Tag Archives: rainforest

Extinction of Species, and loss of vital elements in nature

By ShamsJuly 13, 2009Environment, Scienceamazonian, eco-system, extinction, international union for conservation nature, iucn, rainforest, species

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reported in July that 869 species are extinct now.

If we add 290 ‘Critically Endangered’ species, then the loss will amount to 1159.

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The Bigga Snake

By ShamsFebruary 5, 2009ScienceColombia, Epoch, Paleocene, rainforest, snake, Titanoboa cerrejonensis

Scientists have just discovered, let’s say, (fortunately) met with the fossil of Titanoboa cerrejonensis (not with the living Giant).

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Amazon, Rainforest and the miserable animals

By ShamsMarch 12, 2008Environmentagricolonization, Amazon, deforestation, rainforest

According to January 2008 Greenpeace report Amazon deforestation rate is high again although local officials claim the opposite. Greenpeace assumes that in 2007 from August – December, 7000 sq. km of the rainforest has been destroyed.

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