Global warming turned the Arab deserts green 10/9/2014

Global warming turned the harsh deserts of the Arabian Peninsula lush and green during the most recent interglacial warm period, scientists note in the August 29 issue of Science. ...more

Hundreds die in India, Pakistan after heaviest rain in 50 years 10/9/2014

The death toll from the heaviest rain to fall on Kashmir in 50 years rose to more than 400 on Tuesday, with thousands still trapped on rooftops and residents criticizing Indian and Pakistani authorities for not doing enough to help them. ...more

Greenhouse gases hit new record 10/9/2014

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has reported that the amounts of atmospheric greenhouse gases reached a new high in 2013, driven by rapidly rising levels of carbon dioxide. ...more

How green is the iPhone 6? 10/9/2014

The iPhone 6 was released yesterday, as everyone knows (though you can’t actually get your hands on one until September 19), and along with the flurry of tweets and blog posts and news articles came — naturally — a tacit claim about its environmental prowess. ...more

Thought wiped out by climate change, 'extinct' snail rediscovered in Seychelles 10/9/2014

Once plentiful on a tiny coral atoll in the Indian Ocean, the Aldabra banded snail (Rachistia aldabrae) was declared extinct in 1997 as one of the world’s first recorded direct casualties of climate change. ...more

Water crisis looming 9/9/2014

Saudi Arabia will face a severe water shortage in the future because of poor rainfall in recent years and high consumption rates, according to local experts. ...more

Burning natural gas in favor of the environment 9/9/2014

Incineration or burning of any fuel leaves a series of residual gases that promote global warming; however Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA) agreed with the UN on a methane gas burning system in its coal mines that greatly lessens the impact on the environment. ...more

Activists promise biggest climate march in history 9/9/2014

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of New York, London and eight other cities worldwide in a fortnight to pressure world leaders to take action on global warming, in what organizers claim will be the biggest climate march in history. ...more

Americans’ love of junk food is surprisingly good for the environment 9/9/2014

America is facing an obesity epidemic. But the fondness for fat and sugar that’s making more and more Americans sick has a strange upside: It creates fewer greenhouse gases (GHG) than a healthy diet does. ...more

North America's key birds facing extinction, study finds 9/9/2014

Half of North America’s bird species, from common backyard visitors like the Baltimore oriole and the rufous hummingbird to wilderness dwellers like the common loon and bald eagle, are under threat from climate change and many could go extinct, an exhaustive new study has found. ...more