The glaciers are shrinking
Every so often a report comes out of a remote part of the world that is so shocking that it makes us sit bolt upright and start thinking hard about global warming. Now it is news from the Bolivian
Every so often a report comes out of a remote part of the world that is so shocking that it makes us sit bolt upright and start thinking hard about global warming. Now it is news from the Bolivian
European pharmaceutical regulators are considering banning the use of Johnson & Johnson's anemia drug, Eprex, for a major class of patients because it is linked to a rare but serious side effect,
Drought hits cotton and rice and forces importation of wheat. Australia's production of cotton, rice and other summer crops will slump to a 20 year low because of a drought that is forcing the
The $2.2 billion Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has issued its first checks, for programs in Ghana, Haiti and Tanzania, as officials try to demonstrate the effectiveness and
Hundreds of smokers were fined $16 each in November, the first month since the introduction of outdoor no smoking zones in Tokyo's biggest business district, Chiyoda, officials
If the Bush administration decides to knock heads with Europe over its ban on new US biotech foods, the reason will lie less in France or Italy than in drought-hit Zambia. Though facing a serious
When Mexican corn farmers tramp through their fields behind donkey drawn plows, they have one goal: to eke out a living, Increasingly, however, they find themselves saddled with mountains of unsold
Facing criticism over the pace and focus of the president's policy on global warming, Bush administration officials say that failure scientific findings could speed consideration of more aggressive
The Global Climate and Energy Project announced last month by Stanford University is a welcome collaboration between academia and the private sector that holds the promise of shedding much needed
The CIA is investigating an informants accusation that Iraq obtained a particularly virulent strain of smallpox from a Russian scientist who worked in a smallpox lab in Moscow during Soviet times,