Новости по теме environment

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

Senior Dutch diplomat beaten up in Russia: official A senior Dutch diplomat at the Netherlands embassy in Moscow was beaten up at his home in the Russian capital by unknown individuals who scrawled the letters "LGBT" on a mirror.

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

Brazil environment icon to decide on presidential bid The political future of former former Brazilian presidential candidate Marina Silva was unclear Friday after she failed to gather enough signatures to register her new party for next year's elections.

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

Spain to assist Kazakhstan in developing green economy Spanish exports to Kazakhstan have substantially grown for the last three years. The figure doubled in 2011 and grew by 68% in 2012. In the H1 2013 the figure reached 209 million Euro, exceeding the level of 2012.

30 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

Warming 'pause' gives thought for scientists, sceptics A slowdown in warming that has provided fuel for climate sceptics is one of the thorniest issues in a report to be issued by UN experts.

24 September 2013

Shark overfishing endangers reefs: Australian study Scientists studying remote reefs off Australia said Thursday sharks played a fundamental role in coral health, with overfishing of the marine predators increasing reef vulnerability to global warming and disasters.

19 September 2013

New Kazakh-Korean Balkhash TPP to burn Ekibastuz coal Kazakhstan is getting year another coal fueled power plant, a South Korean-owned one this time.

18 September 2013

Greenpeace activists scale oil rig in Russian Arctic Two activists from Greenpeace were on Wednesday scaling an oil platform owned by state energy giant Gazprom in the Russian Arctic in a bid to stop it drilling for oil in a hugely sensitive area.

18 September 2013

Africa's 'right-on' whale capital Perched away from the world on the rocky southern tip of Africa, the town of Hermanus rose to global whale-watching renown almost by chance.

16 September 2013

New study points finger at climate in mammoth's demise A wide-ranging probe into woolly mammoths has added to evidence that the towering tusker was wiped out by climate change.

12 September 2013

Chevron claims new proof of fraud in Ecuador pollution ruling US oil giant Chevron, hit in Ecuador with a record $19 billion fine for pollution, asked Monday for the court to consider what it claimed was "new evidence" the judge in the case was corrupt.

11 September 2013

3,000 saiga antelopes die in Akmola and Karaganda oblasts Mortality of 3 thousand saiga antelopes has been registered in Akmola and Karaganda oblasts in central Kazakhstan.

11 September 2013

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