Peru protests over Amazon developments intensify

LIMA (Reuters) – Protesters angry over oil and natural gas developments in Peru’s resource-rich Amazon vowed on Friday to defy the government and step up demonstrations that have disrupted operations at energy companies.

Birds flock to asylum beach

A species of birds that are able to fly immediately after hatching from eggs buried beneath tropical sand have been given their own private beach in eastern Indonesia.

Organic farming needed to fight global heating, advocates say

MANILA, Philippines – Shifting to organic farming now would help fight global warming and cushion the impact of climate change by going organic, which substantially will reduce the country’s carbon footprint or greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere.

Charge your iPod, kill a polar bear?

In a recent report, the Paris-based International Energy Agency estimates new electronic gadgets will triple their energy consumption by 2030 to 1,700 terawatt hours, the equivalent of today’s home electricity consumption of the United States and Japan combined. (AP/Joseph Napaaqtuq Sage)

Coral climate crunch could displace millions

Manado, Indonesia – If the world does not take effective action on climate change, coral reefs will disappear from the Coral Triangle by the end of the century, the ability of the region’s coastal environments to feed people will decline by 80 per cent, and the livelihoods of around 100 million people will have been lost or severely impacted.

Climate Change Raises Threat of Global Starvation

America’s Greatest Generation, coming of age before and during World War II, was admonished to leave no spinach behind by parents who warned, “Children are starving in Europe.”

Climate change: The century's biggest health threat?

Climate change is usually considered mainly an environmental calamity, with humans largely immune to its devastating effects.

But a new report warns that people won’t escape unscathed from global warming, which will likely turn out to be the biggest threat to human health this century, causing the spread of diseases, increased malnutrition and other severe medical problems.

Climate change: The century’s biggest health threat?

Climate change is usually considered mainly an environmental calamity, with humans largely immune to its devastating effects.

But a new report warns that people won’t escape unscathed from global warming, which will likely turn out to be the biggest threat to human health this century, causing the spread of diseases, increased malnutrition and other severe medical problems.

What Does Climate Change Do to Our Heads?

A small yet growing body of evidence suggests that how people think and feel is being influenced strongly by ecosystem transformation related to climate change and industry-related displacement from the land. These powerful stressors are occurring more frequently around the world.

Global warming may make monsoons harder to predict

NEW DELHI] Monsoons will be more difficult to predict in the future because of global warming, researchers have warned.

In Vauban, Germany, Every Day Is Bike to Work Day

Vauban took the Subaru out of the suburbs. And the BMW and the Mercedes and every other car. OK: maybe not each and every car, but most of them. That’s because this small suburb near Freiburg, Germany (close to the French and Swiss borders) decided to restrict automobiles on all but just main street and a few byways in and around town. Residents can own a car, but they must park it at the edge of town and pay a staggering $40,000 for a spot, according to the New York Times.

What's the Evidence for Climate Change?

The National Science Foundation funds thousands of researchers at 1,900 universities and institutions with a budget of $9.5 billion for fiscal 2009 (including $3.0 billion provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act).