In a paper published in the journal Climate of the Past, the researchers use Antarctic and Greenland ice cores to examine the time lag between changes in temperature and in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels in the past. Their findings suggest that feedbacks in the climate system – in which warming is linked to natural carbon dioxide increase, driving further warming – may operate faster than previously thought. 

The nautilus, a creature that pulled easily through the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs,  now hangs on the brink of extinction because it has become coveted by human beings. Read more here; ESS‘ Peter Ward is quoted. 

Global mining giant Anglo-American and its Canadian partner, Northern Dynasty, want to dig one of the world’s largest open-pit mines – up to three miles wide and thousands of feet deep – in the near-pristine watershed of Bristol Bay, home to the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery. Learn more about this proposal and the controversy surrounding it; SAFS‘ Thomas Quinn is quoted. 

Did you get a chance to attend Conservation Remix this year? Would you like to check out — or revisit — the provocative talks that the bevvy of awesome speakers delivered? Well, okay then — Conservation Remix video series can be found here. Enjoy!