Note: You must log in to view this members-only content Challenging Firearms Toolmark Evidence – Slide Presentationby Rebecca Brackman Forensic Resource Attorney Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office This material was used as part ... Originally posted here: Challenging Firearms Toolmark Evidence – Slide Presentation
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The proposal, which has been scaled back several times in recent months, heads to the full Council, where approval is now expected. Follow this link: N.Y.U. Expansion Plan in Greenwich Village Wins Key Council Vote
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Native American tribes are teaming up with climate scientists to monitor environmental changes along the coast, changes that are disrupting indigenous ways of life that tribes say are key to their survival. View post: Climate Change First Responders: Native Americans
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[DUBLIN] European science cooperation with Africa needs redefining, as it is failing to address wide-ranging needs and challenges experienced by African countries - and often ignores those countries most in need of support, a conference has heard. Originally posted here: Africa 'needs more nuanced science cooperation with Europe'
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Orangutans are in dire need of a revised conservation approach, according to a new study in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Visit link: Scientists propose a new way forward on orangutan conservation
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The tamarisk plant has been stealing water from other and increasing fire risk, so its Asian predator has been introduced to control it in Southwest See the article here: Introduced Beetle Bids to Curb Water-Sucking Tamarisk
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A developing model of infectious disease shows that most epidemics that have occurred over the last several decades don't just happen. They are a result of things people do to nature. See the article here: The Ecology of Disease
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The Solomon Islands has become a hub for "laundering" wild birds into the global captive-bred bird trade, says the wildlife trade watchdog Traffic. More: Solomon Islands 'launders' exotic birds
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YAOUNDE (AlertNet) - Cameroon has joined a Congo Basin initiative that uses satellite imagery to monitor changes in forest cover in an effort to curb deforestation and help Central African countries access carbon finance. See the article here: Cameroon to protect forests with satellite monitoring
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Caterpillars belonging to a species of butterfly previously unknown as far north as Canada have been discovered in Montreal, in a sign that this country's cool climate is warming, researchers said Monday. See the original post: Tropical butterfly discovered in Quebec a sign of warming
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