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October, November and December 2008

US Dept. to increase Oregon logging despite experts. 12/31
Increase of ocean jellyfish wiping out fish. 12/27
NZ sees increase in weather damage insurance claims. 12/27
Warmer waters fueling more extreme storms. 12/27
Climate change: "it's happening now" 12/27
Tennessee coal ash spill threatens endangered species. 12/26
Snow closes more than 1,000 roads in Turkey. 12/26
Washington record snow triggers statewide emergency. 12/26
Record breaking snowfall in Wisconsin. 12/23
Greenland ice melts 3x faster than last year. 12/23
Toxic coal plant ash sludge floods 400 Tennessee acres. 12/23
Climate change moving faster than predicted. 12/22
Cyclone Billy could hit N. Australia. 12/22
Nitrogen triflouride: 17k+ greenhouse than CO₂. 12/22
Canada faces 1st country-wide snow since 1971. 12/22
Beijing sees coldest Dec. day in 57 years. 12/22
About 1160 tigers left and poaching continues. 12/22
Record breaking cold in BC, Canada. 12/21
Record breaking cold in Saudi Arabia. 12/20
E. US hemlocks suffer invasive insect & deer grazing. 12/19
50 days of nonstop rain puts Italy at peril. 12/19
Cyclone threatens Australia coast. 12/19
Too much snow closes ski resorts across Europe. 12/18
Enperor penguin: Bush admin. denies endangered status. 12/18
Ocean acidification to wipe out giant squid? 12/18
Record snowfall shuts down Spokane, WA. 12/18
US meat consumption adds to Gulf dead zone. 12/18
Record year of extreme weather for Australia. 12/18
EU accord to cut greenhouse gas emissions 20% by 2020? 12/18
Record snow closes Las Vegas airport. 12/18
Cold creates record ambulance calls in England. 12/18
EPA needs to analyze synergistic effects of pollutants. 12/18
Solar magnetic activity linked to Earth's climate. 12/17
2008 is world's 10th hottest year. 12/17
Fossil fuel pricing fails to include environmental expense. 12/17
More flooding predicted for Zambia. 12/17
Severe cold strikes Vancouver, BC. 12/17
Unlikely that cosmic rays effect Earth's climate. 12/17
2 trillion tons of Northern ice melt since 2003. 12/16
Bush admin. to open up oil drilling in polar bear habitat. 12/16
Widespread record cold as Arctic air descends into US. 12/16
10 to 20 degrees below normal in W. Canada. 12/16
Ice melt: "pace of change is starting to outstrip our ability" 12/16
Lawsuit gets Alaska otters almost 6,000 sq. miles habitat. 12/15
Extreme cold polar air pushes Siberia to near record lows. 12/15
Washington state sees record cold w/ more expected. 12/15
Record cold & snow hit mid and West US. 12/14
Montana sees wide spread record low temps. 12/14
NE US ice storm cuts power to 1.25 million. 12/13
England torrential rains cause flooding. 12/13 More
More than entire month's ave. rain in Rome in 1 day. 12/12
Record snowfall hits Austria. 12/12
Interglacial start: "sudden" "as if a button were pressed" 12/11
Rare snow fall in South Louisiana & Mississippi. 12/11
Bush guts endangered species protection. 12/11
650+ scientists deny global warming. 12/10
Tropical plants' extinction risk more than thought. 12/10
US council calls gov. nanotech ecology study inadequate. 12/10
Predators taught to avoid eating invasive toxic cane toad. 12/9
Tropical rain forests need trace amounts of molybdenum. 12/9
Cold usual for January and February hits Philippines. 12/9
Lead bullets restricted to protect Calif. condors. 12/9
Fish & humans polluted in San Francisco estuaries. 12/9
Males of all invertebrate species feminized by pollution. 12/8
24 million refugees of climate change crisis? 12/8
Money flows to fight economic crisis, not planetary crisis? 12/8
Native Americans warn of climate crisis evidence. 12/7
Action needed now to save rare Vietnam monkey. 12/7
