El Salvador Restores Biodiversity
Local organisations and the environment ministry launched The National Programme for the Restoration of Ecosystems and Landscapes (PREP), seeking to restore ecosystems like forests and wetlands and preserve biodiversity, as part of what its promoters describe as “an ambitious national effort to adapt to climate change,” whose impacts are increasingly severe in this small Central American nation of 6.2 million.
California Voters Deal A Major Blow To Fracking
In a victory for proponents of clean energy, two out of three California counties voted to ban fracking Tuesday despite a lobbying campaign by oil and gas corporations for the opposite.
Countries With Poor Marine Safety Records Linked to Oil Spill Vessels
More than half of ships involved in the 100 largest oil spills of the past three decades were registered in states that consistently fail to comply with international safety and environmental standards, researchers have determined.
Inside Pakistan’s Untapped Fishing Industry
According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) – Pakistan, nearly 400 million gallons per day of untreated waste from Karachi goes into the sea, making a fisherman’s job an extremely dirty one.
Seismic Speed Bumps Found in Chile’s Earthquake Zone
Two blobs of dense rock jammed deep beneath Chile’s coastline acted like seismic speed bumps during the magnitude-8.8 Maule earthquake in 2010, according to a new study.
Hydropower: Huge Source of Methane Emissions
Reservoirs and hydropower are often thought of as climate friendly because they don’t burn fossil fuels to produce electricity. But what if reservoirs that store water and produce electricity were among some of the world’s largest contributors of greenhouse gas emissions?
Massive Geographic Change May Have Triggered Rise in Sea Level and Explosion of Animal Life
New research suggests a major tectonic event may have triggered the rise in sea level and other environmental changes that accompanied the apparent burst of life, 530 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion.
That Sinking Feeling: Rising Sea Level Isn’t Cities’ Only Water Worry
Some of the world’s expanding coastal cities face a two-pronged threat involving water: excessive groundwater pumping can cause the ground below to sink at the same time that sea levels are rising.
Fossil Fuels Should Be Phased Out By 2100 Says IPCC
The unrestricted use of fossil fuels should be phased out by 2100 if the world is to avoid dangerous climate change, a UN-backed expert panel says.