers & more: http://t.co/XDSUG5fdfF http://t.co/7gArLUlXue
- What factors influence species diversity?: http://t.co/DHdwFs2tIF via @Trends_Ecol_Evo
- RT @Etheostomatt: There Are Upsides To This Year's Bone-Chilling Winter: http://t.co/pw94jHjD9A #YellowPerch #Whitefish
- Warm #rivers are contributing to a warming Arctic: http://t.co/HdwUzSDLSF #climatechange via @YaleE360
Blogroll: Conservation and Science
- 10,000 Birds
- Bird Freak
- Blogfish
- Carl Zimmer's The Loom
- Climate Compass
- Collide-a-scape
- Conservation Biology Institute
- Conservation Bytes
- Conservation Magazine
- Deep Sea News
- Discover Magazine Blogs
- Dynamic Ecology
- Earth Lab
- Eat More Brook Trout
- Environmental Leader
- Gary Paul Nabhan
- God of Wednesday
- Grist
- High Country News
- I, Science
- Idaho Nature Notes
- Inside Science
- Knight Science Journalism Tracker
- Mongabay
- Mother Jones Blue Marble
- New Scientist
- New York Times Green
- Not Exactly Rocket Science
- NRDC Blogs
- Orion Blog
- Peter Gleick: Significant Figures
- Pew Environment Group
- Planet Change
- PLoS blog
- Prairie Ecologist
- Real Climate
- Science Blogs
- Science Daily
- Science Friday
- Science Jon
- Science Shots
- Scientific American Blogs
- Sea Monster
- Short Sharp Science
- Smithsonian Science & Nature
- Strange Behaviors
- Surprising Science
- Ted Williams Conservation Blog
- Tet Zoo
- The Blog Aquatic
- The Tiny Aviary
- TreeHugger
- Wired Science
- Yale Environment 360
