Rubber ducks help track a melting glacier
Source: Reuters
To help figure out what's happening inside the fastest-moving Greenland glacier, a US rocket scientist sent 90 rubber ducks into the ice, hoping someone finds them if they emerge in Baffin Bay.
The slow ripening of India's biofuel industry
Source: The Economist
Outside his village in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, Sudarshan Dhrube inspects a field of jatropha, planted in rust-red soils, heavy with iron. His village is growing the shrub under the watchful eye of D1-BP Fuel Crops, a joint venture between D1 Oils, a British biofuels firm, and BP, an energy giant.
Grandparents are new champions of green movement
Source: Daily Telegraph
Grandparents are the new champions of the green movement thanks to wartime austerity and a commitment to recycling, according to a survey.
Severe decline in common bird species around world
Source: The Times
Dozens of what were once numbered among the world's most common birds have suffered disastrous slumps in numbers in the past half century, a report has concluded.
Why ecotourists should head to high-rise resorts
Source: New Scientist
Planning a sunny holiday, perhaps in Spain? Think that strips of high-rise hotels are an eyesore and an environmental crime? They may not be as bad as you think.
Beijing returns to congested normal after Olympics
Source: Reuters
Beijing was grinding back to its congested normal on Saturday after two months of traffic restrictions and factory closures which kept the city's notorious pollution at bay for the Olympic and Paralympic games.
Privately owned fisheries may help shore up stocks
Source: The New York Times
Giving people ownership rights in marine fisheries can halt or even reverse catastrophic declines in commercial stocks, researchers in California and Hawaii are reporting.
Australia to set up carbon capture institute
Source: Reuters
Australia will set up a A$100 million carbon capture research institute aimed at fighting climate shift and with ambitions of becoming the world hub for the technology, the government said on Friday.
