Tag: Climate Change

World must step up efforts on saving species: Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged industrialized and emerging countries to invest more in protecting wildlife and said the U.N.

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Australian government aims for 90pc car emission cuts

The Federal Government has released proposed new car emission standards which it wants to introduce from 2012. The Government says

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Northern Calif. begins cleanup after 6.5 earthquake

EUREKA, Calif. — Power is mostly back up and the phones are working again in Humboldt County in northern

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Methane release shows dramatic increase

Scientists have uncovered what appears to be a further dramatic increase in the leakage of methane gas that is

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6.3 Magnitude quake strikes near Solomon Islands

A strong earthquake has shaken the South Pacific near the Solomon Islands, just days after a large earthquake and

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Australia: Local population of endangered bird cut by half

Researchers say extreme heat has wiped out half a local population of endangered birds on WA's South Coast. More than

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Britain freezes as temperatures plunge below -21

Temperatures in big-freeze Britain plummeted as the country suffered its coldest night of the winter so far. The mercury sank

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Dead fish provoke alert around Gulf of Mexico

Mexican officials issued a vigilance alert Tuesday after thousands of dead fish washed up on the coast of the

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China freeze to continue as power use restricted and food prices rise

BEIJING (AFP) – More regions of China faced power shortages, food prices rose and the government warned of crop

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Strong aftershocks continue to rattle Solomons after earthquake and tsunami

A series of powerful aftershocks rattled the Solomon Islands on Tuesday and Wednesday, after a 7.2-magnitude quake and tsunami

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