Environment - страница 32

rescue news Japan Canada bird Asia Pacific Americas Tradition threat herbs

Japanese racing pigeon flies across Pacific to Canada A plucky pigeon that flew across the Pacific Ocean from Japan will be bred by a bird lover in Canada hoping its progeny will make top long-distance racers.

25 June 2013 17:53

Pesticides tainting traditional China herbs: Greenpeace Traditional Chinese herbs are being contaminated with a toxic cocktail of pesticides that poses a threat to consumer health and the environment.

25 June 2013 10:01

Kazakhstan and Russia join efforts to counter locusts An insect invasion has been registered in the bordering Aktobe (Kazakhstan) and Orenburg (Russia) oblasts.

24 June 2013 18:37

Saiga population doubles in Kazakhstan in 5 years The population growth has not been affected even by poachers who hunt saiga for its horns used in Chinese medicine.

24 June 2013 14:13

Palm oil companies behind Singapore smog: Greenpeace Fires on Indonesia's Sumatra, which have cloaked Singapore in record-breaking smog, are raging on palm oil plantations owned by Indonesian, Malaysian and Singaporean companies.

22 June 2013 19:56

Singapore smog in new high, danger to ill and elderly Singapore's smog index hit the critical 400 level on Friday, making it potentially life-threatening to the ill and elderly people, according to a government monitoring site.

21 June 2013 19:06

Singapore, Indonesia to hold talks on smog crisis Singapore and Indonesia were scheduled to hold emergency talks Thursday after thick smog from forest fires on Sumatra island reached unprecedented levels in the city-state.

20 June 2013 12:30

Aral Sea stops dwindling The Aral Sea that has been dwindling since the 1960s has stabilized thanks to Kazakhstan's and international efforts.

19 June 2013 16:22

Millions of moths mass on Madrid Millions of moths have engulfed Madrid in a population explosion blamed on spring rains, a sudden blast of summer heat and winds that have wafted them in as unwelcome guests to the Spanish capital.

19 June 2013 10:19

TENGRI LIFE

TENGRI TRAVEL

Effort to revive Galapagos tortoises once thought extinct Scientists will try to revive two species of giant Galapagos tortoises thought to have been extinct by breeding genetic relatives in captivity.

17 June 2013 15:37

Most coal must stay in ground to save climate: report Most fossil fuels must remain in the ground because burning them will unleash changes which will "challenge the existence of our society".

17 June 2013 11:47

UN climate talks: No consensus on... well, consensus A debilitating row with Russia at UN climate talks this week exposed a fundamental flaw in how decisions are taken -- the entire system balanced precariously on an ill-defined notion of consensus.

15 June 2013 13:41

Warm ocean water melting Antarctic ice from bottom Warming ocean waters are melting the Antarctic ice shelves from the bottom up, researchers said Thursday in the first comprehensive study of the thick platforms of floating ice.

14 June 2013 13:54

Gillard teams with Schwarzenegger on climate action Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard joined forces with former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday to urge global action on climate change, saying politics must be put aside.

13 June 2013 18:18

US mulls endangered status for captive chimpanzees The US Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday announced it is considering giving captive chimpanzees the same endangered status that currently protects chimps living in the wild.

13 June 2013 10:57

Pressure on New Zealand to save world's rarest dolphin New Zealand is facing pressure to save the world's rarest dolphin at an international scientific meeting underway this week in what conservationists say is a test of the nation's "clean, green" credentials.

10 June 2013 17:30

Fears for African rhinos in China rainforest In a tropical Chinese rainforest, seven savannah-dwelling African rhinos are said to be awaiting release into the wild, raising fears for their welfare in a country with a booming rhino horn trade.

09 June 2013 16:25

Dutch duo peddle old bikes as fashion, furniture Two Dutch entrepreneurs have found a novel way to make money out of the thousands of bicycles abandoned in the Netherlands each year, by turning them into designer fashion items and furniture.

08 June 2013 14:12

Kerosene leaking into Yessil river near Astana According to residents of Ondiris village, jet fuel has been flowing into the river near Astana for several years already.

07 June 2013 16:26