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Archive for: February, 2016

Rocks have growth rings too and they can help us learn about past climates

Scientists have found a new way to tease out signals about Earth’s climatic past from soil deposits on gravel and pebbles, adding an unprecedented level of detail to the existing paleoclimate record and revealing a time in North America’s past when summers were wetter than normal. A research team led by soil scientists at the […]

Tiny pygmy shrew has the fastest heartbeat of any mammal !!

It’s almost Valentine’s Day, which means cartoon hearts are popping up on every card and candy box. But it’s the real, hardworking organs that deserve some love this holiday weekend. Saturday’s Weird Animal Question of the Week took the author’s prerogative to ask: “What are some most unique hearts of the animal kingdom?” (Also see “Nudge Nudge, […]

Wildlife Services—ever heard of it: Is the Government Agency’s Job to Kill Wildlife?

By Rachael Bale PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 12, 2016 Wildlife Services—ever heard of it? No, not the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. That’s something different. The Fish and Wildlife Service is part of the Department of the Interior, charged with enforcing wildlife laws, restoring habitat, and protecting fish, plants, and animals. Wildlife Services isn’t your state fish and game […]

Obama climate initiative: Supreme Court calls halt

President Barack Obama’s plans to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide from US power plants have been stalled by the US Supreme Court. The court ruled that the president’s Clean Power Plan could not go forward until all legal challenges were heard. Designed to cut US emissions by 32% by 2030, the scheme put huge emphasis […]

বিপর্যস্ত হালদা রক্ষায় নতুন উদ্যোগ

বিশ্বের অন্যতম কার্প জাতীয় মাছের প্রাকৃতিক প্রজনন ক্ষেত্র চট্টগ্রামের হালদা নদী প্রাকৃতিক ও মানুষসৃষ্ট নানা কারণে পড়েছে হুমকির মুখে। বিশেষজ্ঞের তাগিদ, ওই নদী রক্ষায় সরকারকে নিতে হবে জরুরি উদ্যোগ। ইতোমধ্যে কিছু পদক্ষেপ নিয়েছে প্রশাসন। বিশেষজ্ঞের দাবির পরিপ্রেক্ষিতে বিশ্বের আলোচিত এই হালদা নদী রক্ষায় সরকার ২০০৭ সালে সাত্তার ঘাট হতে মদুনা ঘাট পর্যন্ত ২০ কিলোমিটার এবং […]

Are we impacting the future of our planet for thousands of years?

The Earth may suffer irreversible damage that could last tens of thousands of years because of the rate humans are emitting carbon into the atmosphere. In a new study in Nature Climate Change, researchers at Oregon State University, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and collaborating institutions found that the longer-term impacts of climate change go well past the […]

বাঘ বাঁচাতে দেশ ঘুরবে ‘টাইগার ক্যারাভ্যান’

সুন্দরবনের জীববৈচিত্র্য ও বাঘ রক্ষায় দেশজুড়ে সচেতনতা তৈরিতে দুই বছরব্যাপী প্রচারাভিযান ‘টাইগার ক্যারাভ্যান’। আগামী ১১ ফেব্রুয়ারি ঢাকার কৃষিবিদ ইনস্টিটিউটে বসবে সংলাপ ‘টাইগার টক’। সেখানেই বন ও পরিবেশ মন্ত্রী আনোয়ার হোসেন মঞ্জু এ কর্মসূচির উদ্বোধন করবেন। বুধবার ঢাকায় এক সংবাদ সম্মেলনে জানানো হয়, ‘বাঘ আমাদের গর্ব-বাঘ সুরক্ষা করব’- এই স্লোগান নিয়ে একটি বাস সারা দেশে ১০০টি […]

Air pollution in Europe and the EU lack of action

Air pollution from vehicles is killing tens of thousands of people every year in the UK alone, write Jean Lambert, Molly Scott Cato & Keith Taylor, an outrage set into stark focus by VW’s ‘test cheating’. The EU’s response? To relax tests and allow cars to be more polluting – with the full support of […]

Ships’ noise is serious problem for killer whales and dolphins, report finds

Noise emanating from passing ships may disturb animals such as killer whales and dolphins far more than previously thought, with new research showing that the animals’ communication and ability to find prey could be hampered by the underwater din. The low rumble of passing ships has long been connected to the disturbance of large whales. […]

Carbon emissions boosted 2014 January storm risk ‘by 43%’

Severe storms in the south of England in 2013/14 were made more likely by human emissions of carbon dioxide. A new study says that climate change increased the chances of a once-in-a-century wet January in 2014 by 43%. Researchers were also able to estimate the climate impact on rainfall, river flow and properties at risk. […]

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