Devastating Storm and Floods hit Europe with Rising Casualties.

Via. Uwe Paschen. Devastating Storm hits Europe with rising Causalities. The highest disaster alert has now been issued for the affected areas.  The News outlets through out Europe are reporting Storms in South...

Panama Canal Aerial view

Aerial view of Pacific Entrance to the Panama canal.

Northern Rockhopper Penguin species nears extinction

The population of the Northern Rockhopper Penguin have declined by 90 percent in 50 years, and this species once had numbers in the million. Now the largest colonies are on Gough Island, with 32,000 to 65,000 pairs...

Proposed Rio slum barrier likened to Israeli security barrier

The slums of Dona Marta in Rio, Brazil, are encroaching too much on the famous Atlantic Rainforest that surrounds it, according to the Brazilian government, and their solution is to build a three-foot high wall...

Green Party insights: It's the Economy, Stupid

I have never liked that emblematic slogan of the Clinton War Room. I have a visceral dislike for calling anyone "stupid." (No doubt something to do with having a mother who believed in lady-like behaviour.) That said, those words have been running through my head like the...

Second costliest hurricane season ends

This year's hurricane season was pretty relentless, striking the United States and Cuba as if on redial, setting at least five weather records for persistence and repeatedly striking the same areas.  As...

Current warming sharpest climate change in 5,000 years: study

"This NASA image received in February 2006 shows the calving front, or break-off point into the ocean, of Helheim Glacier""Research on Arctic and North Atlantic ecosystems shows the recent warming trend counts...

Angry Sea

Coney Island Beach, NY as a storm moves North up the coast

£10m Bid for Iceland on E-Bay

A WAG has offered Iceland for sale on E-Bay with a starting bid of -99p.    " Bidding started at 99 pence but had reached 10 million pounds by mid-morning on Friday. Globally renowned singer Bjork...

Democrats to let offshore drilling ban expire

"Democrats have decided to allow a quarter-century ban on drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to expire next week, conceding defeat in a months-long battle with the White House and Republicans set...

Atlantic SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT

More trouble could be brewing in the Caribbean.  Even if it does not reach storm status, the last thing Haiti, Cuba and other area islands need is more rain."SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 415 PM EDT SUN SEP 21 2008 ...

Blue whale photographed for the first time in Irish waters

A Blue Whale was photographed for the first time off of Ireland's County Kerry coast. Amaetuer whale-watcher Ivan O'Kelly didn't realize the importance of his snapshot until he sent the photograph into the...

Oasis - Dig Out YOUR Soul - Oasis To Shame Lennon's Memory ? - The Eden Proje...

Oasis - aka The Bogus Beatles - To Perform At Bogus 'Eco' Theme Park ? Noel Gallagher, lead singer of the BritPop band Oasis, makes great play of idolising John Lennon and honouring his memory. It is therefore a...

Robert De Niro's restaurant chain Nobu sells endangered tuna

World famous restaurant Nobu, partly owned by actor Robert De Niro, has been caught serving endangered bluefin tuna in their London restaurants without informing the cutomers.A number of undercover investigators...

Liquid restrictions to remain at UK airports

Following a jury's decision yesterday that the government's case against the men accused of planning to use liquids on planes as explosives could not be substantiated, the UK government says it will still continue to forbid passengers to take liquids on...

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