El Niño unlikely through Northern Hemisphere spring: CPC
(Reuters) – The U.S. national weather forecaster reiterated its prediction that the much-feared El Niño phenomenon is unlikely to affect the Northern Hemisphere weather this spring.
(Reuters) – The U.S. national weather forecaster reiterated its prediction that the much-feared El Niño phenomenon is unlikely to affect the Northern Hemisphere weather this spring.
LONDON (Reuters) – Up to half of all the food produced worldwide ends up going to waste due to poor harvesting, storage and transport methods as well as irresponsible retailer and consumer behavior, a report said on Thursday.
(Reuters) – A group of killer whales trapped under the ice of Hudson Bay and taking turns breathing from a small hole may have been freed by a shift in the winds, Canadian media reported on Thursday.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The worst snowstorm in 20 years shut public transport, roads and schools in Jerusalem on Thursday and along the northern Israeli region bordering on Lebanon.
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s carbon intensity, or its emissions relative to economic output, fell more than 3.5 percent in 2012, outperforming its average annual target, China’s chief climate change official said on Thursday.
LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia has banned the hunting of lions and other endangered wild cats such as leopards because it sees more value in game viewing tourism than blood sport, the country’s tourism minister said on Thursday.
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian biologist and Vietnamese colleagues have made a surprise discovery – a new species of flying frog gliding and jumping around less than 100 km from one of Southeast Asia’s busiest cities.
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s first cyclone of the storm season is intensifying off the country’s northwest and is expected to disrupt coastal areas in mining powerhouse Western Australia state as soon as Friday, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology s…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The government declared much of the central and southern Wheat Belt a natural disaster area on Wednesday due to persistent drought that imperils this year’s winter wheat harvest.
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil looks less vulnerable today to an energy crisis similar to one in 2001 that cut output at factories, lopped about a percentage point off economic growth, and led millions of people to spend their nights by candlelight.