Mertz Glacier under the microscope
An array of underwater cameras, moorings and sensors will be deployed at the Mertz Glacier in east Antarctica this summer for the first time since a major iceberg calving event.
In January last year, 78...
New lemur: big feet, long tongue and the size of squirrel
Washington, DC / London – A species of fork-marked lemur believed to be new to science was discovered in the dry forests of Madagascar. It will be shown for the first time exclusively on...
Scientists Find 20 Years of Deep Water Warming Leading to Sea Level Rise
Scientists analyzing measurements taken in the deep ocean around the globe over the past two decades find a warming trend that contributes to sea level rise, especially around Antarctica.
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such...
Mass whale stranding in Far North
The Department of Conservation (DOC) in Kaitaia received a call from a member of the public at approximately 10.30am this morning advising of a mass whale stranding on Karikari Beach (a remote beach on...
Europe blows its annual budget for fish on Friday 9 July
New research reveals that Europe could not feed itself on fish from EU waters for more than 189 days a year, and from today is dependent on fish caught elsewhere.
Consuming far more than our...
Information on Bird Impacts from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
What is the Likely Impact on Birds?
The concern for birds are three-fold.
- Brown PelicanThe first is the immediate threat to individual birds from oil contamination. The first oiled birds are now being collected and...
Deepwater horizon incident (Update 10)
Unified Command continues with a comprehensive oil well intervention and spill response plan following the April 22 sinking of the Transocean Deepwater Horizon drilling rig 130 miles southeast of New Orleans. More than 1,000...
Pollution from Asia circles globe at stratospheric heights
BOULDER—The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led...
Release of rhino poachers exposes widespread enforcement failures
Gland, Switzerland, 2 March 2010—The release of six alleged rhino poachers from custody two weeks before a meeting of the largest wildlife trade convention is emblematic of the chronic lack of political will to...
CCC Takes Action To Help Cold Stunned Turtles
As freezing winter temperatures put Florida's sea turtles at risk, CCC is stepping in to help conservation groups across the state deal with this crisis.
Sea turtles are generally attracted to Florida's warm waters and...
Japanese Foreign Minister Confesses to Whale Poaching
Japanese whaler harpoons minke whale 2009Japan’s Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada has confessed to what the rest of the world has known all along.
In an interview with The Australian newspaper and Australian Broadcasting Corporation Foreign...
More icebergs surround Macquarie Island
"From satellite images we can see there is a whole group of icebergs, roughly spread over an area of 1,000 kilometres by 700 kilometres, moving with the ocean current away from Antarctica," Dr Young...
