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The Decline of the Amazon Rainforest
Category(-ies): Plant Conservation
Amazon rainforest 'could become a desert' – UK's The Independent
Dying Forest: One year to save the Amazon, also from The Independent
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 6:07 PM | Comments (0)
Wildfires and Climate Change
Category(-ies): Climate Change
“A new study led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, implicates rising seasonal temperatures and the earlier arrival of spring conditions in connection with a dramatic increase of large wildfires in the western United States.”
Warming Climate Plays Large Role in Western U.S. Wildfires
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 11:18 AM | Comments (0)
Coordinating Land Trusts
Category(-ies): Plant Conservation
Private, Public Land Conservation Growing, Needs Better Coordination, a media release about research at Oregon State University
The Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 11:04 AM | Comments (0)
Egyptian Tomb Holds Flowers
Category(-ies): Plant Discoveries
Submitted by a frequent UBC web site visitor (thanks Stan!):
Newly discovered pharaonic tomb reveals flowers, not mummies via Discover Channel Online Canada
Further reading (link also provided by Stan): Egyptian artifacts in the Botanischen Museum Berlin-Dahlem (the Botanical Museum of Berlin-Dahlem)
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 2:59 PM | Comments (1)
