Новости по теме environment

Wilfire damage made $3.5 million in 9 months in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan’s Agriculture Ministry has calculated the damage caused by fires in 9 months of 2012.

24 September 2012

Almaty called to give up cars on September 22 Almaty residents are called to take part in the Car-Free Day global campaign to be held on September 22.

21 September 2012

PHOTO: 100 houbara bustards from UAE freed in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan ornithologists will follow the birds’ routes using transmitters to find out what percentage of the freed birds survives.

21 September 2012

Revealed: How sea lions make mega-dives Scientists in California have shed light on a marine mystery: how diving mammals can hunt for food at great depths without getting the "bends".

20 September 2012

Australian coal basin may be top 10 polluter: Greenpeace A coal basin near Australia's Great Barrier Reef will rank among the world's worst producers of carbon pollution if fully mined, Greenpeace said Wednesday as it warned of devastating consequences.

19 September 2012

Guatemala's Volcano of Fire erupts, thousands evacuate A series of powerful eruptions of Guatemala's Volcano of Fire blanketed villages in dense clouds of ash, and prompted evacuation orders for over 33,000 people.

14 September 2012

Australian super-trawler ban in doubt Australia's hopes of blocking a controversial super-trawler from fishing in its waters looked uncertain with the opposition speaking out against the move and a key independent lawmaker expressing reservations.

13 September 2012

World water crisis must be top UN priority: report A rapidly worsening water shortage threatens to destabilize the planet and should be a top priority for the UN Security Council and world leaders.

12 September 2012

Catching some zzzz's at Costa Rica's sloth sanctuary They often arrive in bad shape -- hit by cars, zapped by high-voltage wires as they climb trees, or orphaned because superstitious locals have killed their moms.

12 September 2012

Study says wind could power the whole world There's enough wind to power the world many times over, according to a study out Monday, but it would take a massive infrastructure investment to harness it that analysts say is not realistic.

11 September 2012

Robben Island penguins hit by fuel from wrecked tanker Fuel leaking from a Turkish freighter wreck that has been smashed up by a storm has contaminated at least five penguins on South Africa's Robben Island.

03 September 2012

Climate: Could 'Dr. Strangelove' idea be an option? A controversial idea to brake global warming, first floated by the father of the hydrogen bomb, is affordable and technically feasible, but its environmental impact remains unknown.

31 August 2012

Peru seizes 16,000 dried seahorses headed to Asia More than 16,000 dried seahorses destined for illegal export to Asia, where the animal is sought for its supposed healing properties, were seized Thursday in Peru's capital Lima, authorities.

25 August 2012

Climate change driving Australian fish south: report Australian scientists said Friday there was now "striking evidence" of extensive southward migration of tropical fish and declines in other species due to climate change, in a major ocean report card.

20 August 2012

New spider family found in US caves A team of amateur cave explorers and arachnologists has found a new family of spiders in caves and old-growth redwood forests in Oregon and California.

19 August 2012

Nazarbayev instructed Environmental Protection Minister on switching to green economy Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Minister of Environmental Protection Nurlan Kapparov.

17 August 2012

Fukushima caused mutant butterflies: scientists Genetic mutations have been found in three generations of butterflies from near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, scientists said Tuesday, raising fears radiation could affect other species.

15 August 2012

Long-dormant New Zealand volcano erupts A New Zealand volcano has erupted unexpectedly after lying dormant for more than a century, spewing an ash plume that disrupted flights and closed highways.

07 August 2012

Mother knows best: finches choose chicks' gender Female parrot finches can match their offspring's gender to prevailing living conditions, producing more sons in lean times, scientists in Australia said Wednesday.

02 August 2012

Turkmenistan to plant huge forest in Aral Sea region Turkmenistan is allocating tens of millions of dollars to plant trees in a region neighbouring the stricken Aral Sea, state newspaper Neutral Turkmenistan said Tuesday.

01 August 2012

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