http://www.lepidopterology.com/ Latest news on butterflies and moths provided by Lepidopterology en-gb Copyright 2008, Lepidopterology info@lepidopterology.com (Stanislav Abadjiev) Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:56:00 GMT Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:56:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ http://www.lepidopterology.com/images/leps_logo_news.gif http://www.lepidopterology.com/ A new analysis of environmental conditions over the Atlantic Ocean shows that hot, dry air associated with dust outbreaks from the Sahara desert was a likely contributor to the quieter-than-expected 2007 hurricane season... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081901 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081901 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:56:00 GMT WWF Director General James Leape will tell the opening session of World Water Week in Stockholm that a world water crisis is a key factor behind current global anxieties over faltering food supplies and rising food costs... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081801 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081801 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:54:00 GMT A global study led by Professor Robert Diaz of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, shows that the number of 'dead zones' - areas of seafloor with too little oxygen for most marine life - has increased by a third between 1995 and 2007... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081502 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081502 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:05:00 GMT Tons of soot are released into the air annually as forest fires rage from California to the Amazon to Siberia and Indonesia. Climate scientists have generally assumed that the main effect of smoke on climate is cooling, as the floating particles can reflect some solar energy back to space as well as increasing cloud size and lifespan... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081501 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081501 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:02:00 GMT The most ambitious Mediterranean tuna tagging project yet will today start seeking answers to some key mysteries on the migratory behaviour of this most valuable but also most imperilled 'prince of the sea.' WWF scientists, launching the three-year On the Med tuna trail project in Spain's Balearic Islands, hope to map tuna migrations around the Mediterranean and verify theories that there may be resident tuna populations in the eastern Mediterranean that never venture into the Atlantic... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081401 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081401 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:00:00 GMT A global panel of experts have today lent their support to a draft standard for the use of sustainable biofuels that will inject some rigour into the murky debate about the embracing of biofuels that may cause more emissions than they save... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081301 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081301 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:51:00 GMT Arizona State University scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding the effect on climate change of a key component of urban pollution. The discovery could lead to more accurate forecasting of possible global-warming activity, say Peter Crozier and James Anderson... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081101 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08081101 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:14:00 GMT North Dakota State University researchers, Fargo, are among the leaders of a group of National Science Foundation-funded scientists who have discovered the last traces of tundra on the interior of Antarctica before temperatures began a relentless drop millions of years ago... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08080801 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08080801 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:52:00 GMT An indigenous people famed for helping early Siberian explorers survive in the wild are now passing on their knowledge to the guardians of one of the world's most porous borders... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08080701 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08080701 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:53:00 GMT Environmental conservation efforts have traditionally focused on protecting individual species or natural resources. Scientists are discovering, however, that preserving the benefits that whole ecosystems provide to people is more economically and environmentally valuable... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08080501 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08080501 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:24:00 GMT University of Panama and Smithsonian researchers report the discovery of a new bagworm moth species, in the Annals of the Entomology Society of America. Unlike nearly all other bagworms, Perisceptis carnivora have predatory larvae... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08072901 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08072901 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:25:00 GMT Mott MacDonald has completed a review for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on how to improve the conservation and protection of endangered species of elephants and rhinos in some of the most biologically diverse habitats of Asia... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08072801 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08072801 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:17:00 GMT This discovery highlights that efforts to prevent illicit fishing activities from occurring have been unsuccessful, activities that make it all but impossible to manage fish stocks and ensure that fishing boats are sound and secure from oil leaks... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08072601 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08072601 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:06:00 GMT Officials from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and FAU's Centre for Ocean Energy Technology (COET) in the College of Engineering and Computer Science accompanied Florida Governor Charlie Crist on a recent visit to several universities and organisations in the United Kingdom to continue discussions, exchange information and formalise agreements in areas of clean ocean energy, environmental issues and climate change... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08072501 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08072501 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:28:00 GMT An area of the Democratic Republic of Congo containing the largest body of fresh water in Africa has been added to the Ramsar Convention's list of Wetlands of International Importance, making it the largest region ever to be designated as such... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08072402 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08072402 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:03:00 GMT Wealthy nations willing to collectively spend about $1 billion annually could prevent the emission of roughly half a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year for the next 25 years, new research suggests... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08072401 http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=08072401 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:57:00 GMT