News articles tagged with 'tropical'
New climate treaty could put species at risk
— 17 Nov 2009 16:24 | EnvironmentPlans to be discussed at the forthcoming UN climate conference in Copenhagen to cut deforestation in developing countries could save some species from extinction but inadvertently increase... — full story
Global warming cycles threaten endangered primate species
— 28 Oct 2009 13:00 | EnvironmentTwo Penn State University researchers have carried out one of the first-ever analyses of the effects of global warming on endangered primates. This innovative work by Graduate Student... — full story
Surveys for major neglected tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa can be integrated
— 28 Oct 2009 11:14 | HealthIt is possible to simultaneously survey a number of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the challenging environment of Southern Sudan, according to a new study published October 27... — full story
Carbon-offsetting and conservation can both be winners in rainforest
— 21 Oct 2009 11:02 | EnvironmentLogged rainforests can support as much plant, animal and insect life as virgin forest within 15 years if properly managed, research at the University of Leeds has found... — full story
The first neotropical rainforest was home of the Titanoboa
— 13 Oct 2009 09:59 | Geology and palaeontologySmithsonian researchers working in Colombia's Cerrejon coal mine have unearthed the first megafossil evidence of a neotropical rainforest. Titanoboa, the world's biggest snake, lived... — full story
Tropical regions to be hardest hit by fisheries shifts caused by climate change
— 9 Oct 2009 12:38 | EnvironmentMajor shifts in fisheries distribution due to climate change will affect food security in tropical regions most adversely, according to a study led by the Sea Around Us Project at The... — full story
Panama butterfly migrations linked to El Nino, climate change
— 6 Oct 2009 20:32 | BiologyA high-speed chase across the Panama Canal in a Boston Whaler may sound like the beginning of another James Bond film - but the protagonist of this story brandishes a butterfly net... — full story
Killer bees may increase food supplies for native bees
— 2 Oct 2009 10:43 | EnvironmentAggressive African bees were accidentally released in Brazil in 1957. As 'killer bees' spread northward, David Roubik, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute,... — full story
Scientists uncover solar cycle, stratosphere, and ocean connections
— 27 Aug 2009 18:00 | EnvironmentSubtle connections between the 11-year solar cycle, the stratosphere, and the tropical Pacific Ocean work in sync to generate periodic weather patterns that affect much of the globe,... — full story
ESA investigates new methods of mapping tropical forest from space
— 22 Aug 2009 15:17 | EnvironmentTropical rainforests play a crucial role in Earth's carbon cycle by absorbing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in biomass. However, mapping these carbon stocks from space poses... — full story