Science news articles about 'papua new guinea'

Half of Papua New Guinea's forests will be lost or damaged in just over a decade, speeding up local climate change, unless logging is dramatically reduced, a study released Monday found.

... southeast Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea, home to some of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth, has created its first national conservation ...

... Assessment Program (RAP) expedition to Papua New Guinea's highlands wilderness. The discoveries were announced ... Uplands and nearby valleys represent one of Papua New Guinea's largest undeveloped highlands wilderness ...

An outbreak of cholera has killed at least five people and infected about 80 others in Papua New Guinea, health authorities say.

... volcanic crater on the Pacific island of Papua New Guinea. A team of scientists from Britain, America, Hawaii and Papua New Guinea found more than 40 previously unidentified species when they climbed into the kilometre-deep ...

... community in Papua New Guinea that suffered a major epidemic of a CJD-like fatal brain disease called kuru ...

... coral reef resident in the waters of Papua New Guinea - a miniature seahorse! Captured on film ... - the pygmy seahorse. Living in the tropical waters of New Guinea and belonging to the same genus as their larger ...

A thumbnail-sized frog with a long snout, a brilliant green katydid with bright pink eyes and a mouse with a white-tipped tail are among 200 species scientists have discovered in Papua New Guinea.

... , Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Papua New Guinea could become a poorer nation if proceeds from its liquefied natural gas project were not managed ...

The Woodlark Rift off-shore of eastern Papua New Guinea is the fastest extending continental crust on Earth.

... and slender toes termed a "striking surprise" has been discovered deep in the tropical forests of Papua New Guinea, the U.S. Geological survey ...

... ), 1999 Hector Mine, Calif. (7.1), 2000 New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (8.0), 2001 Peru (8.4), 2001 Kunlun, China (7 ...

... health facilities in the Wosera subdistrict of Papua New Guinea over an eight-year period with symptoms indicative of malaria but without symptoms of any ...

... almost all titled indigenous lands. In Papua New Guinea, although forest people are constitutionally endowed with property rights over the forests they live ...

... years, developing nations, especially Papua New Guinea and Costa Rica, have begun pushing for a program that would allow the purchase of carbon ...