November 24th, 2011 by Nature
Organisms from primary producers to top predators are shrinking in size in response to climate change, according to a Perspective published in Nature Climate Change. It is well established that species are shifting their distributions to higher elevations and latitudes in response to warming, and that key life events such as migration are happening earlier […]
July 26th, 2011 by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
On 19 July 2011 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced the launch of a strategy to help bring safe, clean sanitation services to millions of poor people in the developing world. In a keynote address at the 2011 AfricaSan Conference in Kigali, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, president of the foundation’s Global Development Program, called on […]