The state of the world’s environment is one of the most important stories of the new century. Debates over the impact of climate change reverberate throughout the globe. So do disputes about what actions might be necessary, both to preserve the environment and to develop sources of energy for a growing global community.
The World’s environment coverage, led by environment editor Peter Thomson, examines the health of the planet and explores the impacts of human activity on everything from the earth’s ecosystems to the food we put on our plates.
Server farms – buildings house huge number of machines that support websites and internet activity – need to be kept cool. As a result, more and more high-tech companies are building data centers in the far north to take advantage of the naturally cool climate there.
Italy is experimenting with small drones to track down mafia eco-criminals involved in illegal dumping. Reporter Angelica Marin reports from Naples.
Mongolia’s nomadic herders make up more than half the country’s population, but their traditional lifestyle is seriously threatened by climate change.
Barely a year after a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled northern Japan, there’s increasing fear of a big quake hitting Tokyo. Reporter Sam Eaton recently spent time with one of Japan’s leading seismologists, and a survivor of the last major quake to hit Tokyo, nearly 90 years ago.
An estimated 1.7 percent of people in greater Toronto cycle to work. That’s a low figure compared to other large North American cities listed. Many European cities such as Berlin, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam leave Toronto in the dust.
The World’s China correspondent Mary Kary Magistad talks to anchor Marco Werman about how biking in Beijing has changed as more and more cars are taking over the roads.
Hundreds of dead dolphins washed up on the beaches in northern part of Peru’s vast coastline and now in the past few days, dead pelicans have been found in the very same area.
Two years ago Russian researchers spotted what they believe is the only all white, adult killer whale in the North Pacific Ocean. Now the research team plans to explore the region to try to identify and observe the orca named Iceberg.
France gets a larger share of its electricity from nuclear power than any other country. But as Liam Moriarty reports, a year after the Fukushima disaster public support is eroding, and for the first time nuclear power has become an issue in a presidential election.
Nearly 3,000 people died in Kabul last year as a result of an intangible threat – air pollution.
Nearly one-fifth of the world’s reefs are already gone due to the combined effect of global warming, pollution and overfishing. But a handful of new and ongoing studies are starting to suggest a less gloomy picture for the future of the world’s reefs [...]
A new census of emperor penguins in Antarctica has found that there are roughly twice as many as had been estimated. But researchers say the new numbers don’t change the fact that Antarctic penguins are seriously threatened by climate change. Host Lisa Mullins speaks with researcher Michelle LaRue.
As gold prices are soaring, Scotland is set to open a new gold mine inside the Loch Lomond National Park in the highlands.
A new smart app called “Whale Alert!” that has been designed to help prevent ships from colliding with endangered North Atlantic Right Whales.
One of my favorite websites, hands down, is Stuff Dutch People Like (#22: Hairgel! #27: Picking Their Noses!). Yeah, check it out. Posts usually come complete with video and/or photographic evidence. Now I get to add one to the list: phenology [...]
