Earthwatch Science in the News

Earthwatch research regularly features in leading newspapers, magazines, broadcast and digital media all over the world. The following stories are some of our highlights:

May 2011:
BBC
Pink dolphins bounce back from 2010 Amazon drought
BBC Radio 4
Audio - Earthwatch mention 23min 20s till 28min 43s

March 2011:
Observer-Reporter
Digging their work
BBC
Volunteers 'vital to science data collection'

January 2011:
People Management - HSBC collaborated with Earthwatch to create 'climate champions'
Zeit Online - German

November 2010:
Telegraph
Pink river dolphins at risk from drought
Independent
Chocolate: Worth its weight in gold?

October 2010:
E&EM
Mining and biodiversity: towards best practice
BBC
Saving Species

September 2010:
App.com - Slow and steady may win the race in 20-year terrapin study program

August 2010:
Accra Mail - Establishing ecotourism in the Upper Guinean Forest with White-necked Rockfowl bird conservation
AFAR
Winged Migrations
BBC News
Mangroves offer win-win opportunity

July 2010:
The Japan Times Online
Dolphins of Greece
Michigan Tech News
Moose have arthritis, too
Audubon magazine
Green Travel: Over the Rainbow
New Scientist
Dolphin tracking in a giant Greek bathtub

June 2010:
RD Mag
Lemurs of Madagascar offer clues to global-warming impact

May 2010:
Oxford Times
Wytham Woods: 60 years of ecological research

April 2010:
Smithsonian magazine - Mammoths and Mastodons: All American Monsters
The Ecologist - CASE STUDY: Growing coffee more sustainably in Costa Rica
CNN
Opinion: Antarctic trash led to mission to clean up the planet

March 2010:
EurekAlert! - International team of scientists to meet in Panama to discuss future of the world's forests
BBC News
Restoring natural capital in degraded landscapes
Telegraph
HSBC bankers turn climate crunch champions

February 2010:
Herald Tribune - Citizen Science
"Bottom up Climate answers"
Guardian - Putting a value on nature could set scene for true green economy

January 2010:
Brunei Times - Climate change
UK expert warns of greater likelihood of drought
Tyne & Wear Museums - Best Archaeological Research Project
Awards Success for Arbeia Roman Fort

December 2009:
Financial Express - Need versus Greed
"Prediction is very difficult - especially about the future"
National Geographic – Online
"Where the Whales Are"

November 2009:
Guardian
Sand dams voted best solution in water crisis debate
PR Web
Trash-eating Turtles Dying in Record Numbers
Mercury News - Study: Man-eating lions consumed 35 people in 1898, according to UC Santa Cruz researchers

October 2009:
Science Daily Scientists discover first vegetarian spider (with help from Earthwatch volunteers)! Also in The Boston Globe
BBC
War games alarm dolphin watchers

August 2009:
Telegraph Earthwatch scientists discover new invertebrate species in South Africa. Also featured in the Guardian.

July 2009:
Oxford Times
The climate champions of Wytham Woods
Credit Caroline RodgersNational Geographic's "My Wonderful World" blog
Finding the Fosa: An interview with explorer Luke Dollar
Credit Caroline RodgersAsbury Park Press
Studying the Diamondback Terrapin

June 2009:
BBC
Dolphin 'super pod' seen in firth
Audio slide-cast: Earthwatch scientist talks about the impacts of climate change on coral reefs. Originally posted on Discovery Earth Live website.

May 2009:
Experience Life magazine Many of the world's most spectacular landscapes are vanishing due to climate change.

April 2009:
Telegraph
Remote-controlled helicopters used to monitor global warming
Treehugger blog
Searching For A Pristine Forest? - Don't Hold Your Breath

March 2009:
Financial Times
Going on a trip to count Kenya's elephants
New Scientist
Rare animals to feature on Google Earth
BBC News
'Crunch year' for world's forests

February 2009:
Oxford Today
Seeing the trees for the Woods
January 2009:
Pulse of the Planet (11 radio features)
Tracie See Monkey Do

View our 2008 articles

Madagascar: Political instability and conservation

Friday 21, 10 2011

Ongoing political unrest in Madagascar continues to have a negative impact on the island’s conservation efforts.