Most protected marine areas fail to properly guard aquatic life: study 6/2/2014

Most of the world’s protected marine areas are failing to properly protect aquatic life, with many showing few differences from neighboring areas that are openly fished, an Australian-led study has found. ...more

Entrepreneurs turn pollution into plastic (Video) 6/2/2014

After more than a decade of research, a pair of young entrepreneurs in Costa Mesa, California, say they have found a way to turn air pollution into a usable form of plastic. ...more

Sochi games eliminate entire carbon footprint with Dow Chemical Company program 6/2/2014

Sochi 2014 is the first Olympic Games in history to eliminate its direct carbon footprint, due to the efforts of The Dow Chemical Company, the Worldwide Olympic Partner and Official Carbon Partner of Sochi Olympic Winter Games 2014. ...more

Girls team from Qatar win first hybrid-electric motor-racing challenge 5/2/2014

Team Gernas 114 managed a total of 101 laps in the final race on Friday evening, earning them the championship. ...more

World's largest solar bridge boils 79,000 cups of tea (Video) 5/2/2014

Commuters travelling into London Blackfriars celebrated the opening of a major new solar powered bridge which produces energy for up to half of the station. ...more

Former NY mayor Bloomberg named UN envoy on climate change 5/2/2014

The United Nations' Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change. ...more

Oregon minnow to be first U.S. fish delisted because of recovery 5/2/2014

A two-inch minnow found only in an Oregon valley will be the first fish removed from the federal threatened and endangered species list because it no longer faces extinction, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Tuesday. ...more

24 fewer days of winter ice 5/2/2014

The winter ice season is now 24 days shorter than it was in 1950 as Arctic lakes are freezing up later in the year and thawing earlier, according to a new study. ...more

UN body calls Tasmania forest U-turn 'exceptional' 5/2/2014

Australia's move to strip part of Tasmania's forest of its world heritage status one year after it was added is "very exceptional", the UN has said, adding its experts could not recall such a case in recent years. ...more

Rehabilitation of Sudanese agricultural sector top priority 4/2/2014

The Arab League Economic and Social Council meeting held recently in Khartoum called on Arab financial institutions and joint Arab companies to allocate not less than 20% percent of their capitals to support President Al Bashir's initiative for agricultural investment in Sudan to bridge the food gap in the Arab world. ...more