Tag: Climate Change

Raging Wildfire burns Canary Island world heritage site

MADRID. Hundreds of Spanish fire fighters, backed by planes and helicopters, were fighting on Monday to stop a fire

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Tornadoes rip through Virginia

Three tornadoes have caused devastation in Virginia, injuring more than 200 people and destroying buildings. Report courtesy of www.bbc.co.uk

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Mercury found in birds in U.S. rivers

WASHINGTON - Mercury contamination in rivers can spread to nearby birds, even ones that don't eat fish or other

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US secretary concedes biofuels may spur food price rises

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Setting aside farmland to produce biofuels like ethanol may be partly to blame for driving up

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Virus outbreak in Chinese city kills 19 children

BEIJING (Reuters) - A virus outbreak in an eastern Chinese city has killed 19 children and left hundreds ill,

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Japan detects bird flu in wild swans

TOKYO. Japan has detected a strain of bird flu in a flock of wild swans after stepping up checks

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Hundreds flee US wildfires

Five hundred homes have been evacuated in California after the first wildfire of the year broke out near Los

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Human warming hobbles ancient climate cycle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Before humans began burning fossil fuels, there was an eons-long balance between carbon dioxide emissions and

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Asia’s rainforests rapidly vanishing as timber, food demand surge.

Asia's rainforests are being rapidly destroyed, a trend accelerated by surging timber demand in booming China and India, and

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UK Super Bug deaths rising sharply

There are 10 times more deaths across the UK from the superbug clostridium difficile among over 65-year-olds than in

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