The Indian Ocean atoll nation of the Maldives, threatened with extinction due to global warming, is fighting for its life by building a brand new island safely above the rising waves. A short boat

The world's wettest spot is hit by an acute water shortage. In fact, the area is showing signs of desertification. Mawsynram, a mountainous tribal hamlet in Meghalaya, shot into international

La Nina has arrived: La Nina has arrived in Asia sooner than expected, causing the floods in China, India and Bangladesh, a spokesman for the Meteorological Service of Singapore said on Tuesday. The

South Korea should boost its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that lead to global warming, domestic and foreign environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) urged yesterday. The

Alaska is melting : Alaska is thawing, and much of northern Russia and Canada with it, and many scientists say that the warming of these cold regions is one of the most telling signals that the

Antarctica may be an important predictor of climatic changes elsewhere thousands of years before they appear, researchers say. Analyzing, ice cores drilled from deep within glaciers, researchers have

The Japan government will propose at an international conference on global warming in November a plan to provide developing nations with incentives to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, government sources

Japan has announced it is to begin a nationwide study on the storage of waste contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The research will evaluate the extent of unregulated use and illegal

British Petroleum Co Plc plans to pledge Friday to reduce its 'greenhouse gas' emissions by 10 per cent below 1990 levels within 12 years, the Washington Post reported on Friday.The newspaper said

Twenty two nations have agreed to implement an action plan to enforce global warming obligations set out at last December's Kyoto conference. The plan, agreed at an informal meeting of ministers on