(July 01, 2009 | Climate Change)
An El Nino weather pattern this year appears almost certain, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said on Wednesday, raising the prospect of drought in Australia and an even weaker monsoon in India.
(July 01, 2009 | Climate Change)
India will not sign up to targets to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions but will instead focus on fighting poverty and boosting economic growth, the environment minister said.
(June 30, 2009 | Safety & Health)
More than 350,000 Bangladeshis are struggling without proper homes and at greater risk of disease a month after cyclone Aila ravaged parts of the country, international aid group Oxfam said.
(June 29, 2009 | Safety & Health)
Staples such as cassava on which millions of people depend become more toxic and produce much smaller yields in a world with higher carbon dioxide levels and more drought, Australian scientists say.
(June 29, 2009 | Climate Change)
President Barack Obama scored a major victory on Friday when the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to slash industrial pollution that is blamed for global warming.
(June 26, 2009 | Climate Change)
High oil prices and the impact of a global recession halved yearly rises in global greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels in 2008, the first evidence of an impact from the financial crisis, a study said.
(June 25, 2009 | Demographics)
Germany will face a "dramatic shortage" of highly qualified workers by 2020 unless it improves its track record on integrating and educating pupils from a migrant background, a study showed.
(June 25, 2009 | Climate Change)
A new form of insurance that covers risks such as droughts or floods could help small farmers in developing countries cope with worsening impacts of global warming, a U.N. backed report said.
(June 24, 2009 | Safety & Health)
Tens of thousands of mobile users in Bangladesh's flood and cyclone-prone areas will now receive advance warning of an impending natural disaster through an alert on their cell phones.
(June 24, 2009 | Climate Change)
Switzerland's glaciers shrank by 12 percent over the past decade, melting at their fatest rate due to rising temperatures and lighter snowfalls, a study by the Swiss university ETH showed.
