Species classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as "threatened" increased by 2.1 percent in 2009, as 365 species were added to the organization's Red List of Threatened Species. Only 2 species were removed from the list.
Countries with the greatest unmet sanitation and water needs most often receive little or no aid. WASHINGTON, D.C.
By Tim Cocks and Loucoumane Coulibaly ABIDJAN, April 20 (Reuters) - From Africa's humid jungles and cocoa plantations to its grow
The world’s combined global land and ocean surface temperature made last month the warmest March on record, according to NOAA. Taken separately, average ocean temperatures were the warmest for any March and the global land surface was the fourth warmest for any March on record.
By VERENA SCHMITT-ROSCHMANN (AP) BERLIN — The European Space Agency is launching a sophisticated satellite that scientists hope will help them pin down the effects of global warming on the Earth's ice packs more precisely by accurately measuring the thickness of ice.
If you follow the money, the numbers show that the U.S. is being outpaced by China and other countries in a global race to develop green-technology industries.
Production Pipeline: Data From Satellites To Visualization is a link to a video animation showing why visualization is important and features segments on artic sea ice among others.
The Local Renewables Portal has been developed for REN21 by ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability. The web portal is organized as such:
The food business is far and away the most important business in the world.