Untouched forests store 3 times more carbon: study >>Source: Reuters
Sydney: Untouched natural forests store three times more carbon dioxide than previously estimated and 60% more than plantation forests, said a new Australian study of "green carbon" and its role in climate change.
World's smallest snake discovered >>Source: New Scientist
You wouldn't get many luxury handbags out of Leptotyphlops carlae. Barely the girth of a strand of spaghetti, it is the world's smallest snake.
In Germany, a City's Famed Industry Now Helps Keep It Afloat >>Source: New York Times
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin launched his first flying machine from Lake Constance here in 1900. Thus began a chapter of aviation history.
Hi-tech 'pinger' to save dolphins from fishing nets >>Source: The Independent
Conservationists in Cornwall are planning to use a hi-tech sonic device in a battle to save the last group of bottlenose dolphins to swim in English waters.
Pandas thriving despite earthquake devastation
>>Source: Reuters
Beijing: China's devastating earthquake in May dealt a major blow to panda conservation but a leading expert said on Tuesday their numbers were still increasing.
Eco-towns: a design for life >>Source: The Times
They could be the answer to our housing and carbon-footprint problems, so why are people opposed to new towns
