The dwindling march of the penguins is signaling that the world’s oceans are in trouble, scientists now say.
Penguins may be the tuxedo-clad version of a canary in the coal mine, with generally ailing populations from a combination of global warming, ocean oil pollution, depleted fisheries, and tourism and development, according to a new scientific review […]
The battle to reduce carbon emissions is at the heart of many eco-friendly efforts, and researchers from the University of Missouri have discovered that nature has been lending a hand. Researchers at the Missouri Tree Ring Laboratory in the Department of Forestry discovered that trees submerged in freshwater aquatic systems store carbon for thousands of […]
The Group of Eight wealthy nations are looking at investing more than $10 billion a year to support new technologies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, including carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), a Japanese daily reported on Sunday.
A draft statement on economic issue is being considered for release at the July 7-9 summit of G8 […]
Sometimes it’s easy to forget what a miracle is our planet Earth. This slideshow is designed to remind us all to remember the beauty all around us that we must work to save.
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This extremely well made and thought out short film, skillfully blends the horror movie genre with an environmental message, that we could all learn from.
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Thousands of new wind turbines could be built across the UK as part of a £100bn investment in renewable energy that could create hundreds of thousands of new “green collar” jobs, Gordon Brown announced today.
The prime minister unveiled what he described as a “green revolution” and “the most dramatic change in energy policy since the […]
Like people vacationing in the mountains to escape summer heat, plants are “climbing” to higher elevations to cope with global warming, a new study shows.
Previous research has suggested that many plant and animal species have been shifting their ranges toward the Poles as the planet warms.
Now scientists have found evidence that plants have also been […]
It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year.
The disappearance of the Arctic sea ice, making it possible to reach the Pole sailing in a boat through open water, would be one of the most dramatic – and worrying – […]
Over 80 per cent of people believe that climate change is having an impact on the UK right now and yet 40 per cent of us are doing nothing to reduce our energy use. Why?
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Environmentalist author Bill McKibben discusses which of the 2008 Presidential candidates, Barack Obama or John McCain would produce the best record on environmental issues.
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Droughts and downpours exacerbated by climate change allowed two diseases to converge and wipe out large numbers of African lions in 1994 and 2001, according to a new study.
Lions regularly survive outbreaks of canine distemper virus (CDV) and infestations by a tick-borne blood parasite called Babesia. But both normally occur in isolation.
In 1994 and 2001, […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out the record $2.5 billion in punitive damages that Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) had been ordered to pay for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska, the nation’s worst tanker spill.
By a 5-3 vote, the high court ruled that the punitive damages award should be slashed to […]
Major technological progress needed to make renewable energy affordable says a study by the RAND corpoaration.
Dramatic progress in renewable energy technology is needed if the United States desires to produce 25 percent of its electricity and motor vehicle fuel from renewable sources by 2025 without significantly increasing consumer costs, according to a RAND Corporation study […]
Australia’s coral trout have thrived under a fishing ban on the Great Barrier Reef, showing that no-take reserves can spur dramatic comebacks in overfished ocean habitats, new research suggests.
But the bold move to ban fishing to save fish would be hard to replicate along most other coasts, said the Australian study’s lead author.
Coral trout is […]
This intriguing video details the Masdar Initiative’s plan for the world’s first 100% Carbon free community in Abu Dhabi, which will house 47.5K people. Watch to see just how they intend to do this and ponder how this may become the blue print to a ‘Greener’ future for us all.
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