Floods displace 15,000 in Chile Fri May 23, 2008 6:16pm EDT By Antonio de la Jara SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Heavy rains and flooding that killed five people and displaced thousands in south-central Chile have collapsed road and rail bridges, closed the world’s largest underground copper mine and left many in… Continue reading
Methane rise points to wetlands By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website Higher atmospheric levels of the greenhouse gas methane noted last year are probably related to emissions from wetlands, especially around the Arctic. Scientists have found indications that extra amounts of the gas in the Arctic region are… Continue reading
During the Fall and Winter of 2007-08, RTNA worked extensively with Native Forest Network-Gulf of Maine (NFN) and other groups in Maine to stop Plum Creek Timber and Real Estate’s proposed massive development of the Moosehead Lake Region in northern Maine’s North Woods. Part of the Great North Woods of… Continue reading
SCIENCE 23 MAY 2008 VOL 320 The Threat to the World’s Plants A day after polar bears made headlines last week, the world’s leading botanical gardens issued a call to remember threatened plants, too. Their new report, Plants and Climate Change: Which Future? makes the case for protecting the botanical… Continue reading