Green Innovator: Turning chicken feathers and plant fiber into eco-leather, bio-based circuit boards 17/12/2013

The Environmental Protection Agency has honored the University of Delaware's Richard Wool with its Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for his extensive work developing bio-based materials to support the green energy infrastructure. ...more

Scientists make one of the biggest animal discoveries of the century: a new tapir 17/12/2013

In what will likely be considered one of the biggest (literally) zoological discoveries of the Twenty-First Century, scientists today announced they have discovered a new species of tapir in Brazil and Colombia. ...more

More than 5,000 evacuated from Gaza 'disaster area' floods 16/12/2013

More than 5,000 people have been evacuated from flood-damaged homes in northern Gaza and at least one person killed in what the United Nations called "a disaster area". ...more

US gifts forty Arabian Oryx to Abu Dhabi Environment Agency 16/12/2013

The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has received 40 Arabian Oryx from the USA, which will become part of its long-running Arabian Oryx Breeding Programme under the Arabian Oryx Breeding and Reintroduction Project. ...more

Emerging nations overtake West in dumping electronic trash 16/12/2013

China and other emerging economies have overtaken Western nations in dumping old electronic goods, from TVs to cell phones, and will lead a projected 33 percent surge in the amount of waste from 2012 to 2017, a U.N.-backed alliance said on Sunday. ...more

Plastic in the ocean is contaminating your seafood 16/12/2013

We've long known that the fish we eat are exposed to toxic chemicals in the rivers, bays and oceans they inhabit. The substance that's gotten the most attention — because it has shown up at disturbingly high levels in some fish — is mercury. ...more

Eating a Mediterranean diet is the best way to prevent chronic illness 16/12/2013

A very refreshing report has just come out of Britain. Eleven senior doctors have presented a strong, new mandate to Prime Minister David Cameron, insisting that it’s time for diet to be placed at the forefront of health policy. ...more

Prices of warm clothes, firewood shoot up as temperatures drop 13/12/2013

With the onset of winter, the demand for warm clothes and devices to keep the homes warm has shot up by 100 percent in the Northern and Central Provinces of Saudi Arabia. ...more

China tells pilots to improve landing skills to deal with Beijing smog 13/12/2013

Chinese authorities have told pilots who fly to Beijing they must be qualified to land their aircraft in the low visibility brought about by smog, state media said on Thursday, as the government tries to reduce flight delays due to pollution. ...more

2013 had lowest hurricane count since 1982, says insurance firm 13/12/2013

The 2013 Atlantic storm season has proved one of the quietest in decades with the lowest number of hurricanes since 1982 and none of them considered 'major', according to insurance broker Willis Re. ...more