Addressing the growing population and consumption must be part of protecting environment, according to Royal Society.
Environment
Millions Of People Worldwide To Mark Earth Day, A Global Environmental Movement
Earth Day marks the day as what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement in the United States.
More People Die From Lung Cancer & Heart Disease Due To Pollution, Than Those Killed From Road Accidents
Exhaust from airplanes cause 2,000 deaths annually while emissions from the energy and industrial sectors and pollution originating from Europe bring the overall total up to 19,000 deaths per year in Britain.
UK Faces Worst Drought & Severe Water Shortage Since 1976
More than half of Britain is now in drought, the Environment Agency has warned, as the UK faces its most severe water shortage since 1976.
Scientists Are Baffled At Karakoram’s Glaciers Growth When Glaciers Parts Of The Region & the World Are Shrinking
In most parts of the world, mountain glaciers are waning in response to global warming but the situation in Karakoram mountain range, home to the world’s second highest peak, K2, and straddling parts of China, Pakistan and India, defy the global trend and its glaciers getting thicker instead, say researchers.
Conservation Watchdog Is Disturbed That Elephant Ivory Poaching In Cameroon Goes Unabated
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is disturbed by reports that the poaching continues unabated in Cameroon and where life of a soldier was lost.
Pipelines That Ferry The Gas & Oil To Processing Facilities Mostly Are Not Overseen By Federal Regulators
There are about 240,000 miles of gathering pipelines ferry the gas and oil to processing facilities and larger pipelines in the major energy-producing states nationwide.
Carbon Dioxide Emission Correlates Not Only Global Warming Issues But It Makes People Bulge In Size – Study
A mind boggling theory has been put forward by Lars-Georg Hersoug, a researcher of Denmark, who say that the increase in obese people in his country is roughly equivalent to the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Carbon Emissions From Energy Use Are Likely To Rise Seventy Percent By 2050
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has said that pressures on Earth’s ecosystem are so great that future generations could be doomed to falling living standards, as it assessed a report looking halfway of this millennium.
Spain Suffers Worst Drought In Decades As Farmers Leave Their Land Untilled
Spain has experienced with no rain since October of last year, the drought has affected the entire country.