Environment

The tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu has declared a state of emergency due to a severe shortage of fresh…

YIXING, China - Prominent environmental activist Wu Lihong plunges his hands into a thick layer of toxic green scum and…

As autumn arrives, the seasonal “black cloud” is expected to rise again in the Cairo sky. This atmospheric pollution first…

Washington - The planet closest to the Sun had plenty of its own heat to release billions of years ago…

Food safety is a multi-layered problem involving an array of issues, whether environmental, health or economic in nature. What seems…

Egypt’s Red Sea has been warming since the mid-1990s, a phenomenon that could threaten its rich ecosystem, according to a…

Cities in Iran, India, Pakistan, Mongolia are among the worst on the planet for air pollution, while those in the…

LA PAZ - Sacha Llorenti, Bolivia's interior minister and a top official in leftist President Evo Morales' government, resigned over…

NAIROBI, Kenya - Wangari Maathai, the first African woman recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, died after a long struggle…

Egypt's asbestos factories were officially closed down in 2005, and yet the impact of this extremely dangerous material is being…