Wind of change on farms as cows help to save the Earth

Some cattle in Britain are going to be part of an experiment. They are being given a new diet to reduce their burping and cut emissions of greenhouse gases.They are being given chopped straw and hay to settle their...

Science paper examines role of aerosols in climate change

Scientists from the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) are putting forward a new way of looking at the effects of aerosols on precipitation."The increase in atmospheric concentrations of man-made...

Grasshoppers are recruited as climate change scouts

The sound of grasshoppers chirping and clicking their legs is going to be used to help track climate change.Grasshoppers and bush crickets are going to be pubically monitored in Britain to record sightings of all 27...

Walruses: under threat from climate change

Walruses are in danger of being wiped out by climate change due to where they live.The populations are spread out between the Pacific walrus and the smaller Atlantic walrus and they can be found in Arctic waters...

Governor Schwarzenegger promises climate change summit

The Governor of California has said that he has plans to call an international climate change summit in California this November before the discussions among the United Nations Schwarzenegger said that he wll...

Bleak outlook for Europe's toads

According to new research, more than half of all amphibians (frogs, toads and newts) living in Europe could go extinct within 40 years as a result of  climate change, diseases and habitat destruction. Most of...

Sarkozy Advocates Systemic Change After Crisis

Over the past week I have been wondering if the current global economic meltdown, caused in part by the lack of US regulation over the financial services industry over the past decade, would have an impact on the way...

British PM wants CO2 targets to be 80% by 2050

British prime minister Gordon Brown has said that he wants to cut greenhouse gases and CO2 targets in the UK to 80% by 2050.Previously it was 60%.Brown has asked the Climate Change Committee to report by the end of...

Clean up the World weekend

For the first time, communities around the world that are taking action this weekend to help protect the environment as part of Clean up the World Weekend, will be able to map their activities out on Google with a...

Battleground State Polls: Florida & Ohio strong for McCain

"Polling this week in Florida and Ohio shows little net change from the previous week with McCain holding a very modest advantage in each state. McCain and Obama both increased their level of support slightly in each as the number of undecided/third party voters declined by...

Make this video go around the world

This speech is about you..........and your family.........and your work...........and your world ! Just listen six minutes to this girl of only 12 years and what she tells about the world, hunger, the future. About...

Sea levels rise and fall; our earth as we know it is changing

Areas of the world that include Kiribati, the Maldives and most of the Netherlands truly highlight how rising sea levels can affect whole communities and groups of people.These cities and areas could be underwater as...

New study may explain cause of "winter blues"

We've all experienced the shift that occurs when the climate kicks from warm to cool, and scientists have isolated one of the possible causes for SAD (seasonal affective disorder):"In the first study of its kind in...

Change In Plans Reportedly Saved Pakistani Leaders

Nahal Toosi of the Associated Press out of Pakistan is reporting that Pakistan's top leaders were to dine at the Marriott hotel that was destroyed by a truck bomb over the weekend. A senior government official has...

Financial Weapons Of Mass Destruction

"Financial Weapons Of Mass Destruction photo credit: laffy4k New York Times called the possibility of an AIG liquidation “as close to an extinction-level event as the financial markets have seen since the Great Depression.” We keep hearing that the current...

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