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Mad frog bonanza: up to 36 new frogs discovered in tiny Madagascar forest

A forest less than half the size of Manhattan sports an astounding number of frogs, according to a new paper in Biodiversity Conservation. Two surveys of Madagascar's Betampona Nature Reserve, which covers 2,228 hectares, has uncovered 76 unique frogs, 36 of which may be new to science. To put this in perspective: the U.S. and Canada combined contain just 88 frog species, but cover an area nearly a million times larger than Betampona.

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Apr 20

Photos: Uncontacted Amazon tribes documented for first time in Colombia

By Rhett Butler

Aerial surveys of a remote area of rainforest along the Colombia-Brazil border have produced the first photographic evidence of uncontacted tribes, according to a conservation group that works to safeguard indigenous territories and culture. The photos, released by the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT), show five long houses or malokas thought to belong to two indigenous groups, the Yuri or Carabayo and Passé, some of the last isolated tribes in the Colombian Amazon. The images provide confirmation that uncontacted communities still exist within the Rio Puré National Park, which protects a million hectares (2.47 million acres) of mostly pristine rainforest between the Caquetá and Putumayo River basins along the Brazilian border.

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Apr 20

Indigenous groups oppose priest pushing for road through uncontacted tribes’ land

By Jeremy Hance

A grassroots indigenous organization in Peru is calling for the removal of an Italian Catholic priest from the remote Amazon in response to his lobbying to build a highway through the country’s biggest national park.

Posted in Amazon, amazon conservation, amazon destruction, Amazon rainforest, catholicism, commentary, david hill, environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, Indigenous People, indigenous rights, logging, Parks, Peru, protected areas, rainforest, rainforest conservation, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, rainforest people, rainforests, religions, roads, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, South America, threats to rainforests, threats to the amazon, threats to the rainforest, tribal groups, tribal people, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation , Amazon, Amazon People, Catholic Priest, green, Indigenous Groups, Indigenous Organization, Latin America, Peru, Uncontacted Tribes | No Comments »

Apr 20

Dot Earth Blog: More on Global Warming from a Republican Meteorologist

By By ANDREW C. REVKIN

A conservative weather forecaster tries to nudge Republicans to embrace the science on global warming.

Posted in environment, global warming, Gore, Al, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, polarization, Politics and Government, Republican Party, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation , Blog, climate change, Dot, earth, global warming, Meteorologist, Meteorology, politics, Republican, Republicans, science, weather, Weather Forecaster | No Comments »

Apr 20

World Briefing | Antarctica: Scientists Find Twice As Many Emperor Penguins in Antarctica

By By REUTERS

Scientists counting Antarctica’s emperor penguins from space have found twice as many of them as expected.

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Apr 20

World Briefing | Antarctica: Scientists Find Twice As Many Emperor Penguins in Antarctica

By By REUTERS

Scientists counting Antarctica’s emperor penguins from space have found twice as many of them as expected.

Apr 20

Scientist at Work Blog: From Brazil’s Book of Rocks

By By KEN ANGIELCZYK

A diverse team of paleontologists hopes to find the "history of the world" in the rocks of the Parnaíba Basin in Brazil.

Posted in Brazil, environment, Field Museum, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, Ken Angielczyk, Mammals, Paleontology, Parnaiba Basin, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation , Blog, Brazil, Fossils, History Of The World, History World, Rocks, Scientist | No Comments »

Apr 20

Measuring Microplastics in their Final Resting Place

By David A Gabel, ENN

Recycling plastics have become much more popular around the world, but large amounts are still thrown away. Through the power of wind, gravity, and moving water, much of the globally produced plastics find their way into the oceans. But the plastic bottles we see washing up along the shoreline only tell a small fraction of the marine plastics story. Most plastic debris in the ocean are nearly invisible to the naked eye. These are known as microplastics, and they are far more dangerous to oceanic wildlife than larger plastic debris. After previous studies on this subject have failed to estimate the extent of microplastic pollution in the ocean, a team of researchers has proposed a new set of guidelines for their recording and characterization.

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Apr 19

Two new frogs discovered in Philippines spur calls for more conservation efforts

By Jeremy Hance

Two new frogs have been discovered on the Philippine island of Leyte during a biological survey last year by Fauna and Flora International, which also recorded a wealth of other species. Discovered in November on the island's Nacolod mountain range, the frogs have yet to be named. The Philippines is one of the world's global biodiversity hotspots, yet suffers from widespread deforestation and degradation.

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Apr 19

Two new frogs discovered in Philippines spur calls for more conservation efforts

By Jeremy Hance

Posted in amphibians, biodiversity, biodiversity crisis, environment, frogs, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, in-situ conservation, islands, jeremy hance, Philippines, rainforest, rainforest animals, rainforest biodiversity, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforests, rediscovered species, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, southeast asia, species discovery, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation , animals, Asia, Conservation, green, New Species, wildlife | No Comments »

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