global warming
Warming Red Sea waters pose threat to ecosystem
Environment
September 29, 2011
Warming Red Sea waters pose threat to ecosystem
Egypt’s Red Sea has been warming since the mid-1990s, a phenomenon that could threaten its rich ecosystem, according to a…
Scientists: Area covered by Arctic ice hits historic low
Environment
September 12, 2011
Scientists: Area covered by Arctic ice hits historic low
PARIS - The area covered by Arctic sea ice reached its lowest point this week since the start of satellite observation…
Global warming: Study finds natural shields being weakened
Environment
July 19, 2011
Global warming: Study finds natural shields being weakened
In a vicious cycle with long-term implications for the climate system, the soil and the ocean are being weakened as…
Food prices driven up by global warming, study shows
Environment
May 7, 2011
Food prices driven up by global warming, study shows
Climate change cut global wheat and corn output by more than 3 percent over the past three decades compared to…
Is Earth Hour just a publicity stunt?
Environment
March 28, 2011
Is Earth Hour just a publicity stunt?
Last Saturday saw the fifth anniversary of Earth Hour, a controversial event organized globally by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).…
Earth Hour 2011: Going beyond the hour
Environment
March 26, 2011
Earth Hour 2011: Going beyond the hour
The yearly environmental event Earth Hour -- which began in 2007 -- will be held today. For one hour, starting…
Record melt from Greenland ice sheet in 2010
Environment
January 22, 2011
Record melt from Greenland ice sheet in 2010
Paris--Greenland's ice sheet, feared as a major driver of rising sea levels, shed a record amount of melted snow and…
Egypt considers building dikes to shield coastal cities from rising sea levels
Egypt
December 19, 2010
Egypt considers building dikes to shield coastal cities from rising sea levels
The Egyptian government is currently considering building a series of sea walls along the North Coast in order to protect…
Civil society shut out at Cancun
Opinion
December 15, 2010
Civil society shut out at Cancun
On the final day of the United Nations climate talks in Cancun, Diana Pei Wu, a member of Grassroots Solutions…
Cancun is only a start, now it’s time for action
Opinion
December 12, 2010
Cancun is only a start, now it’s time for action
After two weeks of difficult negotiations between more than 190 nations at the climate talks in Cancun, the multilateral process…