Mapping the ice from below
Underwater robot sheds new light on Antarctic sea ice
The first detailed, high-resolution 3-D maps of Antarctic sea ice have been developed using an underwater robot. Scientists from the UK, USA and Australia say the...
Trash burning worldwide significantly worsens air pollution
BOULDER -- Unregulated trash burning around the globe is pumping far more pollution into the atmosphere than shown by official records. A new study led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research estimates that...
Reducing pollution in the southern Mediterranean
Countries bordering the south and east of the Mediterranean need to continually improve many aspects of environmental management to reduce pollution in the sea, according to a new assessment.
Photo © Mhobl
The "Horizon 2020 Mediterranean...
Mexico sets the pace with ambitious RE targets
Gland, Switzerland: Mexico’s plans to increase its renewable energy supply from 15% to 25% of total energy supply by 2018, sets the pace globally for a much needed increased ambition towards the UN climate...
Full Parliament votes for safer, cleaner lorries, but faces national roadblocks
The Parliament voted to give lorry manufacturers more design space for the front end of the cab, allowing a more streamlined nose. Some of the extra cab space has to be used to get...
Alternative fuel infrastructure deal is wasted opportunity for e-mobility
The European Parliament and Member States, concluding final negotiations today on the new fuel infrastructure law, failed to set-out a clear pathway for a low-carbon European transport network. Transport & Environment expresses disappointment at...
Californians at Risk of Fracking Pollution Because of New Fracking Law
Oakland, CA — An Alameda County Superior Court judge ruled that a 2013 law put a stop to a lawsuit designed to force the state of California to examine the environmental effects of the...
Landsat 8 helps unveil the coldest place on Earth
This is a media advisory from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), which is part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Scientists...
WSPA’s Red Collar campaign launches in China
Every year, thousands of people die due to rabies, a deadly but preventable disease.
WSPA-trained workers from the local Animal Disease Control Centre vaccinating a dog against rabies during the launch of a new mass...
EU biofuel subsidies driving unsustainable palm oil production, IISD report shows
GENEVA—European Union biofuel policy is pushing up demand for palm oil, says a report released today by the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
The report, "The EU Biofuel Policy and Palm Oil: Cutting subsidies or...
Feds Fail to Protect West Coast Great White Sharks
The National Marine Fisheries Service today declined to protect great white sharks off the coast of California under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Although peer-reviewed scientific population estimates at the two primary white shark...
UN chief takes poaching concerns to Security Council
New York, USA, 29th May 2013—The United Nations Security Council will be briefed today on the severe and escalating threat to peace and security posed by Central Africa’s heavily-armed elephant poaching gangs.
In a report...
