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Forest-Saving Deal Could Lift Climate Summit Hopes
Environment  (tags: climate, ClimateChange, CO2emissions, globalwarming, forests, trees )

Chris
- 14 hours ago - news.yahoo.com
In a potentially valuable boost to fighting climate change, rich and poor countries are close to an agreement to end the destruction of the world's forests in 20 years, government negotiators said.
Gordon Brown: Climate-Change Sceptics Are 'Flat-Earthers'
Environment  (tags: climate, climatechange, globalwarming, ecosystems, CO2emissions, world )

Cal
- 19 hours ago - telegraph.co.uk
People who doubt that human activity contributes to global warming are "flat-earthers" and "anti-science", Gordon Brown has said.
A Story of 2 Best Friends That Are Dolphins   video
Environment  (tags: wildlife, dolphins, nets, ignorence, apathy of humans )

Claudia
- 3 days ago - youtube.com
This video has broke me down.
Antarctica May Heat Up Dramatically as Ozone Hole Repairs, Warn Scientists
Environment  (tags: climatechange, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, climate-change, climate, world )

Cal
- 4 days ago - guardian.co.uk
As blanket of ozone over southern pole seals up, temperatures on continent could soar by 3C, increasing sea level rise by 1.4m
Armchair Army to Save the Amazon Rainforest--HELP PLANT TREES!
Environment  (tags: environment, trees )

Cal
- 12 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
SPEND a pound and save the rainforest. A conservation group led by a millionaire sports tycoon and a former Labour minister is launching an appeal today to recruit 100,000 green heroes to protect trees in the Amazon. See www.coolearth.org to help out!
Measuring the Daily Destruction of the World's Rainforests
Environment  (tags: trees, forests, Habitat Destruction, rainforest destruction )

Chris
- 16 days ago - scientificamerican.com
Most experts agree that we are losing upwards of 80,000 acres of tropical rainforest daily ... Along with this loss and degradation, we are losing some 135 plant, animal and insect species every day--or some 50,000 species a year--as the forests fall.
Rising CO2 Could Cause Catastrophic Sea Level Rise Finds Antarctic Study
Environment  (tags: CO2emissions, climatechange, climate, globalwarming, environment, protection, greenhousegases, pollution, water, world, ecosystems, climate-change )

Cal
- 16 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Sea levels could rise by up to six metres if the world fails to get pollution under control, according to the latest study in the Antarctic.
Scottish Primrose - the Flower of Scotland - Disappearing Fast
Environment  (tags: flora, ecosystems, environment, habitat, world, nature )

Cal
- 21 days ago - news.scotsman.com
A rare plant found only in parts of the Highlands and Islands has disappeared from 75 spots where it once thrived, experts have found
Grants for a Clean-Air Future
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, climate-change, clean-air, nature, Research, grant )

Sophie
- 32 days ago - globalwarming.change.org
Last week Secretary of Energy Chu announced the Department of Energy's first $151 million in new "Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)" grants.
GOOD NEWS---Gucci Group Commits to Protecting Indonesia's Rainforests
Environment  (tags: environment, RAINFORESTS, destruction, forests, trees, protection, humans, ecosystems )

Cal
- 31 days ago - cms.ran.org
Joining forces with Rainforest Action Network (RAN), the prestigious conglomerate of fashion and luxury brands Gucci Group has decided to eliminate all paper made from Indonesian rainforests and plantations and by controversial suppliers like Asia Pulp an
 
 
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