http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with environmental news that matters. Cover ecology, climate change and news affecting the world's environment en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205664,baltic-sea-sharks-under-threat--feature.html Stockholm - The waters of the Baltic Sea are home to 31 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras but they are under threat due to over-fishing, conservationists said Thursday. Sharks are sought for their meat, fins and livers - uses range from human f... Nature,Environment Thu, 15 May 2008 11:25:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205664,baltic-sea-sharks-under-threat--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205606,greenpeace-japan-files-complaint-on-whale-meat-embezzlement.html Tokyo - Greenpeace Japan filed a complaint with prosecutors Thursday against whaling ship crew members who pilfer whale meat after so-called research hunting, Japanese media reports said. The environmental group found that 12 crew members of the whal... Nature,Environment Thu, 15 May 2008 08:22:04 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205606,greenpeace-japan-files-complaint-on-whale-meat-embezzlement.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205509,us-classifies-polar-bear-as-threatened--2nd-update.html Washington - Under the pressure of a court-ordered deadline, the United States Wednesday classified the polar bear as a threatened species because of global warming and rapidly melting Arctic ice. In the surprise decision, US Secretary of the Interio... Nature,Environment Wed, 14 May 2008 19:51:12 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205509,us-classifies-polar-bear-as-threatened--2nd-update.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205339,number-of-mountain-gorillas-increasing-in-uganda-despite-wars.html Kampala - Despite years of warfare causing the deaths of mountain gorillas and forcing them to move, the number of primates in the world's only remaining population of mountain gorillas has increased over the past 10 years, ecologists said Wednesday.... Nature,Environment Wed, 14 May 2008 09:18:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205339,number-of-mountain-gorillas-increasing-in-uganda-despite-wars.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205143,expert-calms-german-alarm-over-italy-based-insects.html Stuttgart - Fears of dangerous mosquitoes from Italy spreading across the Alps and fanning out to spread fatal disease are overstated, a leading academic entomologist said Tuesday. The Asian tiger mosquito, scientific name Aedes albopictus, has becom... Nature,Environment Tue, 13 May 2008 14:50:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205143,expert-calms-german-alarm-over-italy-based-insects.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205019,vietnam-seizes-a-ton-of-monitor-lizards.html Hanoi - Police in Vietnam have seized more than a ton of live wild monitor lizards being smuggled from central Vietnam to the country's northern provinces, where they might have been destined for China, officials said Tuesday. The lizards were found ... Nature,Environment Tue, 13 May 2008 08:17:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205019,vietnam-seizes-a-ton-of-monitor-lizards.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204532,consumption-of-sharks-fins-boosted-by-robust-economy-and-weddings.html Singapore - Consumption of shark's fins soared in Singapore last year powered by a robust economy and an increase in weddings despite pleas from environmental groups noting one-third of the species in the world are at risk of extinction or critically... Nature,Environment Sat, 10 May 2008 08:51:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204532,consumption-of-sharks-fins-boosted-by-robust-economy-and-weddings.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203901,chilean-authorities-expect-more-chaiten-volcanic-activity.html Santiago - The Chaiten volcano in southern Chile still has enough magma for further eruptions, an expert from the National Geology and Mining Service reported Wednesday. This is not going to end soon, volcano expert Luis Lara told Radio ADN. ... Nature,Environment Wed, 07 May 2008 16:41:15 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203901,chilean-authorities-expect-more-chaiten-volcanic-activity.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203591,strong-volcanic-eruption-affects-southern-chile.html Santiago - The Chaiten volcano in southern Chile was spewing lava and large quantities of ash Tuesday as the last 100 residents remaining in the nearby town of Chaiten were evacuated by sea, the daily El Tiempo reported citing authorities. The Chait... Nature,Environment Tue, 06 May 2008 16:24:04 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203591,strong-volcanic-eruption-affects-southern-chile.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202897,eruption-of-machimahuida-volcano-covers-chilean-villages-in-ashes.html Santiago - The eruption of the Machimahuida volcano in southern Chile left thousands of people in darkness, as ash saturated the air. There was no visibility whatsoever, it seemed like it was night- time, said Arturo Carvallo, the mayor of the town... Nature,Environment Fri, 02 May 2008 17:04:09 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202897,eruption-of-machimahuida-volcano-covers-chilean-villages-in-ashes.