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PHILIPPINES: Bracing for La Niña web | MANILA, 1 September 2010 (IRIN) - The Philippines is bracing for severe flooding over the next few months as a result of the La Niña weather effect, which is expected to whip up heavy storms. S... (photo: WN / Trigedia) IRINnews Floods Philippines Photos Weather Wikipedia: La Niña |
Strong tropical storm hits Taiwan TAIPEI - A strong tropical storm lashed Taiwan on Wednesday on its way to China, bringing heavy rains and howling winds to areas battered by a deadly typhoon just over a year ago as authorities braced... (photo: NOAA) Khaleej Times Photos Storm Taiwan Typhoon Wikipedia: Tropical cyclone |
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Climate change poses big risks to China's crops and economy, study finds | A rice field after harvest in Guilin, China.Photo courtesy yewenyi via FlickrPARIS -- Climate change could reduce key harvests in China by a fifth if the gloomiest scen... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) Grist China Climate Crops Photos Wikipedia: Climate change |
Panel to study tower effect on birds & bees New Delhi, Sept. 1: The environment and forests ministry has set up a panel of experts to assess the possible impact of mobile phone towers on birds and bees amid indicat... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Telegraph India Birds Electromagnetic Environment Photos Wikipedia: Delhi |
7 ways becoming a vegetarian will improve your health (and your environment) | Giving up meat. The concept, which sounds crazy to most meat-and-potato-eating Americans, is actually gaining in popularity in recent years. According to a 2008 V... (photo: Creative Commons / Bot) The Examiner Environment Health Meat Photos Vegetarian |
Global warming could spell disaster for corn crops --> | (PhysOrg.com) -- If corn producers continue using the same cultivars, plants selected for their desirable characteristics, global warming could cause production to ... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) PhysOrg Corn Crops Globalwarming Photos Wikipedia: Global warming |
Climate: Risks loom for China: study --> | A Chinese farmer tends to crops on the outskirts of Beijing in June 2010. Climate change could reduce key harvests in China by a fifth if the gloomiest scenarios pr... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) PhysOrg China Climate Photos Risks Wikipedia: Climate change |
Seafood stewardship questionable: experts --> | The world's most established fisheries certifier is failing on its promises as rapidly as it gains prominence, according the world's leading fisheries experts from ... (photo: WN / sweet) PhysOrg British Fisheries Photos Seafood University |
Veggies Lower Lung Cancer Risk | (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Remember when your parents made you sit at the dinner table until you finished all of your veggies? Turns out, they may have been protecting you f... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) redOrbit Cancer Health Photos Veggies Wikipedia: Vegetable |
Needed enhanced ecological literacy to save the environment THAT ECOLOGICALLY India has been facing tough times has been known for some time. Things have not been happy and what is perhaps more forbidding is that they ar... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Merinews Assam Environment India Photos Wikipedia: Ecology |