Environment
Study suggests some Los Angeles earthquakes due to oil production in early 20th century
02 Nov 2016
Historical sleuthing has turned up evidence for a possible link between oil production and a handful of damaging earthquakes that took place in the Los Angeles Basin during its oil boom in the early 20th century, according to a new study
Study suggests some Los Angeles earthquakes due to oil production in early 20th century
02 Nov 2016
Historical sleuthing has turned up evidence for a possible link between oil production and a handful of damaging earthquakes that took place in the Los Angeles Basin during its oil boom in the early 20th century, according to a new study
Toxic air killing 600,000 children across the world every year: Unicef
31 Oct 2016
South Asia has the largest number of children living in areas with high levels of toxic air, at 620 million, with Africa following at 520 million children while East Asia and the Pacific region have 450 million children living in such areas
Poaching driving snow leopards to extinction: report
24 Oct 2016
With as few as 4,000 snow leopards surviving in the wild, a shock report from TRAFFIC has found that hundreds of the endangered species are being killed by poachers each year across Asia's high mountains
UK faces fresh legal challenge over air pollution levels
18 Oct 2016
A new legal challenge starts today against the UK government; environment group ClientEarth is going back to court to fight the government over its continuing "failure to tackle the national air pollution crisis"
Snow could reduce need for air conditioning
12 Oct 2016
Florida hunkers down to face worst hurricane in a decade
07 Oct 2016
The state government has declared a state of emergency in Florida — as have those in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina — as all across Florida, residents braced themselves for the approaching storm