Western Australia: Marine heatwave with elevated sea surface temps...
Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly for Australia 28 December 2012High sea surface temperatures (SST) of up to five degrees above normal are currently being experienced off the north-western Australian...
View ArticleSouth American Lizards facing extinction due to climate change
Lizard (Liolaemus tenuis): Photo by Rodrigo Medel / Flickr of Liolaemus tenuis (male), La Campana National Park (Chile). Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0)Lizards are...
View ArticleU.S.: Frogs, Salamanders, turtles declining rapidly due to climate change and...
Cascades Frog, Rana cascadae, James Bettaso, USFWS.A recent study revealed amphibian declines are occurring much more rapidly and more widespread than expected in species populations across the United...
View ArticleU.S.: Climate change driving California native Freshwater fish species to...
Eighty two percent of native freshwater fish species in California, including salmon, are likely to become extinct on present trends within the next century due to climate change, reports a study lead...
View ArticleAustralia axes Biodiversity Fund in carbon pricing shakeup
Biodiversity fund axed in Australia: Photo by TakverElimination of the $1 billion Biodiversity Fund is a major impact of Australian Prime Minister Rudd's shake-up of Australia's carbon pricing policy...
View ArticleClimate Departure: Oceans already outside historical variability as cities...
Climate departure will affect the tropics disproportionately moreResearchers from the University of Hawaii have estimated the year when we depart the climate variability we have historically known for...
View ArticleBats ultrasonic echo-location affected by climate change
By Tim Radford. Climate change is likely to damage populations of bats which hunt their insect prey with high-frequency ultrasonic squeaks, but to benefit low-frequency species.LONDON, 13 December -...
View ArticleAustralian and the global abandonment in climate forums of biodiversity
Protest against proposed programs like REDD+: Photo: Ian MacKenzie /FlickrGlobal climate game abandons biodiversityBy Penny van Oosterzee, James Cook Universityweiterlesen
View ArticleMore species equals more ecosystem resilience
Source: Wikimedia Commons by Richard LingClimate change, human development and land use change is impacting directly on biodiversity. This blog post by CJA Bradshaw highlights the importance of more...
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