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Entries from February 2009

China’s Climate Change Stance

February 3rd, 2009 · 4 Comments

A New Year and an old theme.  The Year of the Ox has not brought a change to China’s public stance on climate change negotiations.  It is still a little early in the process to separate public posturing from final negotiating positions, but China is not budging yet off its “no limits” theme.  The Financial [...]

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Nonggang Babbler

February 2nd, 2009 · 9 Comments

A New Year and a new bird.  A new species of babbler was recently discovered in southwest China.  Professors Zhou Fang and Jiang Aiwu of the College of Animal Sciences and Technology, Guangxi University announced the discovery in a recent edition of the The Auk, the journal of The American Ornithologists’ Union. 
Ecce the Nonggang Babbler, Stachyris nonggangensis:
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Tags: birds