News | Archive (September 2008)
New dinosaur from Argentina had bird-like breathing system
— 30 Sep 2008 | Geology and palaeontologyThe remnants of a new 30-foot-long dinosaur discovered along the banks of Rio Colorado in Argentina may help to unravel how birds evolved their unusual breathing system. Palaeontologists... — full story
Phoenix sees falling snow on Mars
— 29 Sep 2008 | AstronomyNASA's Phoenix spacecraft has detected snow falling from Martian clouds. Lander's soil experiments also have provided evidence of past interaction between minerals and liquid water,... — full story
Car free day tries to drive home lessons of 'Green Olympics'
— 29 Sep 2008 | EnvironmentAfter clamping down on cars and the pollution that comes with them for the Olympics, China last week tried to keep the spirit alive with its second national Car Free Day... — full story
Cod takes a battering
— 29 Sep 2008 | EnvironmentThere was a significant setback for cod recovery this week following the annual meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) here... — full story
Poachers walk free as assault on Zimbabwe rhinos escalates
— 29 Sep 2008 | EnvironmentA breakdown in law enforcement against rhino poaching and horn smuggling in Zimbabwe is threatening the success of more than a decade's work bringing rhino populations back up to healthy... — full story
Judge calls time on Italy's groundhog day
— 29 Sep 2008 | EnvironmentAs more and more regional authorities in Italy ride roughshod over national and European hunting law, at least one supposedly protected species has been granted a stay of execution... — full story
Chinese central bank and WWF outline greener banking roadmap
— 29 Sep 2008 | EnvironmentChinese commercial banks should establish environmental reporting, assessment, management, and risk evaluation systems to promote sustainable development in China, according to a new... — full story
Similarity of urban flora
— 29 Sep 2008 | EnvironmentMore plant species grow in German towns and cities than in the countryside, but those in towns and cities are more closely related and are often functionally similar This makes urban... — full story
'Wild cousin' emerges from family tree of supernova
— 25 Sep 2008 | AstronomyScientists may have discovered the relative of a freakishly behaving exploding star once thought to be the only one of its kind. For more than two decades, astronomers have intensively... — full story
Bedrock in Canada is the oldest known rock on Earth discovered
— 25 Sep 2008 | Geology and palaeontologyBedrock in Canada more than 4 billion years old may be the oldest known section of the Earth's early crust. Scientists at the Carnegie Institution of Washington and McGill University... — full story