EU countries deadlocked on climate change initiatives. 12/6
2008 coldest year since 2000. 12/5
Bush admin: pollute Grand Canyon w/ Uranium mining. 12/5
Siberian cold invades China. 12/4
Tiger habitat expansion raises human deaths. 12/4
Wetter winters aggravate acid rain's effects. 12/3
Multi-queen largest colonies ant invading Europe. 12/3
Industrial pollution fueling Arctic ice melt escalation. 12/3
Industry law-suit attacks Texas green cement resolutions. 12/2
Scotland gets severe weather warning, -10C expected. 12/2
Surging demand creating road salt shortage. 12/2
Alarming decline of common seals. 12/2
Flooding to worsen in Panama, 24,000+ effected. 12/2
Habitats commonly overestimated by 2 to 3 times? 12/2
Britain colder than Moscow & more snow is predicted. 12/2
Tributyltin pollutant promotes obesity? 12/1
Research hopes to help save endangered sawfish. 12/1
Worst Venice flooding in 22 years. 12/1
Excess rain led to no acorns for NE US? 11/30
Rabies vaccinations hope to save world's rarest wolf. 11/30
Switzerland snow 12x deeper than average. 11/29
Overfishing endangers 3/4 of Hawaii's reef fish. 11/29
Death toll from S. Brazil floods & mudslides rises. 11/29
Amazon deforestation accelerates for 1st time in 4 years. 11/29
Cameroon creates reserve to protect rarest gorilla. 11/28
Norway glaciers expand over last 2 years. 11/27
Florida sea turtles hit by early cold before migrating. 11/27
Research shows dangers of nanoparticle pollution. 11/26
White House seeks to limit greenhouse gas limits. 11/26
2007 had record levels of greenhouse gases. 11/26
England's fruit crops threatened by lack of bees. 11/26
China's Yellow river: too polluted for any use. 11/25
N. Atlantic cod extinct within 20 years. 11/25
Tibetan glaciers melting faster than predicted. 11/25
Ocean acidity up more than 10x faster than predicted. 11/25
EPA approved arsenic levels linked to heart disease. 11/24
UK brought to standstill by severe snow. 11/24
Despite regulations, fisheries impact dolphin numbers. 11/24
Philippine floods displace 32,000. 11/24
S. Brazil floods force 20,000 from their homes. 11/24
Unseasonable heavy snowfall in Australia. 11/23
E. Australia weather extremes to be the norm? 11/23
Pesticide exposure ups Parkinson's disease risk 60%. 11/23
Rangers return to major gorilla reserve in the Congo. 11/22
N & E Britain warned of heavy snows. 11/22 More
Flooding & high winds predicted for SE Australia. 11/22
Light pollution causing decline of fireflies? 11/21
Beavers being reintroduced into Britain. 11/21
China's soils suffer massive erosion. 11/21
11,000 invasive species in Europe, 15% harm biodiversity. 11/21
Eradicating invasive Galapagos plant halted: it's native. 11/20
Invasive zebra mussels found in Utah lake. 11/20
Steep decline of sea lions off Alaska. 11/20
Protests for climate change wisdom gaining steam. 11/20
World-wide boycott of Mediterranean bluefin tuna. 11/20
Record low in Georgia, US. 11/19
Resurrecting extinct animals from DNA becomes possible? 11/19
Record lows in North Carolina. 11/19
Electric cars can be green, natural gas is not. 11/19
Opponents seek to halt ecology destroying rule changes. 11/19
NOAA finds 3 common pesticides harm salmon. 11/19
Conditions changing to foster more California fires. 11/19
Arctic blast to hit Britain this weekend. 11/18
Record cold hits SE US. 11/18
Water vapor plays largest role in climate change. 11/17
Developed nations' CO₂ emissions rise despite lower goals. 11/17
Efforts underway to restore Japan's largest coral reef. 11/17
26,000 displaced by S. Calif. fires. 11/17
SE Ethiopia floods submerge 100+ villages. 11/17
Jelly fish "Salps" increase off Australia 10x over 70 years. 11/17
Migratory birds decline in UK. 11/17
Rangers flee Africa's oldest park: hundreds of gorillas at risk. 11/16
