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• 04 сентября 2015, 12:21

US President Barack Obama viewed Alaska's Exit Glacier, in a bid to drive home the impact climate change is already having on America.

• 02 сентября 2015, 13:23

Barack Obama arrives in Alaska for a trip aimed at highlighting the pace of climate change. But not everyone in this oil-rich state is welcoming the US president with open arms.

• 31 августа 2015, 17:59

Anya wasn't even born when Chernobyl exploded nearly 30 years ago, but even today its radioactive fallout stalks her and other Ukrainian youngsters growing up near the disused plant.

• 29 августа 2015, 15:18

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that countries must "accelerate the rhythm of negotiations" on capping global warming ahead of an international climate conference in Paris in December.

• 27 августа 2015, 12:20

Tourists perch perilously on a volcano's edge as swirling smoke belches from the fiery cauldron of lava below, the latest unlikely visitors holidaying in war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo.

• 26 августа 2015, 14:43

Tropical Storm Danny swirled toward the Caribbean Sunday as forecasters warned that some popular vacation destinations could see downpours.

• 24 августа 2015, 12:40

Hurricane Danny strengthened into a major category 3 storm as it churned in the central Atlantic but forecasters expect it to weaken.

• 22 августа 2015, 13:05

Brazil and Germany threw their weight behind the push for a global climate agreement later this year and stressed the vital importance of defending the Amazon jungle from deforestation.

• 21 августа 2015, 12:15

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) rated 140 cities by livability. Kazakhstan's Almaty got the 100th place.

• 20 августа 2015, 16:55

Breaking with the president she hopes to succeed, Hillary Clinton expressed her opposition Tuesday to Arctic oil exploration.

• 19 августа 2015, 13:48

Prime Minister Tony Abbott defended Australia's carbon pollution reduction target as in line with those of other countries after the nation's climate change authority criticised the goal as "disappointing".

• 15 августа 2015, 14:24

Karachaganak Petroleum Operating has been fined for improper storage of 64.22 tons of liquid waste at Karachaganak field.

• 13 августа 2015, 17:28

Pope Francis has established an annual day of global prayer "for the Care of Creation" to boost support for the environment.

• 11 августа 2015, 14:40

Foreign experts have finally presented their preliminary findings into the tragic pestilence of hundreds of thousands of rare saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan.

• 10 августа 2015, 12:51

Typhoon Soudelor made landfall in Taiwan ripping up trees and tearing down billboards as it battered the island with fierce winds and torrential rain.

• 08 августа 2015, 16:25

President Barack Obama described climate change as one of the key challenges of our time as he announced the first ever limits on US power plant emissions.

• 04 августа 2015, 11:35

Thirty years after France's deadly bomb attack on the Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand, anger still crackles in Pete Willcox's voice when he discusses the sinking of the Greenpeace flagship.

• 07 июля 2015, 12:30

China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang made a long-awaited pledge to curb carbon emissions during a trip to France.

• 01 июля 2015, 11:57

Some coral species are better at adapting to climate change than others, and they may be able to pass their hardy DNA onto the next generation.

• 26 июня 2015, 11:15