UN chief: economic model and environmental threat
Political and business leaders need to embrace economic innovation in order to save the planet.
United Nations Seeks Emergency Flood Aid as Death Toll Rises in Sri Lanka
The worst hit district was Batticaloa, a coastal city in the Eastern province of Sri Lanka.
Yurok indians seek land for a tribal park on the North Pacific Coast
The Yurok Tribe, who has lived along this rugged coast for centuries, envisions that its park would be managed as part of the chain of national and state parks that necklace the Redwood Coast from Mendocino County to the Oregon border, some of the most spectacular and contested landscapes in California.
Decline of West Coast fog brought higher coastal temperatures last 60 years
Fog is a common feature along the West Coast, but a University of Washington scientist has found that summertime coastal fog has declined since 1950 while coastal temperatures have increased slightly.