GREENPEACE: Thai Rice Region Is Endangered?

Rice it is the grain that has shaped the cultures, diets, and economies of billions of people in Asia. Like the Thai's people... Rice is the staple food since ancient time, they depend from glutinous to...

Rising Amazon floodwaters kill 48, while 405,000 become homeless

River dwellers in the Amazon are having to keep adding new floors to their houses, as they compete with rising floodwaters that have killed 48 people so far and caused 405,000 people to become homeless. Flooding...

McCain suggests raiding Colorado's water

"By Bob Ewegen, The Denver Post, 08/15/2008 08:44:49 PM MDT Memo to: John McCain. From: Five million thirst-crazed Coloradans. Subject: Forget about winning our nine electoral votes next November. We don't vote for water rustlers in this state; we tar and feather them! Yes,...

Brazilian Petrobras oil workers on strike

Brazilian oil workers form Petrobras started a five day strike over the improvement of offshore working conditions. They intend to disrupt activities at the 42 oil fields at Campos basin which accounts for 80% of Petrobras production. It is unclear what would be the impact of...

California Wildfires: Progress in Containment

As Sunday dawns with the promise of high temperatures, authorities are claiming slow progressa gainst the blazes, which are still only 5% contained. "Saturday's firefighting efforts went according to plan, the...

Record-breaking environmental fund targets Congo rainforest

In an effort to curb global C02 emissions, Britain and Norway are organizing a £108m fund to combat the deforestation of the Congo basin rainforest. This type of international environmentalism is a great...

West Africa adopts plan to save the Niger River

"The Niger is the third longest river in Africa and it is dying as a result of climate change and pollution, exacerbated by 3% per annum population growth. The river runs through 9 countries, which are banding together to implement a 20 year program of desilting and...

Messenger reveals Mercury's dark side

New pictures of our solar system's smallest planet have been graciously provided by the Messenger probe.  No one's seen this side of Mercury before--formerly we'd only seen its party piece.A large version of...

Crucible Of Marine Life Explored - New Species Found :: Oblate Spheroid

"A joint team of Filipino and American scientists that explored the Celebes Sea in southern Philippines early this month, announced the marine-life discoveries following their return from their voyage...

South America chokes as Amazon burns

Vast areas of Brazil and Paraguay and much of Bolivia are choking under thick layers of smoking forest." Fires rage out of control in the Amazon rainforest, forcing the cancellation of flights. Satellite images yesterday showed huge clouds of smoke and much of the Amazon...

Return to the Dark Side

Light pollution has been a hot topic in New Zealand lately with local councils encouraged to do whatever is needed to reduce or minimize this visual intrusion during the dark hours of our day. New Zealand is now...

Hot Hot Heat for Las Vegas, Arizona

The National Weather Center has issued an exessive heat advisory for Las Vegas, some parts of the California, Arizona and parts of Colorado.  Extreme hot temperatures are expected in the area so...

Giant Bird-Dinosaur Discovered!

... No, it wasn't found alive, which may be a good thing: T-Rexes were intimidating enough before they could fly! In rural China, paleontologists (dino-archaeologists) have discovered a massive and probably...

It's May in New Orleans - that means RAIN

Local bloggers from New Orleans are highly concerned about the problems with the pumps that drain rain water from the city and lack of repairs or upgrades on the walls of certain canals within the city.One of these canals had a wall breach which contributed to the flooding in...

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