"hurricane-strength winds" drive fires in S. Calif. 11/16
Large toxic cloud over Asia imperils millions. 11/14
Satellites to combat massive global wetlands destruction. 11/14
Damning report delayed 'til after world tuna harvest meeting. 11/14
Flooding & high winds in Cape Town S. Africa. 11/13
Zooplankton, ocean food chain base, down 70% since 1960s. 11/13
Calif. air pollution kills more than auto accidents. 11/12
US supreme court favors Navy sonar tests over whales. 11/12
Flooding & warnings for a dozen rivers in Washington state. 11/12
S. Africa to get half a months rainfall in one day? 11/12
Virus IAPV joins list of possible honey bee decline causes. 11/12
Japan CO₂ emissions hit record high. 11/12
Nanoparticles accumulate in plant tissues. 11/12
Urgent action & research needed on nano-materials impact. 11/12
Record Arctic sea ice melt leads to phytoplankton blooms. 11/12
Legal limit pesticides mix to become more toxic pollutants. 11/11
Floods & high winds strike Britain. 11/11
Record snow opens ski resorts early in US & Europe. 11/11
Volcano erupting near Ecuador's capitol. 11/10
Action needed to avoid N. Atlantic shark extinctions. 11/10
Rabies vaccinations to help save rarest wolf. 11/10
Progress in ocean species census. 11/10
Paloma downgraded to tropical storm over Cuba. 11/9
Bush admin. removing regulations to protect environment. 11/9
Paloma, now category 4, over Cuba. 11/8
Category 3 hurricane Paloma heads for Cuba. 11/8
Bluefin tuna depletion in NE Atlantic & Mediterranean. 11/7
CO₂ levels need to be less than they are today? 11/7
Seattle, WA areas receive month's worth of rain in 24 hours. 11/7
Haiti suffers continual flooding months after deadly storms. 11/7
Manila's air pollution kills 5,000 every year? 11/7
Monsoon weakness linked to collapse of 3 China dynasties. 11/6
Peat bogs poised to release massive amounts of CO₂ 11/6
3 species rendered extinct per hour? 11/6
Dust & pollution help make tornadoes? 11/6
Worst snow in memory kills 140,000+ Tibet livestock. 11/6
Crop destroying Ethiopia drought expected to continue. 11/5
Common rock to ease sequestering atmospheric CO₂ 11/5
Wrong snow forces Norway lemming populations to decline. 11/5
Tasmania experiences record cold. 11/5
New Zealand gets winter snow in its spring. 11/5
Rain stops but Vietnam floods death toll rises. 11/5
Antarctica ozone hole fifth largest on record. 11/4
Deep cold water coral reefs found in the Atlantic. 11/4
Low impact agriculture preserves biodiversity. 11/4
Worst Vietnam flooding in more than 20 years. 11/4
Fruit bats recover from brink of extinction. 11/3
1/3 of known amphibians threatened w/ extinction? 11/3
Big salamander, axolotl, of Mexico lakes faces extinction. 11/3
Bush team seeks anti-ecology regulations before leaving. 11/3
UK's worst weather since 1953. 11/3
Global cooling for next 3 decades? 11/2
Air pollution increases children's allergies. 11/1
Record low precipitation in SE Australia. 11/1
6 feet of hail in UK town. 10/31
Vietnam flooding hits Hanoi. 10/31
Pakistani earthquake death toll rises over 200. 10/31
Low temperature records in Cuba. 10/30
Antarctica joins globe: shows human caused climate change. 10/30
Switzerland receives most snow on record for October. 10/30
Grain feed instead of grass leads to less methane from cows. 10/30
Outbreaks of new cattle diseases in Europe. 10/30
Confirming evidence of human induced climate change. 10/30
Pesticides w/ atrazine & fertilizers kill many frogs. 10/30
Org. that failed tuna protection efforts may spell its doom. 10/30
Fungus implicated in NE US bat die-off. 10/30
Earliest snow in 121 years for Surrey, England. 10/29
Record lows in florida. 10/29
SE US corals get more protection after non-profit's petition. 10/29
Canada, US & Mexico team to protect Baja porpoise. 10/29
