Marine conservationists announced Tuesday they will for the first time be able to outrun the Japanese whaling fleet in the upcoming annual battle to protect the giant mammals in the icy Southern Ocean. Sea Shepherd Global is adding a fast…
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Court dismisses challenge to Adani’s Australia mine
An India-backed company planning to build a massive coal mine in Australia welcomed a court’s decision Monday to dismiss a legal challenge raising environmental concerns over the project’s impact on the Great Barrier Reef. The Federal Court dismissed the Australian…
Storm Gaston in the Atlantic regains hurricane strength
Tropical Storm Gaston, churning in the Atlantic southeast of Bermuda, strengthened and regained hurricane status late Saturday, the US National Hurricane Center reported. Gaston—which on Thursday became the third named hurricane of the Atlantic season but quickly weakened into a…
Rajshahi flooding worsens as Farakka sluice gates opened
Dhaka -Flood triggered by the rise in water level of the Padma River after India opened the sluice gates of the Farakka Barrage to ease Bihar flood situation left several hundred people in four upazilas marooned.SM Ali Mortuja, officer of…
Climate change to double number of hay fever sufferers
Climate change and the spread of invasive ragweed are set to double the number of seasonal allergy sufferers across Europe, with similar impacts likely in North America, researchers said Thursday. By mid-century, some 77 million people in Europe will be…
Four important lessons from Cuba’s urban food survival srategy
Aurel Keller Cuba has come a long way since the collapse of the Soviet Union, when the loss of imports crucial for the island nation’s industrial agriculture system—such as chemical pesticides and fertilizers—left Cuba with a severe food crisis in…
Bali protests target major development
Not far from tourists sipping cocktails on Bali’s tropical, palm-fringed beaches, thousands of protesters in sarongs and headdresses waved banners and chanted during a noisy protest. It was an unusual sight on the “Island of the Gods”, which is better…
Morocco, Nigeria vow to deepen cooperation to fight climate change in Africa
Morocco and Nigeria vowed here on Tuesday to deepen cooperation to fight climate change, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Nigerian Minister of the Environment Amina Mohammed told the press following a meeting with her Moroccan counterpart, Hakima El Haite, that Nigeria…
Vietnam to increase shrimp production, adapt to climate change
Vietnam is set to increase shrimp production and exports in a bid to adapt to climate change which causes rising sea levels and increasing salinity in the country’s southern Mekong Delta. Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan…
Maritime ports asked to hoist signal no 3
Dhaka: Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal no three as trough of well marked low lies over the northeast bay. Under its influence deep convection is taking place…
Morocco joins hands with UAE to fight climate change
Morocco and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reiterated Friday their will to work together to fight climate change and guarantee the success of the upcoming climate conference. Conference of Parties to the UN framework Convention on Climate change climate (COP22)…
Are we losing the Grand Canyon?
On a 650-mile trek, two adventurers faced danger and hardship—and saw how development could spoil an American icon. Along a stretch of the central Grand Canyon, the deepest part of the inner gorge is composed of Vishnu schist, rock formed…
Over half million people likely to die annually for climate change
Dhaka-More than half a million people worldwide, including Bangladesh, are likely to die annually by 2050 because of the impact on agriculture of changing climate, according to an Oxford University study on the future of food.
Climate change raises deadly health risks
More than half a million people worldwide are likely to die annually by 2050 because of the impact on agriculture of changing climate, according to an Oxford University study on the future of food.The authors say the effects are likely…
July 2016 hottest month on record: U.S. climate agency
It seems increasingly likely that 2016 will be hottest year on record, with each of the first seven months setting new temperature records.According to a monthly report released Wednesday by the U.S.National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), last month was…
July 2016 hottest month on record: U.S. climate agency
It seems increasingly likely that 2016 will be hottest year on record, with each of the first seven months setting new temperature records. According to a monthly report released Wednesday by the U.S.National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), last month…
Trump thinks global warming is a Chinese plot
By Joe Rothstein Editor, EINNews.com and author of the new political thriller “The Latina President…and The Conspiracy to Destroy Her” now on sale at Amazon. It’s really hot where I live, in Washington, D.C. Today’s temperature is near 100 degrees.…
New Zealand gov’t to ratify Paris climate change agreement
The New Zealand government will ratify the Paris agreement on climate change by the end of the year, Climate Change Issues Minister Paula Bennett said on Wednesday. “The Paris agreement is historic and changed the way the world thinks about…
Climate change may put most cities off-limits for summer Olympics
An ongoing study suggests that rising heat and humidity due to climate change may put most cities around the world off-limits for summer Olympics. While findings of the study are still forthcoming and hold much broader implications than the future…
Tanzania needs 500 mln USD annually to mitigate climate change
A Tanzanian government official said on Friday that the east African nation needed 500 million US dollars annually to adapt and mitigate the impacts of climate change. Freddy Manyika, a senior environmental officer from the Vice-President’s Office, said the total…
LA smog, hot weather cause ozone levels to spike
High temperatures, stagnant air and an increase in smog have driven Los Angeles ozone pollution to its highest level since 2009. Ozone—a gas in smog that triggers asthma and can cause lung damage—has exceeded the federal standard of 70 parts…
Fish, vegetable farms ruined by abnormal Jessore flood
Dhaka – Around 50 villages were submerged by floodwater washing away some 1,200 large and small fish enclosures in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district in the last couple of days. According to the district agriculture office, around 50 villages, including…
More tree plantation can mitigate climate change impact in Barind tract: Shahriar
Rajshahi Correspondent State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, MP, said there is no alternative to more tree plantation to biodiversity conservation, resisting of adverse impact of climate change and protection of ecological balance in the region including its vast…
Climate warming blamed for vanishing fish in African lake
Fish are becoming more scarce in Africa’s oldest and deepest lake, Lake Tanganyika, because of climate warming, not just overfishing, US researchers said this week. The study on Lake Tanganyika, which covers parts of Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic…
Monsoon depression brings heavy downpour to Bangladesh
Dhaka -The monsoon depression over coastal gangetic West Bengal and southwestern part of Bangladesh moved northeastwards and lies over Khulna and adjoining area on Wednesday morning and is likely to move northwards further. Under its influence, steep pressure gradient persists…
Alarming’ bleaching of Maldives corals: conservationists
Coral reefs in the Maldives are under severe stress after suffering mass bleaching this year as sea temperatures soared, a top conservationist body warned Monday. Around 60 percent of Maldives’ coral colonies have been bleached, with the figure reaching 90…
Developing countries want clear definition of ‘climate finance’
New Delhi (Indrajit Bose) — The issue of what is ‘climate finance’ was the subject of intense discussion at the 13th Meeting of the UNFCCC’s Standing Committee on Finance (SCF), held in Bonn from 18-20 July. The issue came up…
Microfinancing climate resilience
Mark Malloch Brown London – Vulnerable communities face the brunt of climate change – from rising sea levels and extreme weather events to prolonged severe droughts and flooding. According to the World Bank, without effective mitigation measures, climate change could…
Ukraine sees solar power as Chernobyl’s future
Imagine one of the largest solar farms ever at the site of the world’s worst man-made nuclear disaster that struck Chernobyl in modern-day Ukraine and sowed panic across Europe. That is the grand vision of Ukrainian Environment Minister Ostap Semerak,…
Australia boosts climate science research in u-turn
Australia made an abrupt climate change u-turn Thursday, with the issue set to again become a key focus of the national science agency just months after it saw hundreds of jobs cut in a heavily criticised move. Prime Minister Malcolm…