KSA prepares long-term strategy to deal with natural disasters 18/11/2013

Saudi Arabia is drawing up a long-term strategy in cooperation with the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) to face natural disasters in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) ...more

U.N. talks on new carbon markets break down 18/11/2013

International negotiations on how to set up new carbon markets to cut greenhouse gas levels broke down over the weekend in Warsaw, sources said, after developing nations refused to progress the issue before rich nations increase efforts to cut their own emissions. ...more

Scientists develop new technique to predict wildfires 18/11/2013

While wildfires can be caused by natural events, they often burn out of control and may get to a point where they become uncontrollable. Despite their sparks of uncertainty and paths of destruction, researchers have found a way to predict wildfire growth through the lifetime of their blazes ...more

Seething volcano buried under Antarctica's ice 18/11/2013

It's a land of ice and fire. For the first time, an active volcano has been spotted rumbling away under the ice sheet of west Antarctica. It's further evidence that the frozen continent is anything but still. The heat from the volcano could speed up the demise of Antarctica's fragile ice sheet. ...more

London Underground heat to be pumped into homes 18/11/2013

Waste heat from London Underground tunnels and an electrical substation is to be piped into homes in a groundbreaking scheme announced last Friday. ...more

Sewage swamps Gaza streets as Egypt tunnel closures cut off power 15/11/2013

Children waded through sewage submerging the streets of a central Gaza neighborhood on Thursday, a day after one of the blockaded Palestinian enclave's largest waste water treatment plants stopped for lack of fuel. ...more

Google, KKR invest $400 million in six U.S. solar power plants 15/11/2013

Technology giant Google Inc and private equity firm KKR & Co LP are investing $400 million in six solar power plants in California and Arizona. ...more

Oceans suffer silent storm of acidification: international study 15/11/2013

Global warming is causing a silent storm in the oceans by acidifying waters at a record rate, threatening marine life from coral reefs to fish stocks, an international study showed on Thursday. ...more

Brazil government figures confirm spike in Amazon deforestation 15/11/2013

Deforestation in the Amazon increased by nearly a third over the past year, according to Brazilian government figures released on Thursday, confirming a feared reversal in what had been steady progress over the past decade against destruction of the world's largest rainforest. ...more

China's Solution for Combating Air Pollution? Convert Coal to Synthetic Natural Gas 15/11/2013

The air pollution in China has become the stuff of legend, or rather of nightmare. The number of lung cancer cases in the capital of Beijing has increased by more than 50 percent in the past decade. ...more