The home to several endangered species – the Congo National Park – may soon be turned into a ‘concrete jungle’ with hotels and casinos standing tall there. The Congo Republic has signed a deal allowing a U.S. developer to open up hotel and casinos…
A new study discovers a disappointing trail African forest elephants. These are the roads that now penetrate into the heart of Africa’s jungles. They make it easier for the ivory poachers to kill large numbers of forest elephants without much…
Disappointing, despite all its efforts and huge economic investments, the carbon trading system of the EU is failing to deliver curbs, according to new figures. Compared to that during 2005, in the year 2006, the big polluters of Europe have pumped…
Earthquakes and tsunamis visit very often these days. But when they visit, they devastate life. The earthquake that struck a small island near Solomon capital, Honiara brought with it a tsunami. The quake read 8.0 on the Richter scale- the strongest in…
The memories of the nightmarish massive 2004 tsunami have once again tickled the unattained injuries of the minds of thousands of victims. It was when a magnitude 9 quake sent massive waves to slam into a dozen countries’ coastlines around the Indian…
Oceans have forever been used as the dump houses of the so-called civilizations garbage. Yet humans expect to get there food from these very waters. Rapid pollution of ocean waters is badly damaging corral reefs, the habitat of numerous fish and…
The holy river Ganga, is literally dying because of the water pollution. It has been reduced to a sewage drain. The river is choked with pollutants at every step.
The Ganga is among the 10 most endangered rivers of the world. CNN-IBN investigates…
A large piece of ice is splitting off the Amery Ice Shelf in the east of Antarctica. Large means, 900 square kilometers! Yes, the piece of ice — known as the “loose tooth” — began moving apart the shelf more than a decade ago.
And, to track…
The effects of global warming — a key element of climate change is also the same for the second major report on the crucial topic has been released on Friday in Belgium. It charts out maps on the global warning’s effects. But, unfortunately and…
Sydney — as been scheduled earlier — went dark Saturday night with an effort to go ‘green.’ To register concern about global warming, Australia’s largest city along with its gleaming white-shelled roofed Sydney Opera House had switched off the…