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Large amounts of ozone — around 50% more than predicted by the world’s state-of-the-art climate models — are being destroyed in the lower atmosphere over the tropical Atlantic Ocean. This startling discovery was made by a team of scientists from the UK’s National Centre for Atmospheric Science and Universities of York and Leeds. It has […]

It was one of the largest public demonstrations in US history. On June 12, 1982, an estimated 750,000 protesters thronged Central Park in New York City, chanting “No nukes!” and bearing signs reading “Reagan is a bomb - both should be banned” and “Arms are for embracing.” Some demonstrators called for unilateral US disarmament, others […]

Food supply and environmental issues will dominate next month’s summit of the Group of Eight major industrial nations in Japan, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said on Monday.”Water and food issues are critical not only to health, but also to socio-economic development,” said Fukuda in a video message at the World Economic Forum on East Asia […]

An abrupt release of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, about 635 million years ago from ice sheets that then extended to Earth’s low latitudes caused a dramatic shift in climate, triggering a series of events that resulted in global warming and effectively ended the last “snowball” ice age, a UC Riverside-led study reports.The researchers posit […]

Douala is an industrial zone which needs trees to reduce emitted gases.«Ouh! The sun is scorching”. “It is so hot”. People have been complaining lately in Douala. These statements are made everyday especially during the afternoons when the sun is at its peak. One thing is certain, climatic conditions in Douala have changed and there […]

Google has stepped up its commitment to solar power with an investment of $10m in local company BrightSource Energy.The investment in the California-based firm was made through Google.org, the company’s non-profit philanthropic venture.
The BrightSource deal is the second such investment Google has made in solar power, after taking a stake in eSolar last month.
BrightSource is […]

Climate change threatens many animals — but with any luck, some will handle weather shifts with as much aplomb as Parus major, a colorful songbird also known as the great tit.In a study published today in Science, ornithologists from the University of Oxford tracked the egg-laying times of great tits in Wytham, England. Since the […]

Rival aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing put aside their differences and signed an agreement on Tuesday to work together to cut the impact of air traffic on the environment.The rare cooperation between the European and American giants was announced on the sidelines of the third aviation and environment summit in Geneva, where leading industry groups […]

Since economic reforms began in the late 1970’s, China’s push to become a major industrial power has put a tremendous strain on its environment. Pollution-related problems, from acid rain to contaminated rivers, are now commonplace in China. Authorities in Beijing have taken measures to try to improve environmental protection, but as Naomi Martig reports from […]

Greenpeace Monday caused a major security breach at London’s Heathrow airport when activists climbed to the top of a British Airways (BA) jet in a climate change protest.Protesters were seen unfurling a banner that read “Climate emergency - no third runway” over the Boeing 777’s tailfin after the plane landed on an internal flight from […]