Fighting climate change, one plate at a time
MONDAYS WITHOUT MEAT could mean a lot for your health and the health of the planet, an advocacy group said.
Meatless Monday-Philippines, a non-government organization...
Greenland’s ice-free past exposes sea level rise danger
THE MASSIVE Greenland ice sheet has melted away at least once during the last 1.4 million years, according to a study published on Wednesday,...
A reindeer’s perilous journey in Swedish Lapland
DIKANÄS, SWEDEN — A herd of reindeer moves silently down the mountain, their silver coats and majestic antlers blending into the Swedish tundra as...
Ukraine moves giant new safety dome over Chernobyl
CHERNOBYL, UKRAINE — Ukraine on Tuesday unveiled the world’s largest moveable metal structure over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s doomed fourth reactor to ensure...
Polluted water in hand, Nigerian king takes Shell to court in London
LONDON -- King Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi holds up a plastic bottle containing contaminated water from his community in Nigeria, proof of oil pollution...
China to burn, not bury, as it tackles trash challenge
WUJIANG, CHINA — Thousands of tons of urban waste are hidden behind scrubbed white walls at a new power plant on the outskirts of...
Last five years were hottest on record, more signs heat is man-made: WMO
MARRAKESH, MOROCCO — The past five years were the hottest on record with mounting evidence that heat waves, floods, and rising sea levels are...
Spend climate cash smartly to make it stretch, experts urge
MARRAKESH, MOROCCO — When heavy rains hit the tiny West African nation of Togo in September, filling a hydropower dam close to overflowing, the...
Indonesia, Vietnam look to blaze trail for solar in Southeast Asia
SINGAPORE/JAKARTA -- Indonesia and Vietnam are looking to join Thailand in blazing a trail for solar power in Southeast Asia, introducing targets to fire...
Dolphin born at Ocean Adventure
ON AUG. 7 at around 12:55 p.m., one of Ocean Adventure’s resident dolphins, 14-year-old Hali, gave birth to the park’s newest resident.
A little over...
Antarctic glacier thinning more rapidly than thought: study
PARIS — A large glacier in West Antarctica lost up to half a kilometer in thickness in seven years, thinning more quickly than scientists...
10,000 endangered frogs die in Peru
LIMA, PERU — Peru is investigating what killed some 10,000 Titicaca water frogs, a critically endangered species affectionately known as the “scrotum frog,” in...