Environment - страница 25

Ecologically clean regions of Almaty are 'myths' Ecologically clean regions of Almaty city are nothing but 'myths' long gone.

22 October 2013

Kazakhstan No.1 in Central Asia and in world's Top 10 by greenhouse gas emisions Greenhouse gas emissions have brought Kazakhstan to the 1st place among Central Asian countries.

22 October 2013

Global warming linked to wildfires: UN climate chief Wildfires are "absolutely" linked to global warming and increasingly intense heatwaves, the UN climate chief has said, as bushfires burned out of control in Australia.

22 October 2013

Dolphin killings rise in Peru due to Asia shark fin sales Peru has dramatically increased its sales of shark fins to Asia, triggering the slaughter of about 15,000 dolphins a year used as bait.

20 October 2013

Help at hand to relocate threatened species Australian and New Zealand scientists Thursday said they have devised the "first rigorous framework" on deciding whether to relocate endangered animals threatened with extinction by climate change.

17 October 2013

Australia, US, France urge Antarctic protected areas Australia, New Zealand, the United States, France and the EU on Wednesday stepped up pressure on Russia for a swift agreement to create vast Antarctic marine sanctuaries.

16 October 2013

Kangaroo checks in to Australian Airport Australian police had to lock down part of Melbourne Airport Wednesday after a kangaroo bounced into the terminal and surprised passengers shopping in a pharmacy.

16 October 2013

Leaking wells may cause ecological disaster at Caspian Sea There are currently around 1,400 leaking wells in the Caspian sea area; 128 of them are underwater: Atyrau Oblast Akim.

14 October 2013

Greenpeace boss admits surprise at harsh Russian response Despite its expertise at risky protests, Greenpeace's head admitted he was "extremely surprised" by Russia's response in the Arctic and never imagined activists would face piracy charges and years in jail.

11 October 2013

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Australia presses Russia over detained Greenpeace activist Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop expressed concern to Russia about an Australian crew member of a Greenpeace ship facing a "very serious" piracy charge over an Arctic oil exploration protest.

06 October 2013

First-ever global deal struck on airline CO2 emissions A first-ever global deal on curbing the airline industry's rising carbon emissions was agreed Friday.

05 October 2013

Nuclear dump near Aktau causes genetic mutation in rodents 51 million tons of radioactive wastes are kept at the storage facility for uranium-containing wastes of Koshkar-Ata chemical plant near Aktau.

03 October 2013

Koalas in danger as Aussie temperatures soar: study Australia's native koala could face a wipeout from increasing temperatures unless "urgent" action is taken to plant trees for shelter as well as eucalypts to eat.

03 October 2013

Greenpeace disrupts Champions League match to protest sponsor Gazprom Greenpeace campaigners briefly interrupted a Champions League match in Basel on Tuesday to protest against sponsor and Russian energy giant Gazprom.

03 October 2013

'Tragedy' as endangered kiwi die in New Zealand zoo New Zealand authorities said Tuesday that eight endangered kiwi birds have died from respiratory infections while being treated at Wellington Zoo, in a loss described as "a tragedy" for conservation efforts.

01 October 2013

New climate report an 'alarm clock moment': UN An imminent scientific summary on climate change will serve as an "alarm clock moment" for the world.

28 September 2013

Turning rivers back into Kazakhstan may solve problems Kazakhstan researchers are proposing two projects, both of which involve turning the rivers flowing outside Kazakhstan back into the country.

27 September 2013

81 elephants die of poisoning in Zimbabwe: authorities More than 80 elephants and other animals have died of cyanide poisoning by poachers in Zimbabwe's largest game park.

26 September 2013

Sands of time running out for rare Canadian desert As desertification creeps into parts of the world, a rare stretch of sand in Canada's vast western plains is oddly doing the reverse -- slowly sprouting with vegetation.

25 September 2013