Atmosphere methane levels on the rise. 10/29
Arctic blast hits UK, 1st London snow in 74 years. 10/29
Not just over-harvesting, climate change making fish vanish. 10/29
Ecological crisis is greater than the economic melt-down. 10/29
6.4 earthquake strikes Pakistan. 10/29
270,000 affected by flooding in Honduras. 10/29
Most of UK doubt human or other cause climate change. 10/28
Panama hydroelectric proj.: human & biodiversity disaster? 10/28
3 billion Asians face food crisis. 10/28
Better nanoparticle making needed to prevent pollution. 10/28
15+ degrees below normal as snow hits N. Carolina. 10/28
Roads impact elephant survival. 10/28
Land buying to protect Borneo wildlife from palm farms. 10/28
Smog shortens lives in Mexico. 10/28
NE US snowstorm closes schools, cuts power. 10/28
Satellite surveys confirm Arctic ice decline. 10/28
US tornadoes increase over last 50 years. 10/28
27% Walden Pond species Thoreau saw have disappeared. 10/28
UK temperatures expected to drop to lower than Siberia. 10/28
Cold, typical of December, hits UK & parts of US. 10/28
Climate change blamed for Yellowstone amphibians decline. 10/27
Walden Pond & Yellowstone climate flora & fauna changes. 10/27
US agencies deny CO₂ emissions affect species survival. 10/27
Climate change is a more serious risk than financial crisis? 10/27
Orange peel removes acidic dyes from industrial effluent. 10/27
Dwindling Sierra snowpack and glaciers. 10/26
Pesticide use linked to depression. 10/26
More than 3,000 cities at risk from coastal flooding. 10/25
Floods in usually parched Yemen deprive 20,000 of shelter. 10/25
Worst rain in 40 years strands runners, halts UK marathon. 10/25
Morocco flooding from heaviest rains in 35 years. 10/25
Worst flooding in Honduras since 1998 hurricane. 10/24
Ocean acidification: the other CO₂ ticking time bomb. 10/24
2 jailed for Ivory Coast toxic waste dumping. 10/24
IPCC chair: climate change severity underreported. 10/24
Record cold brings snow to Australia's spring. 10/23
Idle lands could sequester carbon profitably w/ tree planting. 10/23
US uranium processing exposed workers to unsafe levels. 10/23
Small population of cockatoos, thought extinct, rediscovered. 10/23
4x NF₃, 17k+ greenhouse than CO₂, in air than thought. 10/23
Developments would destroy critical Calif. condor habitat. 10/23
UN study: organic farming can feed Africa. 10/23
US regulators okay above ground nuclear waste storage. 10/23
Massachusetts' trees to fall to stop Asian beetle infestation. 10/22
Current nanomaterial making creates significant pollution. 10/22
China's greenhouse emissions to double over next 20 years? 10/22
More frequent and lasting hurricanes. 10/22
Hazardous waste cleanup for broken compact fluorescents. 10/21
Fertilizer runoff damaging water quality and wildlife. 10/21
Feather scent study hopes to save rare parrot, only 91 left. 10/21
Increase of biodiversity decreases parasitism. 10/21
Great Barrier Reef seabirds decline. 10/21
Tin mining devastating Indonesia environment. 10/21
Costa Rica gets a month's worth of rain in four days. 10/21
E-Bay to ban ivory sales starting January. 10/21
6,000+ acre Calif. dairy proposal to break pollution laws? 10/20
Bush admin. ignores science in decreasing critical habitat. 10/20
Farmers fight armyworm outbreaks in Texas. 10/17
Lumber product auditing to prevent illegal logging. 10/17
Beluga whale gets endangered species status. 10/17
Hurricane Omar produces island floods then dissipates. 10/17
Alaska glaciers grow for first time in recorded history. 10/16
EPA increases lead air pollution limits 90%. 10/16
Consequences of frog extinctions. 10/16
"humans affecting Earth on a vast scale" 10/16
Greenhouse gas emissions increase. 10/15
Reservoirs promote spread of invasive species. 10/15
