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BANGLADESH: Primark to pay compensation to collapse victims

2013-04-30 12:38:55| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

UK retailer Primark has agreed to pay compensation and offer emergency food aid to victims of the Bangladesh factory collapse that worked for its supplier.

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Keystone species could cause ecosystem to collapse

2013-04-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

MSN: There are certain animals worldwide that hold a heavier sway in the balance of ecosystems, and they were dubbed "keystone species" in 1969 by American zoology professor Robert T. Paine. The theory is that like the wedge-shaped keystone (or headstone) that locks together all the pieces used in an architectural arch, there are species that keep certain ecosystems in together. Removal of the species can cause the eventual collapse of the ecosystem. Just a drop in the bucket of the keystone species...

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Why Europes carbon collapse wont kill emissions markets

2013-04-22 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Cleantechnica: For carbon markets across the world it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Plummeting European Union carbon prices following a key EU vote seem to demonstrate in the clearest terms that cap and trade is doomed to fail. After all, if carbon trading cant make it in Europe, it cant make it anywhere, said Bryan Walsh of Time.But declaring the death of carbon markets and cap and trade policy over Europes struggles is a knee-jerk reaction which overlooks significant developments for...

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Early warning signs of population collapse

2013-04-11 02:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Spatial measurements of population density could reveal when threatened natural populations are in danger of crashing. Many factors -- including climate change, overfishing or loss of food supply -- can push a wild animal population to the brink of collapse. Ecologists have long sought ways to measure the risk of such a collapse, which could help wildlife and fishery managers take steps to protect endangered populations. Last year, MIT physicists demonstrated that they could measure a population's...

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