Best of our wild blogs: 14 Oct 09

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Small is Beautiful for Tourism Compass 2020 from AsiaIsGreen Massive reclamation near Labrador continues until Apr 2010 from wild shores of ...

Long feared extinct, rare bird rediscovered in Indonesia

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Michigan State University ornithologist confirms species EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Known to science only by two specimens described in 1900, ...

Next Big One will strike Sumatra within decades

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Kerry Sieh predicts an 8.8 quake that could affect a million people; he hopes govts will heed the work of geologists Chang Ai-Lien, Straits ...

Second attempt to plug leaking oil rig in Australia fails

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Yahoo News 13 Oct 09; SYDNEY (AFP) – A second attempt to plug a massive oil spill leaking from a rig off Australia's northwest failed T...

There's a footprint in your beer

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NSW Department of Primary Industries Science Alert 14 Oct 09; First we were measuring our ecological footprint - the area of land and resou...

Marine plant life holds the secret to preventing global warming

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Frank Pope, Times Online 14 Oct 09; Life in the ocean has the potential to help to prevent global warming, according to a report published ...

Wildlife expert claims gorilla dung is critical to containing climate change

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• Ian Redmond's argument could lead to new protections • Cites animals' role in propagating plants on jungle floor Suzanne Goldenber...

Bank on seeds - the world's buffer

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Steve Hopper, BBC Green Room 13 Oct 09; Conserving genetic diversity in botanic gardens and seed banks is a sensible and practical precauti...

Rare Frog Species Bear the Brunt of Chytrid, a Deadly Fungal Disease

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Hope for frog conservation got bleaker with a recent study showing that fungus-associated extinction is reducing amphibian biodiversity in C...

Giant Invasive Snakes Threaten U.S. Ecosystems

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livescience.com Yahoo News 14 Oct 09; In a new report, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) assessed the ecological risks that nine giant non-...

Underground fires raging in Spanish wetlands: expert

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Yahoo News 13 Oct 09; MADRID (AFP) – Underground fires have been raging for weeks in a wetlands area in southern Spain, sparked by the dry ...

Himalayan sherpas bugged by the sight of house flies at 5,000m

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House flies at Everest basecamp are another sign of climate change that is melting glaciers with worrying speed John Vidal, guardian.co.uk ...