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Taking the pulse of Ngozumpa - 0 views
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Ngozumpa Glacier in Nepal snakes away from the sixth highest mountain in the world, Cho Oyo. It's not the greatest glacier to look at - far from it. It's smothered in a layer of rocky debris that's fallen from the surrounding cliffs, giving it a very grey, dirty appearance.
Tuna caught off California carry radiation from Japan, Stanford scientist finds - 0 views
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This is a more accurate article about the tuna that carry radiation from the Fukushima disaster. The radiation is "Not a public health concern" according to scientists.
FUEL SPILL: Images from the Exxon Valdez oil spill - 0 views
CAN YOU DO THIS WITH YOUR TAP WATER? - YouTube - 2 views
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The effect to the tab water from the shale oil frackting process...
BBC News - Smell of forest pine can limit climate change - researchers - 1 views
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Aerosols in the air from pine trees (what carries their scent) block sunlight and reflect rays back into space, and thus counters climate change and has a cooling effect.
Rising Refugee Numbers - EU struggling to cope - 0 views
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Germany has pledged to take in 5,000 refugees from Syria. But they still haven't arrived. Human rights organizations complain that the EU's refugee policy is marked by a lack of solidarity.
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Now there are 1 million child refugees from Syria. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23803308
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Some facts about the refugees and where they stay. Worth a look. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23801200
Tons of poisoned fish clog river in China's Hubei province - CNN.com - 0 views
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After the dead pigs in the river comes dead fish, poisoned by ammonia from a chemical plant.
Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system | Video on TED.com - 0 views
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TED on our food system from a kids' perspectives
Saks Fifth Avenue Shopper Finds Cry for 'HELP!" From Factory 'Slave' Inside S... - 2 views
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Prisons in China are made into factories, and the prisoners are forced into labor and slavery.
Malalai Yusufzai: Young activist attacked in Pakistan's Swat - 0 views
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Malalai was just 11 years old when the Taliban took over the Swat Valley, and ordered girls' schools to close. In her diary, which she kept for the BBC's Urdu service under a pen name, she exposed the suffering caused by the militants as they ruled. Malalai Yusufzai was attacked on her way home from school in Mingora, the region's main town
Renova - from waste to clean energy - 2 views
Solar energy becomes a major focus for Argentina - 1 views
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The Argentinean government is currently investigating 11 projects to be part of the country's new renewable energy initiative. Four projects have already been approved by the government and are awaiting financial aid in order to begin taking form. One of these projects comes from China's Sky Solar Holdings. The other projects are likely to be approved in the coming months and will help the country reach its 2013 renewable energy goals effectively.
BBC News - Japan extracts gas from methane hydrate in world first - 0 views
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Japan found a new alternate energy!
Britain ''running out of wheat" due to bad weather - 0 views
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Britain will become a net importer of wheat for the first time in a decade this year because of bad weather, the National Farmers' Union has said. The prolonged cold weather is expected to impact this autumn's harvest The average yield fell from 7.8 tonnes a hectare to 6.7 tonnes last summer. Looking ahead to the 2013 harvest, farmers had only managed to get three quarters of the planned wheat planted this year, so the UK was already 25% down on potential production.