Up to 400,000 in Sudan may need food aid due to El Nino: WFP 4/4/2016

Some 400,000 people in Sudan could need food aid because of poor rains caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon, a UN official told AFP on Sunday. ...more

Great Barrier Reef pollution control efforts 'not enough to meet targets' 4/4/2016

Australia is unlikely to meet water quality targets designed to protect the Great Barrier Reef, researchers from the federal government’s marine science agency have warned. ...more

India’s once-gleaming Golden Temple dulled by air pollution 4/4/2016

The chronic air pollution blanketing much of northern India is now threatening the holiest shrine in the Sikh religion, making the once-gleaming walls of the Golden Temple dingy and dull. ...more

Pakistan city announces rat-killing bounty after infestation 4/4/2016

Authorities in Pakistan's northwest announced a bounty for killing rats after receiving hundreds of complaints of rodents infesting the region's biggest city. ...more

United States, China to sign Paris climate accord on April 22 1/4/2016

The United States and China confirmed Thursday that they will sign the Paris climate change agreement in New York on April 22, a move that officials hope will help the accord enter into force this year. ...more

Britain's greenhouse gas emissions fell 3.3 pct in 2015: government 1/4/2016

Britain's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fell by 3.3 percent in 2015, largely due to a decline in coal-fired power generation and marking the third straight yearly drop, preliminary government data showed on Thursday. ...more

Birds expected to adapt well to climate change show 'substantial advantage' 1/4/2016

Birds that were expected to do well due to climate change have outperformed other species in the past 30 years, a study of wildlife in Europe and the US has found. ...more

Institute of Water and Environment launches 1/4/2016

Essential for life, water is the most important resource on the planet, and also one of the most imperiled. ...more

Cloud atlas uses satellite data to predict where species live 1/4/2016

Want to save a species? Look to the skies. Patterns in the clouds can be used to decipher the complex patterns of ecosystems on Earth, predicting where species live more accurately than the methods currently used by conservationists. ...more

Endangered Goliath heron chicks hatch at Sharjah reserve 31/3/2016

Three endangered Goliath heron chicks are being nurtured at a Sharjah nature reserve. ...more