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China Culls Birds as Bird Flu Death Toll Mounts
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese authorities were slaughtering birds at a poultry market in the financial hub Shanghai as the death toll from a new strain of bird flu mounted to six on Friday, spreading concern overseas and sparking a sell-o...
China’s Bad Air Day
Lede: Long derided, and denied, the smog in China's industrial belt has reached crisis levels. In Beijing, the air pollution is more concentrat...
Climate Change Impacts on Understorey Bamboo Species and Giant Pandas in China’s Qinling Mountains
Climate change is threatening global ecosystems through its impact on the survival of individual species and their ecological functions1, 2. Despite the important role of understorey plants in forest ecosystems3, 4, 5, climate impact assessments on understorey plants and their role in supporting wildlife habitat are scarce in the literature. Here we assess climate-change impacts
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World on Track for 6C Warming Without Carbon Cuts, Study Shows
Current rates of decarbonisation are well short of the 5% a year needed to avoid worst effects of climate change The slow rate of emissions cuts in major economies has put the world on track for 6C of warming. Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images The ...
New Wave of Tibetan Self-Immolations Hits China
Anger and despair appear to be consuming Tibetan areas of China, where at least four more Tibetans have set themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule. The most recent self-immolation took place Friday night in Sankok township in Sangchu county, in C...
Who Owns the World? Noam Chomsky on U.S.-Fueled Dangers, from Climate Change to Nuclear Weapons
In the week when President Obama and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney debated issues of foreign policy and the economy, we turn to world-renowned political dissident, linguist, author and MIT professor, Noam Chomsky. In a recent speech, Chomsky examined topics largely ignored or glossed over during the campaign: China, the Arab Spring, global warming, nuclear proliferation, and the military threat posed by Israel and the U.S. versus Iran. He reflects on the Cuban missile crisis, which took place 50 years ago this week and is still referred to as "the most dangerous moment in human history." He delivered this talk last month at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst at an event sponsored by the Center for Popular Economics. Chomsky's talk was entitled "Who Owns the World?" [includes rush transcript]
Oceana CEO Tells CCTV How to Restore the Oceans
Oceana CEO Andy Sharpless dropped by the Chinese CCTV studios recently to talk China, responsible fisheries management and how it could bring the world's oceans back to a state of abundance in just 5 years. As he points out, 11% of world's ocean fish ...
Ivory Seizures Prompt Calls for China to End Domestic Trade
Despite a 1989 global ban the market in elephant tusks is growing, threatening populations of the animal across Africa Elephants in Tsavo East national park in Kenya. The escalating trade in tusks is threatening populations across Africa. Photogra...
Dolphin Carries Dead Baby Animal’s Body Out to Sea
Tourists in China captured a poignant moment on camera recently when they saw an adult dolphin carrying its deceased calf out to sea. In the photograph, the dolphin has mounted the baby's limp body on its back and a large, bloody gash can be seen ...
Making a Killing – A 2011 Survey of Ivory Markets in China
Publication Date: Mon, 06/04/2012 Image: In a world of economic uncertainty, elephant ivory has become a ne...
