Biodiversity (Page 2)
Pass notes, No 2,947: European meadow tickGuardian Unlimited | 23 Mar 2011Keep a careful eye on your pet - these little parasites have jumped the Channel and could be living in a wood or field near you, loaded with nasty diseases. Age: Hard to tell. Unlike most Europeans, they don't carry documentation. Appearance: Anchored to the flesh of your beloved canine companion. Poor Fido. Still, dogs are always getting ticks.
United Kingdom | Biodiversity | Environmental Awareness Spring is here, say UK nature watchersGuardian Unlimited | 22 Mar 2011Spring has arrived - and much earlier than last year, according to sightings of nature recorded by the public. The Woodland Trust, which runs the Nature's Calendar project that allows the public to report signs of the seasons across the country, said this year was following the recent trend for...
England | United Kingdom | Biodiversity Mass rat cull for remote UK islandGuardian Unlimited | 24 Feb 2011Eradication programme aims to save millions of seabirds from invasive rats on South Georgia. Testing for the biggest rat eradication programme in history is beginning on a remote UK island in the south Atlantic. Scientists are preparing to drop poison in a limited area of South Georgia in a bid to save the world's most southern songbird from extinction and restore tens of millions of seabirds to the island's breeding grounds.
United Kingdom | Biodiversity | Biodiversity Conservation | Pollution | Science and Environment Plantwatch: a divided nationGuardian Unlimited | 23 Feb 2011Britain has been a divided nation this month - the north dogged by cold winds, the south largely mild and balmy. So it's small wonder that the early spring flowers are barely showing in Scotland and Northern Ireland, but in the southern half of the country spring is well under way – snowdrops, celandines, daffodils, crocuses and hazel catkins are coming into bloom and the leaf buds of elder trees starting to break open.
United Kingdom | Biodiversity | Biodiversity Conservation | Weather Conditions Target 'black carbon', recommends UNGuardian Unlimited | 23 Feb 2011Cutting the amount of soot we pour into the atmosphere, and emissions of methane from agriculture, would be one of the most powerful ways to tackle climate change, a new report from the United Nations environment programme (Unep) has concluded. Preventing "black carbon" - particles of soot from industry and cooking fires – from polluting the air would help to cut global warming by as much as 0.5C, and reduce warming in the Arctic by about two thirds by 2030.
Air Pollution | Global Warming | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Industry | Science and Environment Birdwatch: WaxwingGuardian Unlimited | 21 Feb 2011It's not often you can combine seeing a rare and exotic bird with the weekly shop, especially in the unlikely surroundings of a supermarket in Weston-super-Mare. Then again, the waxwing is no ordinary bird. One sunny Saturday morning last month I was scanning the trees around the car park, along...
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