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'Off the scale' smog envelops Beijing again Pollution levels in Beijing rose above index limits on Tuesday, the US embassy said, as a dense cloud of haze shrouded large swathes of northern China.
30 января 2013
Photo courtesy of autotestdrive.ru Environment-friendly engine invented in Astana A combustion engine that emits 50 percent less hazardous substances that a regular one has been invented in Astana.
28 января 2013
Photo courtesy of blog.isowhey.com.au Japan manufacturers make big emissions cuts: survey Japan's big manufacturers reduced greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 15 percent annually on average over the past five years compared to 1990.
27 января 2013
Illustration by Marat Tursynov China may turn Kazakhstan into desert Kazakhstan ecologist spoke about the consequences of China's diverting of transborder rivers to its semi-desert lands.
25 января 2013
Mercury treaty adopted in Geneva by 140 countries Delegations from some 140 countries have agreed to adopt a ground-breaking treaty limiting the use of health-hazardous mercury.
20 января 2013
Audit slams S. Korea's $20 bn river project South Korea's state auditor on Friday panned President Lee Myung-Bak's $20 billion effort to dredge, dam and beautify four major rivers, saying it was riddled with costly flaws.
19 января 2013
Reprieve for bear rescue centre in Vietnam A sanctuary for bears rescued from the Asian bile trade which has been at the centre of a high-profile land dispute has been spared eviction by Vietnam's government.
17 января 2013
Australia heatwave part of global trend: IPCC chief Australia's extreme summer heatwave, which caused devastating bushfires and saw temperature forecasts go off the scale, is part of a global warming trend.
15 января 2013
©REUTERS Breeding season underway for famed Galapagos tortoises Breeding season is underway for the endangered tortoises of Ecuador's Galapagos Islands, whose mating and nesting habits are carefully watched by wildlife specialists hoping to save them from extinction.
10 января 2013
Running from Putin: Russia's new political refugees In August, a group of Russian environmentalists were walking along a beach on the Black Sea, just outside the walls surrounding a majestic palace that has been linked to President Vladimir Putin.
29 декабря 2012
A flowering Titan Arum plant. ©REUTERS World's smelliest and largest flower blooms in Brazil Hundreds of visitors are flocking daily to a botanical garden in southeastern Brazil to watch the rare blooming of the Titan arum, the world's smelliest and largest tropical flower.
29 декабря 2012
China boom savaging coral reefs: study China's economic boom has seen its coral reefs shrink by at least 80 percent over the past 30 years, a joint Australian study found Thursday, with researchers describing "grim" levels of damage and loss.
27 декабря 2012
Nepal campaigners plead for killer elephant's life Nepalese animal rights groups pleaded Monday for the life of a lovelorn elephant which has trampled several people to death and is being hunted down by an army execution squad.
25 декабря 2012
Chile volcano alert raised Chile issued a top-level red alert Sunday for its Copahue volcano, in the south on the Andean border with Argentina, as it rumbled to register a greater potential threat.
24 декабря 2012
Group defiant over US ban on tackling Japan whalers US conservation group Sea Shepherd vowed Tuesday to fight a US court order to stay at least 500 yards away from Japanese whaling ships, and to keep protecting whales "with our ships and our lives."
19 декабря 2012
Mekong River. ©REUTERS New species, old threats to Mekong wildlife: WWF From a devilish-looking bat to a frog that sings like a bird, scientists have identified 126 new species in the Greater Mekong area, the WWF said Tuesday in a new report detailing discoveries in 2011.
18 декабря 2012
Environmental hangover from Indonesia's palm oil thirst The roar of chainsaws has replaced birdsong, the once-lush, green jungle scorched to a barren grey. The equivalent of six football pitches of forest is lost every minute in Indonesia.
16 декабря 2012
©REUTERS Australia plans drill of ancient Antarctic ice core Australia Saturday announced plans to drill a 2,000 year-old ice core in the heart of Antarctica in a bid to retrieve a frozen record of how the planet has evolved and what might be in store.
16 декабря 2012
Activists convert Japanese boat for whaling campaign Activists aiming to halt Japan's whaling fleet Tuesday revealed their new weapon for their latest Antarctic campaign -- a US$2 million ship once owned by the government in Tokyo.
11 декабря 2012
World's biggest, oldest trees are dying: research Scientists Friday warned of an alarming increase in the death rates of the largest living organisms on the planet, the giant, old trees that harbour and sustain countless birds and wildlife.
07 декабря 2012

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