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[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/nyregion/13falcon.html?ref=science 13 Feb. New York Times. Record Number of Peregrine Falcons in New York State.]  Peregrines now breeding in several Connecticut cities too.
 
[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/nyregion/13falcon.html?ref=science 13 Feb. New York Times. Record Number of Peregrine Falcons in New York State.]  Peregrines now breeding in several Connecticut cities too.
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[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/02/ocean-climate-change-a-really.html 13 Feb. Ocean climate change: a really inconvenient truth.] Effects of climate change on the world's fish.
  
 
[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/science/10humans.html?ref=science 10 Feb. New York Times. Seeing the Risks of Humanity’s Hand in Species Evolution.] Harvest advice from Deuteronomy.
 
[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/science/10humans.html?ref=science 10 Feb. New York Times. Seeing the Risks of Humanity’s Hand in Species Evolution.] Harvest advice from Deuteronomy.

Revision as of 12:23, 13 February 2009

This page simply lists recent news articles relating to conservation biology. It is not exhaustive - simply those articles that I come across during my reading of the media. It started as a section of the web page for EEB 2208 (Introduction to Conservation Biology), but students seemed to find it useful enough for me to keep it going for the time being. If others in the EEBedia community want to add to the list, please feel free to do so. I only ask that you keep to the existing format, limit any commentary about articles to brief descriptive statements so as to not clog up space, that you focus on articles in the news media that relate to conservation science (broader environmental science issues should find their own home), and that you don't clog the page up with multiple articles on the same piece of news. If you have questions, please email me. Chris Elphick

13 Feb. BBC News. Darwin's Galapagos. Examining the trade-offs between conservation and ecotourism.

13 Feb. New York Times. Record Number of Peregrine Falcons in New York State. Peregrines now breeding in several Connecticut cities too.

13 Feb. Ocean climate change: a really inconvenient truth. Effects of climate change on the world's fish.

10 Feb. New York Times. Seeing the Risks of Humanity’s Hand in Species Evolution. Harvest advice from Deuteronomy.

10 Feb. New York Times. Protecting Fish Ahead of the ‘Big Melt’. Preemptive action.

30 Jan. New York Times. Rising Acidity Is Threatening Food Web of Oceans, Science Panel Says. This article is directly relevant to Wednesday's lecture, and next week's reading.

29 Jan. BBC News. Ocean climate fix remains afloat. This study is more environmental science than conservation biology, but I've included it as it relates to next week's lecture ... and it identifies "ecological impacts" as one of the next things that requires study.

27 Jan. BBC News. DR Congo gorilla numbers up 12.5%.

26 Jan. BBC News. Slimming odds for emperor penguin.

23 Jan. BBC News. A billion frogs on world's plates. Over-exploitation affects amphibians too.

23 Jan The Economist. Second Life. Debate over extinction rates: will it be terrible, or just very, very bad? More detail at Mongabay.com.

23 Jan. New York Times. Environment Blamed in Western Tree Deaths. Climate change and forest losses.

22 Jan. BBC News. Nile run-off 'boosts fish stocks'. A dilemma: are agricultural fertilizers always bad for marine ecosystems?

22 Jan. BBC News. New evidence on Antarctic warming.

20 Jan. BBC News. Sex smell lures 'vampire' to doom. Controlling invasive fish in the Great Lakes.

20 Jan. New York Times. Growing Taste for Reef Fish Sends Their Numbers Sinking. Eating Nemo.

18 Jan. New York Times. Study Warns of Threat to Coasts From Rising Sea Levels. Climate change and coastal wetlands.

17 Jan. BBC News. Light pollution forms 'eco-traps'. Adverse effects of polarized light.

17 Jan. New York Times. Wind Farm Off Cape Cod Clears Hurdle. this article doesn't really get into the issues relevant to conservation biology ... but you can read something about them here.

16 Jan. BBC News. Genetic secrets from Tassie tiger. New clues about why thylacines went extinct.

15 Jan. New York Times. Research Ties Human Acts to Harmful Rates of Species Evolution. Conservation of evolution.

15 Jan. The Economist. A sea of troubles. An editorial to go with a special feature (Troubled Waters) that touches on most of the major conservation/environmental issues that affect the oceans (climate, acidification, overfishing, pollution, and more).

6 Jan. BBC News. US vows 'huge' marine protection. Marine reserve planned for tropical Pacific.

5 Jan. New Scientist. More polar bears going hungry.

4 Jan. BBC News. Brazil moves to curb wildlife trafficking.

4 Jan. BBC News. Fence hope for Tasmanian Devils. A new attempt to slow spread of a disease that threatens extinction.

3 Jan. BBC News. Coral reef growth is slowest ever. Concerns about ocean acidification.

2 Jan. New York Times. Move to Increase Logging on Oregon Land. New problems for spotted owls?

2 Jan. The Economist. Gem of the ocean. Oysters as over-exploited ecosystems engineers.

All of the news articles that were posted here during 2008 are listed in this document.