A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck southern Peru on Sunday, shaking the capital Lima 300 miles away but triggering no widespread damage or injuries. The quake hit at 1921 EST at a depth of 36.6 miles
Small island states facing a "frightening" rise in sea levels will seek investments in everything from solar energy to fisheries to boost their economies at a U.N. summit next week. Leaders will meet
Japan's government lobbied hard for a global pact that limits mercury use and to name the resulting treaty after Minamata, the site of a homegrown industrial disaster from the 1950s when the toxic metal
A group of global biotech crop companies won a court victory on Monday that blocks enactment of a law passed last year limiting the planting of biotech crops and use of pesticides on the Hawaiian island
A package of bills aimed at regulating drought-parched California's stressed groundwater supplies has come under fire from agricultural interests, injecting doubt into the measures' fates in the waning
A strong earthquake that jolted residents of California's Napa Valley wine country from their beds on Sunday caused insured property damage likely in the hundreds of millions of dollars, but the region's
Flash floods brought on by heavy rain in southern South Korea have killed at least five people, officials say. One person was killed and four others are missing after a bus was swept away by floods
VERVENA, South Africa — A fading roadside ad for Selala Funeral Service here captures what was, until recently, the essence of South Africa’s AIDS epidemic: “Tombstones Are Available,” it reads. “Buy One,
KINGSTON, Jamaica-- Minister of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson says J$12 million is set to address the spread of the Chikungunya virus that is currently threatening the country. Dr Ferguson speaking at the
Climate change and chemicals like pesticides are driving the crisis. The ice of Antarctica doesn't faze them. Nor does the heat of the tropics. They thrive in the desert, in swamps, on the open ocean,
Researchers studying the short- and long-term effects of radiation in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant incident have examined the thyroid glands of approximately 296,000 children
The world not only continues to build new coal-fired power plants, but built more new coal plants in the past decade than in any previous decade. Worldwide, an average of 89 gigawatts per year (GW yr–1)
Solutions to meet growing food requirements in a world of limited suitable land and degrading environment focus mainly on increasing crop yields, particularly in poorly performing regions, and reducing
<p>Poor sanitation is thought to be a major cause of enteric infections among young children. However, there are no previously published randomized trials to measure the health impacts of large-scale sanitation
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Social Action for Forest & Environment (SAFE) Vs. Union of India & Others dated 26/08/2014 regarding construction
The national green tribunal (NGT) has directed Goa coastal zone management authority (GCZMA) to file an affidavit in reply and furnish the inspection report related to the construction of steps and some
A show cause notice has been issued to the developers of Mayfield Gardens, a township spread across several sectors, for allegedly not taking the mandatory environmental clearances. The developers have
Thane: Around 80 people, aged between 5 and 77 years, are learning to make their own eco-friendly Ganesh idols out of clay at a workshop organized by Thane's Visual Art Academy with the help of NGO, Prerana
Bangalore might be called an “air-conditioned city” but its residents are now choking on the most deadly form of air pollution. The respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) level is over four times
A recent World Health Organziation (WHO) report on ambient air quality has ranked Ahmedabad as the 10th most polluted in the world, in terms of annual mean concentrations of Particulate Matter (PM2.5).
