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Green trail-blazer Costa Rica is drawing up plans to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions to zero before 2030, the government said Thursday, and aims to be the first nation to offset all its carbon.

Hurricanes over the past 5,000 years appear to have been controlled more by El Nino and an African monsoon than warm sea surface temperatures, such as those caused by global warming, researchers said Wednesday.

Climate change could drive many wild relatives of plants such as the potato and the peanut into extinction, threatening a valuable source of genes necessary to help these food crops fight pests and drought, an international research group reported.

The European Parliament, accused of contributing to climate change by holding sessions in both France and Belgium, discussed proposals on Tuesday aimed at cutting its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

Industria tigarilor a explodat in 1920, cind Edward Bernays s-a folosit de cunostintele unchiului sau, Freud, si ale lui Gustave le Bon, cel care a pus bazele psihologiei multimilor, si a spart prejudecatile legate de femeile fumatoare. Continue reading E la moda sa fii antifumator

Global warming is occurring faster than predicted because rapid economic growth has resulted in higher than expected greenhouse gas emissions since 2000, said an Australian report on Tuesday.

Leonardo DiCaprio is in Cannes for its 60th film festival with “The 11th Hour,” an environmental documentary and the latest product of Hollywood’s growing concern over global warming.

The Smithsonian Institution toned down an exhibit on climate change in the Arctic for fear of angering Congress and the Bush administration, says a former administrator at the museum.

Mii de moldoveni au urmărit către amiaza zilei de luni cel mai spectaculos fenomen optic “halou”. Unii omeni, care cunosc mai puţin legile fizicii, au fost şocaţi şi speriaţi de cercul mare creat în jurul soarelui şi luminat pe margini de curcurbeu. În timp ce unii au interpretat fenomenul drept un semn divin, alţii l-au considerat periculos pentru sănătate. Continue reading Fenomenul "Halou"

Time may be running out for polar bears as global warming melts the ice beneath their paws.
Restrictions or bans on hunting in recent decades have helped protect many populations of the iconic Arctic carnivore, but many experts say the long-term outlook is bleak.