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Polar bears depend on sea ice for dens, food and mating. The loss of sea ice is affecting some polar bear populations and health. (Image credit: Kathy Crane, NOAA)

Rising air and sea temperatures continue to trigger changes in the Arctic

A new NOAA-led report shows that Arctic air temperatures continue to rise at more than twice the rate of global air temperatures, a phenomenon...
SeaBED seen under the Sea Ice (Photo: Klaus Meiners / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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...

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...

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,...

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...
Motorway parking lot near Kreuzlingen/Konstanz, Switzerland © JoachimKohler-HB (CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed)

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...
EV charging station Photo: Ivan Radic (Source: (Flickr, CC BY 4.0 Deed)

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...
Fracking fluid and other drilling wastes are dumped into an unlined pit located right up against the Petroleum Highway in Kern County, California © Sarah Craig/ (Faces of Fracking, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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...
Sastrugi stick out from the snow surface in this photo near Plateau Station in East Antarctica. Most of Antartica looks quite flat, despite the subtle domes, hills, and hollows. Credit: Atsuhiro MutoHigh

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...

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...
Harvesting biomass for jet fuel / © Marcus Kauffman (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Deed)

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,...
Great white shark at Isla Guadalupe, Mexico / © Terry Goss (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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...

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