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202870,norwegian-whalers-catch-first-minke-whales-in-2008-whaling-season.html Oslo - Norwegian whalers have caught five minke off north- western Norway since the whaling season officially opened April 1, reports said Friday. The online edition of the newspaper Fiskeribladet Fiskaren which reports on fishing and related matters... Nature,Environment Fri, 02 May 2008 14:36:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202870,norwegian-whalers-catch-first-minke-whales-in-2008-whaling-season.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202761,new-zealand-volcano-warms-up.html Wellington - New Zealand's active volcano Mount Ruapehu is showing increased signs of activity, the Department of Conservation (DOC) warned on Friday, but it held back from banning climbers on the 2,797-metre-high mountain which last erupted in Septe... Nature,Environment Fri, 02 May 2008 05:30:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202761,new-zealand-volcano-warms-up.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202248,giant-panda-ling-ling-dies-at-22-in-japan.html Tokyo - A giant panda that was the most popular resident of a Tokyo zoo died Wednesday of old age at 22 years and seven months. Ling Ling, a male giant panda, came to the Ueno Zoo in 1992 from his birthplace at the Beijing Zoo to commemorate the 20th... Nature,Environment Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:22:44 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202248,giant-panda-ling-ling-dies-at-22-in-japan.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202000,giant-squid-could-grow-to-750-kilograms-expert-says.html Wellington - A colossal squid being slowly thawed in New Zealand for a world-first examination by a team of scientists could have grown to about 750 kilograms if it had lived out its life in the ocean, expert Steve O'Shea said on Tuesday. Although th... Nature,Environment Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:24:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202000,giant-squid-could-grow-to-750-kilograms-expert-says.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201845,highly-toxic-pesticide-kills-hippos-paralyses-lions-in-kenya.html Nairobi - A Kenyan wildlife group demanded Monday the banning of a highly toxic pesticide after five hippopotamuses died and four lions that fed on their bodies were paralysed. Traces of carbofuran, the toxic insecticide that is banned in the Europea... Nature,Environment Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:54:04 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201845,highly-toxic-pesticide-kills-hippos-paralyses-lions-in-kenya.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201711,new-zealand-scientists-defrosting-giant-squid.html Wellington - New Zealand scientists on Monday began the tricky job of defrosting a rare colossal squid that has been in a deep freeze since it was caught in Antarctic waters in February last year. The 10-metre long creature, weighing about 495 kilogr... Nature,Environment Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:30:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201711,new-zealand-scientists-defrosting-giant-squid.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201238,rare-sea-snake-gets-first-aid-in-new-zealand.html Wellington - A sick yellow-bellied sea snake that washed up in usually snake-free New Zealand will be allowed to recuperate over the winter before being released back into the sea, according to news reports on Friday. The snake, which lives in warmer... Nature,Environment Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:23:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201238,rare-sea-snake-gets-first-aid-in-new-zealand.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200917,world-could-lose-antibiotics-with-disappearing-amphibians.html New York - Medical science stands to lose a new generation of precious antibiotics and cancer treatments unless measures are adopted to prevent the loss of amphibians such as frogs, newts and salamanders, the UN Environment Programme said Wednesday. ... Nature,Environment Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:18:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200917,world-could-lose-antibiotics-with-disappearing-amphibians.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200756,species-extinction-threatens-discovery-of-new-medical-treatments.html Singapore - The alarming rate of biodiversity loss and species extinction threatens the discovery of new avenues of medical research and treatments for a wide range of diseases, a new book said on Wednesday. A new generation of antibiotics, treatment... Nature,Environment Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:19:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200756,species-extinction-threatens-discovery-of-new-medical-treatments.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200318,hong-kong-man-jailed-for-six-months-for-killing-endangered.html Hong Kong - A Hong Kong man was jailed Monday for six months for bludgeoning an endangered deer to death, a radio news report saidIu Chi-yung was convicted of cruelty to animals for killing the pregnant barking deer with a shovel and a baton on Lanta... Nature,Environment Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:53:11 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200318,hong-kong-man-jailed-for-six-months-for-killing-endangered.html