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Slippery Snake Needs a Name
The Bronx Zoo released an online poll asking participants to vote on the name of the poisonous Egyptian cobra that slithered away from its habitat at the Bronx Zoo.
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Workshop on Mainstreaming Climate Change into Development
The Workshop on Mainstreaming Climate Change into Development will discuss how to mainstream climate change into economic and social development. It will introduce the main outcomes from the Conference of the Parties in Cancun (COP16) in terms of challenges and opportunities, within the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Region and discuss the financing structure…
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Haiti’s Charcoal Challenge
Three Columbia University graduate students recently spent a week in Haiti trying to understand the nuances of the charcoal production process. The study site was in the Port-à-Piment watershed of the South Department where local people are on the front lines of climate, agricultural, and water challenges.
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Cats and Wind Turbines – A Bird’s Two Greatest Fears
Studies find that cats and wind turbines are responsible for the death of many birds.
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The Dangers of Palm Oil
Palm oil is one of the world’s leading agricultural resource but it is also a major contributor to emissions of carbon dioxide and the endangerment of countless species of concern living in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia.
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Apply Now for Summer Ecosystem Experience for Undergraduates (SEE-U)
The Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U) program provides undergraduate students of all majors from all accredited colleges or universities with a global understanding of ecology and environmental sustainability. It provides students with the opportunity to conduct fieldwork in unique natural settings in addition to participation in a combination of classroom lectures and lab work.
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Still Time to Apply for Certificate in Conservation and Environmental Sustainability Program
There is still time to apply for classes in Module 3 of the Certificate in Conservation and Environmental Sustainability Program.
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Lend me a Helping Trunk
Researchers at the University of Cambridge recently found that elephants understand and can display complex levels of cooperation to reach a common goal.
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Conservation in Alaska: If It Sounds Familiar…
It occurred to me while reading noted historian Douglas Brinkley’s new book The Quiet World: Saving Alaska’s Wilderness Kingdom 1879-1960 that some things don’t seem to change. Brinkley’s book chronicles the efforts of the Federal government to save wild Alaska from the extraction industries, mining, timber and fisheries primarily. The notion over one hundred years…
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