70 percent of beaches eroding on Hawaiian islands Kauai, Oahu, and Maui
Posted: 07 May 2012 01:56 PM PDT
An assessment of coastal change over the past century has found 70 percent of beaches on the islands of Kaua»i, O»ahu, and Maui are undergoing long-term erosion, according to new results.![]()
Endangered species, languages linked at high biodiversity regions
Posted: 07 May 2012 12:41 PM PDT
Biodiversity hot spots — the world’s biologically richest and most threatened locations on Earth — and high biodiversity wilderness areas — biologically rich but less threatened — are some of the most linguistically diverse regions on our planet, according to a team of conservationists.