Updated: 2010-03-19 17:56:36
A leading conservation group says sturgeon species such as the beluga are being pushed to the brink of extinction by overfishing and environmental degradation.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature says a complete ban on fishing in the Caspian Sea and elsewhere may be the only way to save the ancient species prized for its [...]
Updated: 2010-03-19 17:52:55
Climate change and environmental degradation are likely to trigger increased migration in Sub-Saharan Africa with potentially devastating effects on the hundreds of millions of especially poor people, according to a paper in the International Journal of Global Warming.
Environmental changes are especially pronounced in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), explain Ulrike Grote of the Institute for Environmental Economics [...]
Updated: 2010-03-19 17:38:51
Thanks to John Rowley for this article.
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As the world graph of greenhouse gas emissions keeps on rising and entrenched fossil fuel lobbies are fed millions of dollars to scupper radical clean-up measures, it is easy to overlook the quiet progress that is being made to step up the transition to a renewable energy future. In [...]
