Month: August 2009

China says rich up pressure on poor over climate

China accused rich nations at U.N. climate talks on Thursday of increasing pressure on the poor to do more

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Hurricanes in the Atlantic more frequent

Hurricanes in the Atlantic are more frequent than at any time in the last 1,000 years, according to research

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Australian Farmers prepare for locust plague

NSW farmers have been told to keep an eye out for locusts after the season's first hatchings were confirmed

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Australia: Highest-Ever Winter Water Temperatures Recorded

NOAA polar orbiting satellites obtain the data generating sea surface temperature images. This is a composite 15-day image showing

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Galapagos face ecological disaster due to tourism

Mosquitoes brought into the Galapagos on tourist planes and boats threaten to wreak "ecological disaster" in the islands, central

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700 Found alive in Taiwan mudslide

Video: 700 Found alive in Taiwan mudslide.

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Climate change an Australian security threat

Australia faces more intense and frequent heatwaves, wildfires, cyclones and floods, with climate change becoming a threat to national

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Rich nations offer 15-21 percent CO2 cuts by 2020: U.N.

Industrialized nations excluding the United States are planning cuts in greenhouse gas emissions of between 15 and 21 percent

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China shuts factory after lead poisons children

China has closed a factory in its northwest which is suspected of causing lead poisoning in more than 300

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Crops destroyed as Iowa farmers add up damage of massive weekend storms

Farmers began assessing the damage of a hailstorm that struck Sunday morning along U.S. Highway 20 from Webster and

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