Hundreds of residents fled their homes and spent the night out in the open after a volcano in southern Chile erupted, spewing lava and ash.
The director of the government's emergency bureau, Carmen Fernandez, today said that a state of alert remained
With oil now costing more than $110 per barrel and gasoline prices exceeding $4 per gallon in many parts of the country, it is popular to blame rising energy demand in China and India for the run-up in prices. Americans should instead look in the mirror.
The study found that one of the busiest avenues for bears runs right through Campbell Creek. While biologists knew the area was popular with bears, they were surprised to find out just how many were hanging out along the stream.
As it is prone to do when the donors come a-calling, the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government "has admitted its forestry sector is riddled with corruption" . This occurred during aid talks with the Australian government, and reflects political posturin
The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot is found only in high mountain meadows near the town of Cloudcroft in the Sacramento Mountains,N.M.The species is threatened by road maintenance and construction,livestock grazing,invasive plants,climate change,pestic
Rare species aren't the only things that can be called "endangered" -- the biologically rich, rapidly disappearing ecosystems they live in need recognition, too. Last week, American Rivers declared that the Gila River, one of the only free-flowing rivers
Climate change in Africa could leave 250 million more people short of water by 2020, spurring conflicts and threatening stability on the world's poorest continent, the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner said on Tuesday.
These are of course, famous words from Joseph Conrad’s 1902 novel: Heart of Darkness, describing Victorian London. At that time, the city was the heart of the most technologically advanced society on earth.
