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Whaling plan to okay hunts with fewer kills
The global body regulates whaling has proposed giving the green light to Japan to keep hunting the sea mammals in return for reducing the number of animals killed. Greenpeace and the World Wild Fund for Nature harshly ...
- February 25, 2010
River crisis' worsens threat of water scarcity
The vast majority of the world's rivers are reeling from pollution, over-development and excessive extraction, and billions of dollars of investment by rich countries to avert water stress have damaged biodiversity, a study ...
- October 1, 2010
Penguin future looks perkier with fishing ban
A ban on fishing around a colony of threatened penguins in South Africa has brought swift benefits to the beleaguered birds, marine biologists reported on Wednesday. The population of the African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) ...
- February 11, 2010
Greenland's rapid ice loss driven by warming seas
Greenland's continent-sized icesheet is being significantly eroded by winds and currents that drive warmer water into fjords, where it carves out the base of coastal glaciers, according to studies released Sunday. The icy ...
- February 16, 2010
Japan opposes trade ban on bluefin tuna
Japan opposes plans to list the Atlantic bluefin tuna, which is highly prized in sushi and sashimi, as a most-endangered species and to ban its international trade, an official said Monday. The UN-backed wildlife trade ...
- February 25, 2010
Study fins oil spills boost levels of arsenic in the ocean
Oil spills can boost levels of arsenic in seawater by suppressing a natural filter mechanism on the sea bed, according to a study published on Friday in a specialist journal. The research was conducted in a laboratory ...
- July 9, 2010
Japan vows to fight global trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna
Japan vowed Thursday to fight a global trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna, the pricey mainstay of sushi and sashimi, as Europe and the United States step up moves to protect the species. The world's largest consumer of ...
- March 15, 2010
African livelihoods at risk as species threatened: IUCN
Millions of Africans may lose a key source of livelihoods as a fifth of freshwater African species are threatened with extinction, the updated Red List of endangered species showed Thursday. Scientists conducting a survey ...
- September 3, 2010
Tar balls seen on Texas coast as cost of US oil spill balloons
Tar balls from the Gulf of Mexico spill have turned up on the Texas coast, expanding the oil slick's impact to all five Gulf states, officials said late Monday, as BP's disaster costs soared above three billion dollars. ...
- July 7, 2010
Climate change puts Australian reef on 'knife edge'
The world's southernmost coral reef is on a "knife-edge" after warmer seas blamed on climate change bleached large parts of it for the first time, an Australian scientist warned on Wednesday. Peter Harrison, who has been ...
- March 26, 2010