Chunks of glacial ice tinkled in whisky glasses as chilled tourists gazed in wonder from their boat at the massive San Rafael glacier and the markers tallying its losing battle against global warming.
Chile’s San Rafael glacier fast disappearing (AFP)
Dallas Zoo officials are moving forward with a plan to turn animal droppings, cardboard and tree limbs into power for several buildings and irrigation for the zoo’s landscaping.
Animal poop to power Dallas Zoo
AFP – Children and the elderly in Beijing were advised to stay indoors as thick smog choked the city on Friday, a day after the top Olympic official warned pollution could disrupt next year’s Games.
Smog chokes Beijing amid Games delay fears
AP – A Coast Guard reconnaissance team is heading to the far north this week to scope out a new frontier that the warming Arctic climate is opening to ship traffic.
Coast Guard plans to set up arctic base
AP – Cities around the world are facing the danger of rising seas and other disasters related to climate change.
Rising seas threaten 21 mega-cities (AP)
AFP – Malaysia faces the extinction of 45 bird species in the next five to 10 years if it fails to introduce protected areas and breeding programmes for endangered species, a report said Thursday.
45 bird species in Malaysia face extinction: report (AFP)
AFP – Water pollution may already have reached “alarming” levels in China following its industrialisation over the last three decades, the Asian Development Bank said Thursday.
Warning sounded over level of water pollution in China (AFP)
