ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: All teeth and claws? New study sheds light on dinosaur claw function

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News   All teeth and claws? New study sheds light on dinosaur claw function Posted: 06 May 2014 05:41 PM PDT How claw form and function changed during the evolution from dinosaurs to birds is explored in a new study into the claws of a group of …

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Maya Long Count calendar and European calendar linked using carbon-14 dating

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Maya Long Count calendar and European calendar linked using carbon-14 dating Warmest summers in last two decades in northern latitudes were unprecedented in six centuries New technique measures evaporation globally Sea mammals find U. S. safe harbor Enzymes from horse feces could hold secrets to streamlining …

Ending Climate Silence

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

Corporate-NGO Engagement in times of rising Activism.    Future 500 Newsletter March 2013 The bridge between corporations and NGOs ENDING CLIMATE SILENCE Earlier this year we presented our Top 10 Stakeholder Issues for 2013. Issues such as health and obesity, fracking, GMOs, and digital freedom present risk to all companies, but in …

Worldwatch Institute: It’s Time for Millennium Consumption Goals

kristySustainability News

In response to a Sri Lankan scientist’s call for the drafting of “Millenium Consumption” goals to help developed countries reduce their consumption-driven, climate-damaging habits, Worldwatch’s Erik Assadourian has taken a crack at a first draft. Among the goals are halving obesity and overweight rates by 2020, guaranteeing healthcare, and cutting …