Obese people are contributing to global warming and the world food crisis say UK experts - The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine calculated the obese consume 18% more calories than average and are responsible for using more fuel, which has an environmental impact and drives up food prices.
Old growth forests add to global warming - Over its lifetime, a tree shifts from being a vacuum cleaner for atmospheric carbon to an emitter of carbon
Pacific Decadal Oscillation appears to be extending the cooling impact of La Nina - The Pacific Decadal Oscillation is a long-term fluctuation of the Pacific Ocean that waxes and wanes between cool and warm phases approximately every five to 20 years - it is now entering the cooling phase.
Extinction forecasted - One in four mammals, one bird in eight, one third of all amphibians and 70 percent of plants are under threat of extinction say experts at UN Convention on BiodiversityGay and Lesbian Humanist Association claim Islamic nations have subverted the UN Human Rights Council by passing Resolution 7/19 that contains a clause for 'Combating Defamation of Religion'
Bahrain, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Gabon and Zambia are not qualified for seats on the Human Rights Council say UN Watch and Freedom HouseNoise pollution study suggests that people living or working in a noise of above 60 decibels - the equivalent of a baby crying - are more likely to suffer a heart attackAir pollution increases blood clot risk by 70% says Harvard studyIceland ranked number 1 in the Global Peace Index - Canada came in at No. 11 on the list, compared with Britain at 49th spot and the United States at 97, a ranking that had it behind countries such as Kuwait, Nicaragua and Libya.
Salmon fishing banned along the West Coast of USA for the first time in 160 years due to declining fish stocksPlan to reverse global warming by spraying sulphate particles may backfire and could make matters much worse, claim climate researchers
Polar bears not endangered says Canadian wildlife panel. Disappearing summer sea ice is causing a decline in numbers in some areas but other regions are stable and in some the population is rising.
'Rainmakers Conference' - Scientists gather to discuss weather management and modification tacticsFormer founding member of Greenpeace - Canadian Patrick Moore - now promotes nuclear powerLake Baikal warming faster than the atmosphere, challenging the idea that large bodies of water can withstand global warming says new report by U.S. and Russian scientists
Connecticut becomes fifth US state to adopt mandatory limits on global warming pollution