Warm weather speeds up peak bloom for Washington's cherry trees 9/3/2016

Washington's renowned cherry trees are expected to hit their peak bloom from March 18 to 23, earlier than first predicted due to unseasonably warm weather, the National Park Service said on Tuesday. ...more

Starving animals up for sale at Gaza zoo 8/3/2016

A Gaza zoo owner is putting the last of his starving animals up for sale. ...more

United States delivers first payment to global climate fund 8/3/2016

The United States has paid $500 million into the United Nations' Green Climate Fund, the first tranche of the $3 billion it pledged as part of the commitments it made in the December Paris Climate Agreement, the State Department confirmed Monday. ...more

Deluges increasing in world's wettest and driest regions: study 8/3/2016

Extreme downpours are increasingly hitting both the wettest and driest regions of the world and global warming will raise the risks of bigger cloudbursts for the rest of the century, a study showed on Monday. ...more

Thousands of dead fish wash up on the banks of India river 8/3/2016

Thousands of dead fish washed up on the banks of a polluted lake on Monday in India's southern technology hub of Bangalore. ...more

Solar farms to create natural habitats for threatened British species 8/3/2016

Threatened wildlife including turtle doves and skylarks could benefit from a scheme which has been launched to create natural habitats at solar farm sites. ...more

Groundbreaking facility that produces food and biofuel opened in Abu Dhabi 7/3/2016

In a major innovative step towards food and energy security, the world’s first-ever facility to produce food and biofuel by irrigating dessert land with seawater has been built in Abu Dhabi. ...more

China's carbon emissions still increasing: China envoy 7/3/2016

China's carbon emissions did not peak in 2014 and are still increasing, China's senior climate change envoy, Xie Zhenhua, said at a press briefing in Beijing on Monday. ...more

Philippines signs new GMO rules, food industry relieved 7/3/2016

The Philippines has approved a new set of rules on genetically modified organisms after a top court demanded an overhaul of previous regulations, providing relief to farmers and importers worried that any delay would spark a food crisis. ...more

IMF's Lagarde eyes subsidies, simple things to tackle climate change 7/3/2016

Turning the tide on global warming should be tackled by big and small steps that range from cutting subsidies to riding bicycles, International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde said on Friday. ...more