Deepwater Corals May Be Key To Restoring Damaged Reefs
Healthy corals that lie deep below the ocean’s surface may be the key to regenerating parts of Australia’s badly damaged Great Barrier Reef, according to an underwater survey being carried out off the coast of northern Queensland.
Tamil Nadu plans satellite imaging to check illegal mining, India
Illegal granite quarrying scam recently unearthed in Tamil Nadu, the eleventh largest state in India by area and the seventh most populous state, has prompted the state government to put in place a monitoring mechanism via satellite images, for mining operations in the state.
Marshes of Mesopotamia
Wars in the Persian Gulf region and the deliberate draining of the Mesopotamian marshes, left a vast area of once-teeming river delta a dry, salt-encrusted desert, emptied of insects, birds and the people who lived on them. Now the marshes are under threat again, this time from the building of huge dams in Turkey on the Tigris and Euphrates.
Do The Math : A Global Movement, by 350.ORG
“Do The Math” refers to the simple and terrifying new reality of the climate crisis: the fossil fuel industry currently has 2,795 gigatons of carbon in their reserves, five times more than the maximum 565 gigatons the world can emit and keep warming below 2°C, a goal agreed to by nearly every nation on earth, including the United States.
Increasing Amounts of Plastic Litter in the Arctic Deep Sea
The sea bed in the Arctic deep sea is increasingly strewn with litter and plastic waste, according to researchers.
Persian Gulf States See Greater Number Of Green Buildings, Qatar
Green buildings would seem an oddity in this tiny Gulf nation which has plenty of oil and gas and, according to the International Energy Agency, the highest per capita emissions in the world, closely followed by Gulf neighbors Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. But attitudes about energy use are changing across the Gulf.
Race Is On to Save Sweden’s Only Coral Reef
Despite the frosty scenes its name evokes, Sweden has a coral reef. In fact, it formerly had three, and the last one remaining is in danger of dying out.
Countries Agree to Double Resources for Biodiversity Protection by 2015, UN Conference
The world’s governments have agreed to increase funding in support of actions to halt the rate of loss of biodiversity at the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.
A Short Hop From The City And A Shorter Hop Away From Disaster: Beach Driving
The car rolls along the beach, dirty white sandy and hard, smoother than most Calcutta roads. Here the beach is the road and the road the beach, end to end across the 14km expanse…