Red Sky News | The Global Meltdown
Month: September 2008
Arctic Saw Fastest August Sea Ice Retreat on Record
Following a record-breaking season of arctic sea ice decline in 2007, NASA scientists have kept a close watch on
Massive 7.3 Earthquake Strikes Off Coast of New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand: A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck near New Zealand's remote and largely uninhabited Kermadec Islands early Tuesday, New
7,500 Mexicans evacuate; flooding shuts oil wells
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican officials have evacuated 7,500 people and are keeping oil wells shut in Veracruz due to
Floods, drought, mosquito disease aim at Europe
PARIS (AFP) - Climate change will amplify the risk of flooding in northwestern Europe, water scarcity and forest fires
Pollution trial opens in Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN (AFP) - The trial opened in Ivory Coast on Monday of 12 people charged with involvement in a
Scientists pressure Australian PM to step up carbon cuts
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's leading climate change scientists Monday pleaded with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to override his top
Venezuela wants to work with Russia on nuclear energy
CARACAS (AFP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he was interested in accepting Russia's offer of help
Hundreds of methane ‘plumes’ discovered
British scientists have discovered hundreds more methane "plumes" bubbling up from the Arctic seabed, in an area to the
Pollution increases 3 percent
WASHINGTON - The world pumped up its pollution of the chief man-made global warming gas last year, setting a
Series of Earthquakes rock New Zealand
Aftershocks continue after todays earthquake centred near Kaikoura that was felt across much of the country. Kaikoura District Council