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World population to reach 7billion in few days (increased 1billion in 12yrs),...

(quote)Room for one more? World population to reach 7 BILLION in next few days Children most likely to be born in Asia-Pacific region Fears over pressure on food supply and medical careThe world's...

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Thailand facing its worst flooding in 50 yrs: 61 of 76 provinces, >8 million...

(quote)Temple of Water read more »

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Save Ocean, save Earth. UK: no whale meat; Germany: honor Ric O'Barry for...

(quote)Do not bring whale meat home from Iceland, British tourists told - Whale meat on sale at Keflavik airport prompts the Foreign Office to issue a warning to Britons at risk of breaching...

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Extreme weather: 2012 kicks off with record heat, tornadoes & drought;...

(quote) Extreme Weather USA: 2012 Kicks Off With Record Heat, Tornadoes & Drought Yesterday, a dozen tornadoes ripped through Dallas, spurring panic in a highly populated, 6 million-strong...

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"Mother Earth not for sale": indigenous peoples protest Amazon destruction,...

(quote)"What we are concerned about is that Mother Earth is not for sale. Mother Earth is not a commodity to be traded on the trading system. The trees are not for sale." read more »

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Sweden:Malmo shut down nuclear plants, 1st carbon-neutral neighborhood;...

(quote) Västra Hamnen, also known as the City of Tomorrow, was transformed from a former shipyard in 2001 and is now home to 4,000 people.Europe’s ‘First Carbon-Neutral Neighborhood’: Western Harbour...

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50yrs ago, an eternal beauty taken by darkness. What's changed- scary rising...

News / Marilyn Monroe's Death 50 Years On: What's Changed, What Hasn'tOne change is certain - the temperature of Earth has been obviously and continuously rising particularly in the last 50 years: Data...

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Bike sharing - fastest-growing in 165 cities worldwide - zero pollution but...

(quote)...there were around 136 bikesharing programs in 165 cities around the world, such as in the countries of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus,...

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Sea otters eat sea urchins, protect kelp forests that trap CO2 from...

Smart Sea Otter Stacks Cups Sea Otter Pup(quote)"Nature does nothing uselessly. " - AristotleGlobal warming? Sea otters to the rescue! Global warming is reaching new records, ice caps continue to melt...

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Almost Election Day. Hurricane Sandy cut in and cut off millions from modern...

A fire destroyed around 50 homes in a flooded neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. The Breezy Point district was left a smoldering tangle of wood and metal after the blaze....

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Denmark: drive with a clean conscience. 12,000 electric cars on the roads by...

*update* 8 Aug 2014In Copenhagen, where bicycles outnumber people and nearly 40% of residents cycle to work, bike-friendly infrastructure is key(quote)[July 8, 2013] 12,000 electric cars are to move on...

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World Oceans Day, June 8th: little things we can do everyday to save our...

Skip the plastic, save a fish. Texas-sized ocean garbage vortex found in Pacific, plastic sea trash doesn't biodegradeMore Ocean Graphics on PInterest(quote)June 8th is World Oceans DayOceans are the...

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Photos: Emma Thompson in Arctic; tortoise oldest animal, a well respected...

Emma Thompson and daughter join Greenpeace ship on voyage to protect the Arctic. (Credit: Emma Thompson Fans / savethearctic.org / GreenPeace) Meet Jonathan the Tortoise, the Oldest Animal in the...

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No joke. Singapore, places in AU and US: water short, drink sewage while...

(quote)Around 90% of the fresh water on the Earth's surface is held in the ice sheet.The only current ice sheets are in Antarctica and Greenland (ice sheets are bigger than ice shelves or alpine...

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Tûranor PlanetSolar "The Power of the Sun", world first largest solar...

Minute PlanetSolar - April 2011 - World Tour Through the Pacific Uploaded on May 6, 2011 PlanetSolar around the World Published on Apr 12, 2012 Turanor PlanetSolar is a solar powered catamaran that is...

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Simple Math and Fact. 100 miles cost $3.45/electricity, $13.52/oil; Electric...

source/full size image at ucsusa.org source/full size image at ucsusa.org source/full size image at onelectriccars.com(quote) *update *bloomberg.com - electric vehicle sales quintupled in 4 years with...

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"Without fuel, you can fly longer"! Two pilots, both innovators and pioneers,...

(quote) "Now you can fly longer with no fuel than you can with fuel. So, what Andre has done is not only a historic first for aviation, it's a historic first for renewable energies. And this is why we...

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What's "up"? Sea level (giant ice melting); July hottest month; Chief calling...

(quote)Antarctica's floating ice shelves are thinning at an accelerating rate. Many of Antarctica's ice shelves are huge. The one protruding into the Ross Sea is the size of France. They form where...

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Christmas amused! Full moon; warm not snowy NY; champion skier's luck; Prince...

(quote) Prince Harry’s moving Christmas card photo honors World War II Royal Air Force fighter pilot. The touching story behind - Harry recalled meeting WWII veteran Tom Neil as one of his "most...

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Louvre and Musée d’Orsay closed amid Paris floods after days of non-stop...

*Update*(quote) heavy rain in Europe In late May and early June 2016 flooding began after several days of heavy rain in Europe, mostly Germany and France, but also Austria, Belgium, Romania, Moldova,...

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More than 800,000 Volunteers Pitched in: India Plants 50 Million Trees in One...

(quote) National Geographic July 18, 2016 - Although the feat has yet to be certified by Guinness World Records, Indian officials have reported that volunteers planted a whopping 49.3 million tree...

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World Meat Free Day: plant-based diet vs carnivorous diet, which way...

(quote)Why take part in World Meat Free Day? Experts say that by 2050 the world’s population is set to increase to over nine billion people, which is 30% higher than today. If we don’t make any changes...

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Impact of pollution, climate change - lethal heat waves threaten third of...

(quote)Deadly Heat Waves Threaten Third of the World Currently, nearly a third of the world's population is exposed to lethal climate conditions for at least 20 days a year, according to findings...

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New Zealand puts cap on offshore oil and gas exploration - no new permits...

(quote)New Zealand bans all new offshore oil exploration as part of 'carbon-neutral future' The New Zealand government will grant no new offshore oil exploration permits. The ban will apply to new...

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Photos: polar bear cub in Alaska looking up to the sky and "praying for snow"

(quote) A polar bear appeared to be praying for a cold winter after being seen placing his huge paws together and looking up at the sky. The cub bear was pictured seemingly looking up to the heavens...

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