Vaccine could save UK red squirrels from extinction. 10/15
20% containment of 20 sq. mile fire near Los Angeles. 10/15
Mixed blessings re. large oil reserves found in Brazil. 10/15
Penguins threatened by climate change. 10/15
Invasive crab and crayfish spread in UK. 10/15
Climate change has and can alter Earth's plate tectonics. 10/15
Cat. 2 hurricane Omar bears down on Puerto Rico. 10/15
Record breaking cold in Mendocino County, California. 10/14
Record breaking cold in Oregon. 10/13
Failing US military tortoise relocation halted by court order. 10/13
Chimpanzees should get critically endangered status. 10/13
Japan insect & fungus to combat invasive knotweed in UK? 10/13
International biodiversity protection agreement is failing. 10/13
Elephant collar cell phones keep them from raiding farms. 10/13
Wildfire burns 750 acres NE of Los Angeles. 10/12
Cat. 2 Pacific hurricane Norbert enters NW Mexico. 10/12
Boise, Idaho, gets earliest snow on record. 10/11
Endangered Irrawaddy dolphins not so endangered. 10/11
Tortoise & hare racing towards extinction? 10/10
Millions of Indonesia jungle acres clearing for palm oil. 10/10
EU countries consider sacrificing ecology for economy. 10/10
Preventing climate change could help halt money crisis. 10/10
World losing more $ through loss of forests than bank crisis. 10/10
Carbon tax, not cap & trade, best for sound energy policies? 10/9
Extreme record snowmelt observed in N. Greenland. 10/8
Loss of species means losing breakthrough medicines. 10/8
US supreme court considers sonar limits for sea mammals. 10/8
Arctic soil: 2x greenhouse gas potential than prev. estimates? 10/8
40%+ species threatened with extinction? 10/8
Extreme rain raises risk of disease in US Great Lakes region. 10/7
Unusually heavy rain lowers shrimp catch near England? 10/7
Asian stink bug invading homes in NE US. 10/7
Lawsuit result to help protect polar bears. 10/6
Future of Caspian seal appears bleak. 10/6
More than 99% of Alaska glaciers retreating. 10/6
87 flood watch warnings in place across UK. 10/6
6.6 magnitude earthquake strikes Tibet. 10/6
Smoking & solid fuels cause 83 x 10⁶ China deaths by 2033? 10/6
Frogs "the canary in the coal mine" face mass extinction. 10/6
Climate treaty failure "would be disastrous for everybody" 10/6
1/4 of all mammal species to be extinct within our lifetime? 10/6
Habitat loss moves venus flytrap from fair to poor viability. 10/5
800 dead in Haiti from recent storms. 10/4
Everglades restoration failing due to bureaucracy. 10/4
Law suits seek protection for 6 West US species. 10/3
Sustainability Purchasing Network makes advances. 10/3
1/3 of all species currently face extinction? 10/3
Financial crisis hurts Europe's green movement. 10/3
Lower population of otters helps eagles soar. 10/3
"Sonar is killing more whales than we know about." 10/2
Captive bred black rhinos released into wild. 10/2
4x more annual CO₂ release since 2000. 10/2
Arctic sea ice probably at lowest volume ever. 10/2
Roof-top plants improve energy use, cut pollution. 10/2
Standards needed to prevent biofuels harming environment. 10/2
Group seeks listing Atlantic wolf fish as endangered. 10/2
US interior secretary sued: breaking uranium search ban. 10/2
Radioactive pollution from Chernobyl persists in Sweden. 10/2
Hurricane activity for this Oct. expected to be 2x average. 10/2
Most of US experienced below normal temperatures for the year. 10/1
Climate change risks species loss. Time to act is now. 10/1
Law suit aims to give wolverines endangered status. 10/1
Rapid decrease of greenhouse gases to avert disaster. 10/1
Wind turbines do not pose a significant risk to birds? 10/1
Whole habitats to be classified as endangered? 10/1

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