Environment
Antarctic icebergs have surprise role in slowing warming: study
January 13, 2016
Antarctic icebergs have surprise role in slowing warming: study
The biggest icebergs breaking off Antarctica unexpectedly help to slow global warming as they melt away into the chill Southern…
Australia pushes to boost crocodile exports
January 4, 2016
Australia pushes to boost crocodile exports
Australian officials are looking to increase the export of crocodile products in 2016, after decades of official protection to stop…
CNN: Delhi residents give up cars to stop toxic air pollution
January 3, 2016
CNN: Delhi residents give up cars to stop toxic air pollution
Smog-choked residents of New Delhi welcomed the new year on Friday by largely complying with dramatic new driving restrictions designed…
More Chinese cities issue their 1st red alerts for heavy smog
December 26, 2015
More Chinese cities issue their 1st red alerts for heavy smog
More Chinese cities are issuing their first red alerts for pollution in response to forecasts of heavy smog, after the…
In Greenland, hopes for climate change to boost economy
December 23, 2015
In Greenland, hopes for climate change to boost economy
As the world struggles to limit climate change, some people in Greenland hope to cash in on rising temperatures with…
Amazon peoples change ancestral ways to save forest
December 22, 2015
Amazon peoples change ancestral ways to save forest
The indigenous peoples of the Amazon are far removed from the Paris conference rooms where politicians and technocrats in dark…
Beijing on highest pollution alert but smog not as bad as forecast
December 19, 2015
Beijing on highest pollution alert but smog not as bad as forecast
China's capital Beijing was bracing for four days of choking smog starting on Saturday, but residents said the haze was…
Iran ‘to close capital’s schools’ due to air pollution
December 19, 2015
Iran ‘to close capital’s schools’ due to air pollution
Iran is to close schools for two days in Tehran, state media said Saturday, following air pollution three times the…
China again promises to clean up air ahead of 2022 Games
December 16, 2015
China again promises to clean up air ahead of 2022 Games
China promised again on Tuesday to take steps to reduce air pollution in the run-up to the 2022 Winter Olympics,…
Doomsday Arctic seed vault to receive two deposits in 2016
December 15, 2015
Doomsday Arctic seed vault to receive two deposits in 2016
Two new consignments of crop seeds will be deposited next year in the "doomsday vault" built in an Arctic mountainside…