In the Guinness Book of Records (GWR) 2009 Edition released this month, Indonesia is once again referred to as the country with the world’s highest rate of deforestation. Citing the FAO’s State of the World’s Forests 2007 (SOFO), the country … Continue reading
Last week HSUS staff hosted a private awards ceremony for the family of Buffy, a German Shepherd from Oakland Calif. , who was posthumously named the Valor Dog of the Year, the highest honor in the companion dog category of … Continue reading
Bruce MacFarlane has been studying salmon for 25 years, and he still sounds amazed when he talks about their evolutionary adaptations. “It’s a brilliant survival strategy,” he says. “They spend most of their lives in the ocean–it’s a nutrient-rich environment. … Continue reading
The most comprehensive assessment of the world’s mammals has confirmed an extinction crisis, with almost one in four at risk of disappearing forever, according to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, revealed at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in … Continue reading
Scientists have found lichens can give insight into nitrogen air pollution effects on Sierra Nevada and San Bernardino mountain ecosystems, and protecting them provides safeguards for less sensitive species.
Their findings are presented this month in the international journal Environmental Pollution and are significant because nitrogen from air pollution causes detrimental chemical and biological effects to terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Other harmful effects include elevated nitrate concentrations in streams and groundwater, and weakened California forests more susceptible to bark beetle infestations and fires. Continue reading
Project 10 to the 100th is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible.
Good luck, and may those who help the most win. Continue reading
Science’s understanding of human pain remains simplistic, with no safe and effective analgesia for chronic pain despite decades of animal experiments, according to an article published in international peer-reviewed journal Neuroimage, collaboratively authored by leading pain experts and the Dr Hadwen Trust. Continue reading