Off the bee-ten track
When I was at university and my professorâs papers were published in a journal, he would crack open a bottle of champagne, but I imagined that something a little softer was shared amongst the recently-published researchers of âBlackawton Beesâ in Biology Letters, because they are 8 to 10 years old!
Sudden Oak Death â the âfoot and mouthâ of trees
Hundreds of thousands of trees are being felled in the UK to try and prevent spread of Sudden Oak Death. The disease, caused by the fungus Phytophthora ramorum, came to the UK in 2003 via imported plants from America where it mainly infects oaks. European species of oak have a high resistance to the disease…
Recipe to mitigate Climate Change in 182 steps
Protect Our Water and Environment Resources (POWER), a North Halton Hillâs environmental organization, has released a 32-page online publication listing 182 steps that we can take in the home and on the move (transportation) to mitigate global warming and climate change. The publication explains, in a clear and accessible language, the reasons for adopting each…
Would you miss the mistletoe?
I was thinking âwhat shall I write about in my Christmas blog?â I then remembered a news item I heard in one of the BBC radio stations about the mistletoe being under threat of disappearing from our landscape. I searched for the news item in their news webpage and found it still there. The article…
Cold weather and lots of snow – is this the sign of things to come?
As I watched the news last night, I heard how the current unusually cold temperatures and snow fall in Europe has affected Christmas travelling and the Christmas trade across the continent. Heathrow and Gatwick airports in the UK had to cancel flights, with only one runway operating at Heathrow. Both Paris and Berlin airports had…
REDD: Protecting forests or shirking responsibilities?
One of the main hopes for the CancĂșn summit held earlier this month was to find an answer to deforestation. Advances on the REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) mechanism, which aims to compensate developing countries for protecting their forests, are seen as a triumph by many, but others argue that the scheme…
New: CABI Working Papers
Weâve just launched CABIâs new Working Paper series, which will make available the results of CABI research in preliminary form for discussion and comment. The first two papers focus on the links between climate change and two of CABIâs key research areas: invasive alien species and agricultural commodities.
What was the outcome of the UN Climate Change conference in CancĂșn?
The UN Climate Change Conference (COP16) ended on Saturday, 11th December 2010 and during the second week of the conference, ministers from developed and developing countries were paired in an attempt to facilitate negotiations on the main issues, such as mitigation, adaptation, financing, REDD and technology. The outcome was the 'CancĂșn Agreements' as it is…
Copenhagen couldn’t, but can CancĂșn?
The climate change summit in Copenhagen last year was a disappointment for many. This is mainly because of the lack of a concrete document to take big steps towards reducing greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions and stopping climate change. Has the delegatesâ experience on negotiations improved since then? Can the next meeting in CancĂșn deliver something…
Do current e-book models help or hinder the migration from print to online?
December 7, 2010
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