BONN, Germany, June 17 (Xinhua) -- The latest United Nations (UN) climate talks ended here on Friday with no surprise -- some technical issues saw some progress, as delegates usually said, while major disagreements remained. The two-week UN climate n...
Climate change is already beginning to hurt maize and wheat production, according to a new study. Higher average growing season temperatures(温度) in most major grain-producing countries are beginning to work against the progress made by improving...
LOS ANGELES, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Sugarcane（甘蔗） has the effect of cooling temperatures(温度) , thus playing role in stemming global warming, a new study has found. Sugarcane does so by reflecting sunlight back into space and by lowering the...
Climate change is one of the most worrying things for our planet. Many politicians and scientists say it is the biggest danger we face. I read almost every day that climate change is changing the Earth forever. Many species of animal, fish, insect, f...
United Nations talks on climate change are nearing a close with no clear consensus yet in sight. The meeting is aimed at laying the groundwork for progress at a major climate change meeting in Mexico later this year. While many of the negotiators for...
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard of the Federal Labor Party waves to well-wishers at the end of voting in Melbourne, 21 Aug 2010 Australia is in political deadlock after national elections seem almost certain to deliver the country's first hun...
More than 300 scientists from 14 countries brought their skills to the Greenland base camp over five summers. Jim White studies really old ice. He thinks it will help predict what the climate will be like in the future. White is director of the Insti...
Volunteers equipped with nothing more than digital cameras are taking part in an unusual bee hunt. It's part of an environmental study that has amateur photographers documenting the impact of climate change, pollution and other factors on the interpl...
FAITH LAPIDUS: I'm Faith Lapidus. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about efforts to climb Mount Everest. In May, a thirteen-year-old American boy became the youngest person to climb the tallest...
Environmentalists in Britain were rejoicing after the country's recent election. The Green Party won its first seat in Parliament, and the new Prime Minister, David Cameron, said his government would be the greenest in British history. But with opini...
