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Hawaii's Beaches Soon To Be Lost To The Sea?
Hawaii's beaches are infamous. The sparkling sands here attract around 7.5 million people a year who spend nearly $13 billion on their lodging, food, and souvenirs. But this bustling industry...
EU: bluefin tuna catches to be reduced
(AP) -- The EU Commission says over 45 countries who catch tuna have agreed to cut catches of the threatened Atlantic bluefin tuna next year.
Taiwan to boost quake warning system
Taiwan plans to build its first undersea seismic station, designed to improve the island's early warning system and save valuable seconds when earthquakes strike, officials said.
Desperate climate times call for oddball measures
As global warming concerns grow, scientists are taking seriously some of the seemingly crazy proposals of geo-engineering. One suggestion: Launch a million tiny mirrors into space. Every minute. ...
Island story
The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none...
The Real Global Warming Disaster by Christopher Booker | Book review
Considerable effort has gone into Christopher Booker's definitive manual for sceptics. Shame he's talking bunk, says Philip BallChristopher Booker, Sunday Telegraph columnist and bete noir of climate campaigners, has here produced the definitive...
Brazil and France in climate deal
Brazil and France agree a common position on fighting global warming before the UN climate change conference.
Dark skies to be preserved at Kejimkujik
Kejimkujik National Park in Nova Scotia could soon be part of a unique group of protected lands known for its night skies.
Climate change killing sea turtles
PLAYA GRANDE, Costa Rica, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Climate change threatens the extinction of leatherback sea turtles that have called the Pacific Ocean home for 150 million years, scientists...
China tipped as global leader in green tech
China can become the world's top exporter of "green technology" if it carries out crucial energy and ecological reforms, leading environmental campaigners said here Saturday.
Lost WWII Japanese Subs Found off Hawaii
Scuttled by the U.S. Navy in 1946, Super Subs Location Unknown Until Now
Satellite imagery confirms Ida's low is finally moving away from the east coast
Satellite imagery and weather ground station readings today along the Mid-Atlantic indicate "Ida the coastal low pressure area" is finally moving away from the U.S. east coast.
Cyclone Phyan raining on Tibet after breaking a record in India
Cyclone Phyan broke a 43 year record when it made landfall north of the city of Mumbai, India during the evening hours on November 11. NASA's Aqua satellite captured Phyan's...
Rare Headshrinking Footage Confirmed?
What could be the only footage of an actual human headshrinking ceremony in South America--which shows heads being boiled and dried--may be real, says an explorer in a new documentary....
Inland waters in Wash. tabbed Salish Sea
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Board of Geographic Names says inland waters residing in the state of Washington and British Columbia, Canada, will now be called...
How much is nature worth?
How much is nature worth? £1 billion? £100 billion? £1 trillion? The loss of our forests and biodiversity in general could cost us between £1.2-2.8 trillion a year, according to...
The Beautiful Aftermath of Tropical Storm Ida
Hurricane Ida leaves behind a lasting mark on the Gulf of Mexico.
Group urges less waste during holidays
ROCHESTER, Mich., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, U.S. residents generate an extra 1.2 million tons of waste per week, said the group Use Less...
Cholera outbreaks depend on river flow, say scientists
The speed and volume of river flow shape the severity of cholera outbreaks, a Bangladeshi study has found.
World leaders 'must not use recession to delay action on climate change'
Economic downturn may cut emissions 9% by 2012 but only delay dangerous climate change by 21 months, say economistsWorld leaders cannot use the global recession as an excuse to delay action on climate...
Unmanned Craft Monitors Ocean "Dead Zones"
Ocean "Dead zones" along the Washington and Oregon coasts are threatening critical U.S. fishing areas. These oxygen- depleted regions, that lose virtually all of their marine life in the summer,...
'Catastrophic' e-waste fuels global toxic dump
A "catastrophic accumulation" of dozens of millions of tonnes of "e-waste" from computers, cellphones and television sets is fuelling a global pile of hazardous waste, an international body warned Friday.
Arizona's growth fueled air pollution
PHOENIX, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Arizona's booming population growth polluted its air at a faster rate than any other state between 1990 and 2007, researchers said.
Sponges Recycle Carbon To Give Life To Coral Reefs
Coral reefs live in some of the most nutrient deficient waters on the planet, so how do they survive? Marine biologists have discovered that certain sponges could be the key...
Romanians protest lift of sturgeon fishing ban
A government decision to overturn a ten-year ban on the fishing of wild sturgeon in the Danube River basin drew protests in the capital this week, led by WWF and...
Should climate deniers be allowed to speak on the Today programme? | George Monbiot
Had the BBC done its research, Ian Plimer's falsehoods would not been allowed to pass unchallengedShould the Today programme have interviewed Ian Plimer yesterday? According to many environmentalists, it shouldn't. Here, for example,...
Predatory coral eats jellyfish
A coral is recorded eating a jellyfish for the first time, in intriguing photographs taken by scientists.
Russia gains new land after quake, lava flows: scientist
Russia, the world's largest country, has grown even larger recently thanks to an earthquake and a volcanic eruption in its seismically active far eastern regions, a scientist said on Friday.