Iowa Floods: Hundreds evacuated, 1 dead

DES MOINES, Iowa – Three nights of heavy rainfall caused Iowa creeks and rivers to swell, forcing hundreds of

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Greenpeace to launch expedition to probe BP oil spill impact

Environmental watchdog Greenpeace on Wednesday announced the launch of a three-month expedition on which researchers will analyze the impact

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Chernobyl Forests are on fire

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Fires have scorched forests contaminated with radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, a Russian forestry official

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China landslide deaths 1,117

ZHOUQU, China – Heavy rains lashed a remote section of northwestern China as the death toll from weekend flooding

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Magnitude 6 Quake hits Vanuatu: No damage

CANBERRA, Australia – The U.S Geological Survey says a magnitude 6 earthquake has shaken Vanuatu — a day after

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South Korea: Typhoon Dianmu kills five

SEOUL (AFP) – Torrential rain brought by the approach of Typhoon Dianmu has left five people dead and grounded

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New Zealand: significant swine flu cases

NEW Zealand is still experiencing a significant level of swine flu, health authorities said Wednesday, despite the World Health

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Mankind must abandon earth or face extinction: says Atheist Hawking

Mankind's only chance of long-term survival lies in colonising space, as humans drain Earth of resources and face a

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Extreme weather fuels debate over global warming

As Russia battles wildfires triggered by an unprecedented heatwave, flood waters surge across a drenched Pakistan leaving millions of

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Climate threatens Asian rice production

Even modest rises in global temperatures will drive down rice production in Asia, the world's biggest grower of the

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