A research suggested that the number of natural disasters stemming from geological reasons such as earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis
China raised the number of dead or missing from a devastating earthquake to be at least 75,000, as rescuers
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Destruction of the Amazon is again on the upswing despite a recent crackdown on
PARIS (AFP) - A forthcoming study has added to worries that the Alpine ski industry will be badly affected
Heavy rains in Italy have caused the River Aniene in Tivoli to burst its banks. Hundreds of people looked
A 60-year-old woman has been rescued from rubble eight days after the earthquake hit Sichuan province in China. Wang
ROME (Reuters) - Soaring food prices, a devalued currency and drought mean millions of people in Somalia cannot feed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. food prices will rise by 5 percent this year, the largest increase since 1990 and
BONN (AFP) - Countries thinking of joining the rush for biofuels run the risk of planting invasive plant species
BONN, Germany (AFP) - Climate change has emerged as a major factor behind the growing risk of extinction facing