News about environment
DiCaprio environmental art auction tops $33 million
Leonardo DiCaprio urged wealthy art collectors Monday to bid at an environmental charity auction in New York as if the planet's fate "depends on us" -- and they responded by splashing out $33.3 million.
14 May 2013 11:17
Historic greenhouse gas level sparks calls for action
The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has surpassed 400 parts per million for the first time in human history.
13 May 2013 18:16
Warming to hit half of plants, a third of animals
More than half of common species of plants and a third of animal species are likely to see their living space halved by 2080 on current trends of carbon emissions.
13 May 2013 14:10
Slippery eel slides towards disaster
Cupping a tiny, translucent eel in the palm of his hand, New York environmental researcher Chris Bowser shook his head in amazement.
12 May 2013 10:15
S. Korea to release dolphin back into wild
A 13-year-old dolphin was Saturday being transported to an ocean pen off a South Korean island for training to prepare it for release back into the wild after four years in a Seoul zoo.
11 May 2013 18:11
Kazakhstan may be out of sturgeons in 4-5 years
Sturgeons may disappear completely in Kazakhstan in the nearest 4-5 years.
09 May 2013 15:53
Japan, China, S. Korea to cooperate on air pollution
Japan, China and South Korea agreed Monday to continue cooperating in the fight against cross-border air pollution, despite strained relations between the neighbours because of territorial disputes.
07 May 2013 12:00
Rising sea levels threaten migratory birds - study
Millions of birds that stop at coastal wetlands during annual migrations could die as rising sea levels and land reclamation wipe out their feeding grounds.
06 May 2013 12:25
Almaty office workers switch to bicycles
An unusual flashmob was held in Almaty: dozens of office workers went cycling in business suits in the city center.
03 May 2013 19:05
KazZinc denied permission to dump arsenic wastes in East Kazakhstan
All projects of long-term placement of arsenic wastes in Zyryanovsk region suggested by KazZinc were turned down by Kazakhstan government.
02 May 2013 18:11
Kazakhstan to launch national center for countering desertification with UNDP
The National Center will be created to attract non-governmental and international organizations, local communities and business structures.
30 April 2013 18:39
600 hectares covered with oil wastes in Mangistau oblast
2.2 million tons of oil wastes are spread over 600 hectares of land of Mangistau oblast in western Kazakhstan.
29 April 2013 18:13
C.Africa elephant population down 62% in 10 years: NGOs
Poaching on an "industrial" scale has slashed the elephant population in the countries of central Africa by nearly two-thirds.
27 April 2013 12:32
Mozambique's elephants under threat
Mozambique's elephant population risks being obliterated within a decade unless tight anti-poaching measures are introduced, conservationists have warned.
25 April 2013 12:11
Greenpeace activists board coal ship off Australia reef
Six activists from conservation group Greenpeace boarded a coal carrier on the outskirts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Wednesday calling for an end to exports of the fuel.
24 April 2013 11:53
Late 20th century was warmest in 1,400 years
Earth was cooling until the end of the 19th century and a hundred years later, the planet's surface was on average warmer than at any time in the previous 1,400 years.
23 April 2013 10:01
British panda given helping hand in quest for cub
Experts at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland have artificially inseminated Britain's only female giant panda Tian Tian after she failed to mate with her male partner, Yang Guang.
22 April 2013 16:42
SUV popularity in China casts cloud over green-energy cars
Chinese carmaker BYD gave pride of place to its new S7 SUV at the Shanghai auto show Saturday while another of its models, a fully-electric vehicle, languished in a corner with only a handful of visitors.
21 April 2013 14:10
Indonesia moves towards approving deforestation plan
The Indonesian government has said it aims to approve within a month a plan that would free up vast swathes of protected virgin rainforest on Sumatra island for commercial exploitation.
19 April 2013 12:39
Kazakhstan allows import of 12 million tons of bottom ash wastes from Russia
Kazakhstan government allowed Russia’s Troitsk regional power station to export over 12 million tons of bottom ash wastes for dumping in Kostanay oblast.
19 April 2013 11:48