Global temperature records continue to tumble, with August easily the hottest in 124 years of data, Japan's Meteorological Agency says. Last month, near-surface land and sea temperatures were 0.45 degrees
The UK Government should move away from out-dated green taxes which target businesses and instead offer green tax incentives to reduce carbon emissions, according to the manufacturers' organisation EEF.
Many elephants get electrocuted by low-slung overhead electric cables before authorities take action On the night of 4 September, a large tusker was electrocuted by a sagging high tension electric cable
Last winter’s snow accumulation in the mountains that provide state’s most important natural water system was just 5% of what is normal, study finds The Sierra Nevada snowpack that is a critical water
Two explosive wildfires have displaced 23,000 people in northern California and threaten to wreak more devastation in rural communities, which have lost hundreds of homes. The so-called Valley fire
Russia has successfully launched a Proton rocket, carrying a Russian telecoms satellite, from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in the second successful launch since the disastrous loss of a Mexican
The ornate ivory statues and carvings sold in Scott Defrin's New York gallery date from the 17th and 18th centuries, but the antique dealer's business is being upended by a 21st century fight over saving
Piacenza was once of the areas hit by flash floods and landslides on Monday One man has died and two brothers are missing after torrential rain caused foods and landslides in northern Italy. The body
TAIPEI, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in Taiwan announced late Monday night they will establish a "central epidemic command center" as dengue fever cases have reached nearly 10,000 since the start of
SYDNEY, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Rubbish and debris entering into the marine environment is become a more high profile issue after Australian researchers found more than half of the world's sea turtles have
SYDNEY, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The gap between Australia's richest and poorest has grown by 13 percent over the past decade, according to a new research released on Tuesday. Australian households in the
Indonesian President Joko Widodo called late on Monday for strong action against anyone caught lighting fires to clear forested land, as a worsening haze blanketed the north of the country and neighboring
The world's forests continue to shrink as populations increase and forest land is converted to agriculture and other uses, but over the past 25 years the rate of net global deforestation has slowed down
Liu Huaiyu raises more than 200 pigs in her farmyard, which houses one of the largest piggeries in her village, and the prodigious amount of manure they generate every day never bothers her. It is a source
BEIJING - Particles responsible for much of China's air pollution decreased 17.4 percent during the first half of this year, an official said on Monday. Drop of the density of PM 2.5, or particles measuring
JIUQUAN, Gansu - China on Monday launched its most sophisticated observation satellite, Gaofen-9, as part of the country's high-definition Earth observation project. Gaofen-9 was launched from the Jiuquan
Health officials seeking to curb the country's fast increasing cancer rate are implementing a three-year nationwide plan that expands cancer screening, registration and prevention while reducing smoking.
Fifteen people reported missing amid severe flooding in Ibaraki Prefecture last week have been located and are safe, local authorities said Tuesday. “As the telephone lines recovered, we were able to
<p>Tepco on Monday discharged into the ocean filtered groundwater taken from wells around the damaged reactor buildings at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in an effort to curb the buildup of toxic water.</p>
An anti-poaching group who call themselves the Black Mambas has decreased hunting in South Africa's Balule Private Game Reserve by 76 percent. The group of mainly women patrols for poachers in the preserve,
