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ScienceDaily (Mar. 23, 2012) - An international team of scientists, including some from Majorca and the Canary Islands, have described a new type of fossil scops owl, the first extinct bird on the archipelago of Madeira (Portugal). Read the original post: An Extinct Species of Scops Owl Has Been Discovered in Madeira

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LOS ANGELES, March 23 (UPI) -- A scorpion species found in California's Death Valley may have escaped discovery until now because it is tiny and probably lives underground, scientists say. Excerpt from: New scorpion species found in California

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Scientists, politicians, businesspeople and NGO representatives from 95 countries are set to meet in London to find solutions to the issues of growing population and rising consumption of the Earth's limited resources. See the original post here: Summit tries to solve world's resource problems

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Planet hit by more storms, heatwaves and floods than ever before as evidence points to human-induced climate change See more here: Extreme weather events increased over past decade, study says

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Mexico could lose nearly 70 percent of its cloud forests due to climate change by 2080, according to new research published in Nature Climate Change, that has implications for cloud forests worldwide. See original here: Cloud forests may be particularly vulnerable to climate change

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Global temperatures could rise by 1.4-3.0C (2.5-5.4F) above levels for late last century by 2050, a computer simulation has suggested. Read the rest here: Temperatures could rise by 3C by 2050, models suggest

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Mr. Herrera, 63, is the author of twenty-eight books and currently serves as the Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair in the Department of Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside. He was a professor and ... See the original post: SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today appointed Juan Felipe Herrera to the position of California Poet...

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SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. George Alexeeff, 57, of Walnut Creek, has been appointed director of the Office of Environmental Health and Hazard Assessment at the California Environmental Protection ... More here: California Governor Brown – Announces appointments – March 21, 2012

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USA TODAY – By Byron Acohido – March 24, 2012 At 6-foot-6, with long hair and often sporting his trademark white scarf, Seattle criminal defense attorney John Henry Browne cuts a commanding figure. Browne, 65, is ... See the rest here: Browne, Bales’ attorney, humanizes his high-profile clients

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The Sacramento Bee – by Andy Furillo – Published: Saturday, Mar. 24, 2012 There’s no such thing as “compelled consent” when it comes to a juror’s privacy rights, but if a court finds good cause to ... See the article here: Sacramento juror’s right to Facebook privacy debated