Earth Briefs

Library garden receives recognition Durango Botanical Society’s Library Demonstration Garden will be featured in a nationally distributed pamphlet by the North American Rock Garde...

DATE: Nov 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Former Interior secretary Bruce Babbitt presses conservation values

Group quietly strives to preserve lands rich in ecological, cultural attributes

DATE: Nov 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Earth’s atmospheric greenhouse gases hit new high

Measurement fuels climate change worries

DATE: Nov 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Scientists tinker with evolution to save Hawaii coral reefs

COCONUT ISLAND, Hawaii – Scientists at a research center on Hawaii’s Coconut Island have embarked on an experiment to grow “super coral” that they hope can withstand the hotter and more acid...

DATE: Nov 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Helicopter plucks fossils out of Bisti wilderness

Remains of 70 million-year-old dinosaur require unique removal

DATE: Nov 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Earth Briefs

Archaeological society announces events San Juan Basin Archaeological Society announces upcoming events: The group will meet at 7 p.m. Nov. 12 in the Lyceum at the Cen...

DATE: Nov 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Youths across U.S. suing to push government on climate change

SEATTLE – They can’t vote yet, but dozens of young people want a say in the planet’s future, so minors nationwide have been suing states and the federal government in recent years to push ac...

DATE: Nov 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

UN climate chief: global emissions pledges not enough yet

BERLIN – Governments’ emissions-cutting pledges ahead of a global conference in December are a good step toward achieving an international global warming goal, but they aren’t yet enough, th...

DATE: Oct 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Scientists: Warming ocean factor in collapse of cod fishery

PORTLAND, Maine – The rapid warming of waters off New England is a key factor in the collapse of the region’s cod fishery, and changes to the species’ management are needed to save one of Am...

DATE: Oct 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Human habitation dates back 11,000 years in Utah cave

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah state parks officials are preparing to host a rare tour of a remote west desert cave that holds evidence of human habitation dating back more than 11,000 years. ...

DATE: Oct 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Earth Briefs

Retirement party set for park manager Doug Secrist, longtime manager at Navajo State Park, is retiring, and community members are invited to a celebration party from...

DATE: Oct 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

BLM education guru retires after 23 years

Heath thought she was going to be school principal

DATE: Oct 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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