http://www.lepidopterology.com/ Latest news on butterflies and moths provided by Lepidopterology en-gb Copyright 2008, Lepidopterology info@lepidopterology.com (Stanislav Abadjiev) Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:31:00 GMT Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:31:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ http://www.lepidopterology.com/images/leps_logo_news.gif http://www.lepidopterology.com/ Alternative fishing technology has been shown to save turtles while not affecting fish catches, according to a report released by WWF and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08082601 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08082601 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:31:00 GMT Shipwrecks on coral reefs may increase invasion of unwanted species, according to a recent U.S. Geological Survey study. These unwanted species can completely overtake the reef and eliminate all the native coral, dramatically decreasing the diversity of marine organisms on the reef... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08082301 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08082301 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:57:00 GMT An aerial survey by government scientists in Alaska's Chukchi Sea this week found at least nine polar bears swimming in open water - with one at least 60 miles from shore - raising concern among wildlife experts about their survival... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08082201 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08082201 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:01:00 GMT Managers and stakeholders in freshwater systems need to stop talking about adaptation to climate change and start doing it, WWF told the World Water Week symposium in Stockholm today... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08082102 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08082102 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:42:00 GMT The survival of the 35 remaining Amur leopards of the Russian Far East has been given a huge boost following a government decision to establish a unified, centrally governed protected area... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08082101 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08082101 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:39:00 GMT While each person in the UK drinks, hoses, flushes and washes their way through around 150 litres of mains water a day, they consume about 30 times as much in 'virtual' water embedded in food, clothes and other items - the equivalent of about 58 bathtubs full of water every day... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08082001 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08082001 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:32:00 GMT A new analysis of environmental conditions over the Atlantic Ocean shows that hot, dry air associated with dust outbreaks from the Sahara desert was a likely contributor to the quieter-than-expected 2007 hurricane season... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081901 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081901 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:56:00 GMT WWF Director General James Leape will tell the opening session of World Water Week in Stockholm that a world water crisis is a key factor behind current global anxieties over faltering food supplies and rising food costs... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081801 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081801 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:54:00 GMT A global study led by Professor Robert Diaz of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, shows that the number of 'dead zones' - areas of seafloor with too little oxygen for most marine life - has increased by a third between 1995 and 2007... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081502 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081502 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:05:00 GMT Tons of soot are released into the air annually as forest fires rage from California to the Amazon to Siberia and Indonesia. Climate scientists have generally assumed that the main effect of smoke on climate is cooling, as the floating particles can reflect some solar energy back to space as well as increasing cloud size and lifespan... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081501 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081501 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:02:00 GMT The most ambitious Mediterranean tuna tagging project yet will today start seeking answers to some key mysteries on the migratory behaviour of this most valuable but also most imperilled 'prince of the sea.' WWF scientists, launching the three-year On the Med tuna trail project in Spain's Balearic Islands, hope to map tuna migrations around the Mediterranean and verify theories that there may be resident tuna populations in the eastern Mediterranean that never venture into the Atlantic... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081401 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081401 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:00:00 GMT A global panel of experts have today lent their support to a draft standard for the use of sustainable biofuels that will inject some rigour into the murky debate about the embracing of biofuels that may cause more emissions than they save... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081301 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081301 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:51:00 GMT Arizona State University scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding the effect on climate change of a key component of urban pollution. The discovery could lead to more accurate forecasting of possible global-warming activity, say Peter Crozier and James Anderson... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081101 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081101 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:14:00 GMT North Dakota State University researchers, Fargo, are among the leaders of a group of National Science Foundation-funded scientists who have discovered the last traces of tundra on the interior of Antarctica before temperatures began a relentless drop millions of years ago... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08080801 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08080801 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:52:00 GMT An indigenous people famed for helping early Siberian explorers survive in the wild are now passing on their knowledge to the guardians of one of the world's most porous borders... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08080701 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08080701 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:53:00 GMT Environmental conservation efforts have traditionally focused on protecting individual species or natural resources. Scientists are discovering, however, that preserving the benefits that whole ecosystems provide to people is more economically and environmentally valuable... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08080501 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08080501 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:24:00 GMT