Campaigners on climate change believe that a signal from Pope Francis that the Church considers global warming a grave danger could influence the global discussion on the severity of the problem, what has caused it and what can be done.
The study, published Thursday in journal Science, found that extinction risks were highest in South America, Australia and New Zealand, and risks did not vary by taxonomic group. In South America, the most vulnerable region, 23 percent of species may face extinction.
So far this year, Costa Rica has generated all of its electricity without burning fossil fuels. But despite the excitement, statistics from the Environment Ministry show that this achievement does little to reduce the country’s overall reliance on fossil fuels.
The Mexican government's plan foresees emissions peaking in 2026, with greenhouse gases falling 22 percent and black carbon dropping 51 percent by 2030.
To create strains of heat-resistant beans, scientists crossed the protein-rich common bean — a food staple in Latin America and Africa — with the drought and heat-resistant tepary bean.
Northern Hemisphere residents and Americans in particular should take note — when the bottom of the world loses vast amounts of ice, those of us living closer to its top get more sea level rise than the rest of the planet, thanks to the law of gravity.
The longest single leg of the solar-powered round-the-world trip will see a lone pilot fly non-stop for five days and nights across the Pacific Ocean between Nanjing, China and Hawaii, a distance of 8,500 kilometers (5,270 miles).
Several thousands of years before the Egyptians, the Chinchorro people of South America were mummifying their dead. Lately, Chinchorro mummies have started to degrade.
