Thousands of fish die from heat wave as scientist blames climate change
Robert Bowen
AP reported today that thousands of fish died just last week in the Midwestern United States because the heat wave made the rivers too hot.
Issues & Trends
World over-using underground water reserves for agriculture
Chris Wickham
LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The world is depleting underground water reserves faster than they can be replenished due to over-exploitation, according to scientists in Canada and the Netherlands.
On World Population Day, Nine Strategies to Stop Short of 9 Billion
Robert Engelman
Although most analysts assume that the world’s population will rise from today’s 7 billion to 9 billion by 2050, it is quite possible that humanity will never reach this population size.
Filling In the Blanks on a Map of Life
JOANNA M. FOSTER
Have you ever longed for a Google map of koala bears? Bald eagles? Red pandas?
The Human Cost of Coal
Mountaintop's Removal's Effect on Humans and the Economy
Climate change: Arctic passes 400 parts per million milestone
Seth Borenstein
Arctic monitoring stations show carbon dioxide levels are now above 400 parts per million. Carbon dioxide is the chief climate-change gas and stays in the atmosphere for 100 years.
U.N. report warns environment is at tipping point
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – The earth's environmental systems "are being pushed towards their biophysical limits," beyond which loom sudden, irreversible and potentially catastrophic changes, the U
Africa land deals lead to water giveaway
Mark Tran
Africa heads for 'hydrological suicide' as land deals hand water resources to foreign firms, threatening environmental disaster
Rivers will generate a quarter of GDP by 2050, study shows
Damian Carrington
The world's 10 most populous river basins will be vital for economic growth – but only if water shortage threat is tackled