Science and Nature

Anti-Whaling States Aim for Sanctuaries, Hunt Curbs ULSAN - Anti-whaling countries will try to thwart a Japanese-led attempt on Wednesday to abolish a whale sanctuary in the southern seas and condemn Tokyo for continuing to catch the huge mammals in the...

Worried about airline pollution? Sell your car, says Ryanair boss Andrew Clark, transport correspondent The thorny issue of climate change has left most airlines bending over backwards to sound green. But Europe 's largest low-cost carrier, Ryanair, has...

Japan Loses Commercial Whaling Vote ULSAN - lashed out at anti-whaling nations on Tuesday after its proposal to resume limited commercial hunting was voted down by an international commission and its "scientific" harvesting heavily criticised. had sought...

Sewage could solve 's drought Michael Byrnes in Goulburn A severe drought is drying up drinking water across , threatening to shut down big population centres but also creating the conditions for a revolution in water use. Worst hit is the farming town...

How carbon causes global warming Jenny Bird Why do carbon dioxide emissions heat up the planet? The temperature of the Earth depends on a balance between incoming energy from the Sun and the energy that bounces back into space. Carbon dioxide absorbs...

Spain warns desert is spreading Giles Tremlett in Madrid The deserts of north Africa are threatening to leap the Mediterranean and creep through Spain , according to government figures made public as part of a national campaign to halt desertification....

Hurricane season blows in again as survivors still ride storm of last year's calamity Jamie Wilson in Punta Gorda Gil Echevarrias never expected to end up living in a trailer park. The 58-year-old retired steelworker from Rhode Island was ordered by his...

Hurricanes 'to get stronger' Alok Jha Hurricanes are likely to get more extreme as a result of climate change , say scientists. Computer models of the Earth's water cycle suggest that hurricanes will intensify as warmer temperatures draw more ocean water...

U.S. Pressure Weakens G-8 Climate Plan Global-Warming Science Assailed By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer Bush administration officials working behind the scenes have succeeded in weakening key sections of a proposal for joint action by the...

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