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Bats with regional accents?
In Britain, a Liverpudlian can have trouble understanding a Geordie accent from Newcastle, and a posh north Londoner can sound nothing like an East Ender living just a few kilometres away.
New maps show the carbon in the trees
A revolutionary approach for mapping and monitoring the carbon held in tropical forests is a major step forward in protecting the climate and biodiversity, according to the WWF.
Thousands of green energy jobs under threat from end of US grant
Last August, when state energy regulators in California green-lighted the first large-scale solar thermal power plant in two decades, they kicked off what renewable energy backers said would be a solar boom, bringing job...
Last Two Weeks To Enter IEMA?Graduate of the Year Award
The entry deadline for 2010's IEMA?Graduate of the Year Award is looming! Click on the headline for more information.
Last Few Weeks To Enter IEMA?Graduate of the Year Award
The entry deadline for 2010's IEMA?Graduate of the Year Award is looming, so any nominations that are currently being prepared must be finialised and submitted by the end of September. Click on the headline for more info...
Oil rig fire triggers new pollution fear in Gulf of Mexico
Fresh fears about drilling in the Gulf of Mexico have been raised since fire forced workers to abandon an oil and gas platform, just six months after the BP explosion that created an environmental disaster in the region.
Smart meters to save $5bn
An Australian government's troubled $2 billion smart meter roll out has been given a ringing endorsement by an independent economic analysis, which found it to be ''cost effective no matter which mix of costs and benefit...
Tigers call for roar of support
With tigers in the wild numbering fewer than 3,200, WWF has launched a first-time campaign where web users can literally roar their support for tigers.
World cannot afford worsening disasters, warns UN climate change chief
The world cannot afford escalating disasters of the kind recently witnessed in Pakistan and Russia, the top United Nations climate change official said today, underscoring the need for governments to take swift action to...
Historic high seas declaration at risk
Last minute reservations from four countries may sink the historic announcement of a network of marine protected areas over key areas of the mid-Atlantic Ridge and basin which was scheduled for the North-East Atlantic en...