Alister Doyle, Oct 3, 2013

OSLO, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The world's oceans are under greater threat than previously believed from a "deadly trio" of global warming, declining oxygen levels and acidification, an international study said on Thursday.

The Guardian, November 14 2013

Deforestation in the Amazon increased by nearly a third over the past year, according to Brazilian government figures released on Thursday.

Arthur Neslen Sep 18 2013

 An architect of the UN’s Millennium development Goals (MDGs) says he fears that a lack of strong leadership at the UN could lead to its poverty eradication goals being replaced by an over-politicised and unachievable “wish list” after 2015.

Brad Plumer

The Lancet recently unveiled a major overview of global health risks — and one of the most eye-catching papers highlighted just how deadly air pollution has become over the past two decades.

SARAH LYALL

  WORCESTER, England — Britons may remember 2012 as the year the weather spun off its rails in a chaotic concoction of drought, deluge and flooding, but the unpredictability of it all turns out to have been all too predictable: Around the world, extreme has become the new commonplace.

Fifty years after Sputnik, satellitespeering down on Earth have become valuable scientific tools to study the global environment and offer much needed insight into the future of our planet.

A groundbreaking scripps voyage led by students helps define a rising environmental threat.

AFP - Communities in developing countries are facing increased health and environmental risks linked to mercury exposure, the United Nations Environment Programme said Thursday.

CHERYL COLOPY

Oct 11 , 2012

Hal Hodson

Oct 11 , 2012

The movement of millions of people, monitored through their cellphones, has shed new light on how malaria is transmitted via human hosts in Kenya.