Photo: VOA - M. Kornely
Wilderness students separate the delicious from the deadly
Full story »
But for now, Japan is breathing a slight sigh of relief after official word the crippled reactors are now in a 'cold shutdown' state
Agency says more than 1 million children face life-threatening malnutrition due to serious food shortages
Some residents concerned extraction process could contaminate water supplies
Rising costs expected to become more frequent, according to International Food Policy Research Institute
Many trees and tree species being lost in Sahel
![A psychedelic gecko [Cnemaspis psychedelica] is seen on this undated handout released World Wildlife Fund, December 12, 2011.](https://web.archive.org/web/20111219122958im_/http://media.voanews.com/images/75*75/reuters_wwf_psychedelic_gecko_230_12dec2011.jpg "A psychedelic gecko [Cnemaspis psychedelica] is seen on this undated handout released World Wildlife Fund, December 12, 2011.")
Researchers in 2010 identified 145 new plants, 28 reptiles, 25 fish, seven amphibians, two mammals, one bird in Greater Mekong region
Ottawa's move comes days after climate-change negotiators met to hammer-out global deal in Durban, South Africa
Scientists working on the carbon sponge project say they can now prove that this type of carbon sequestration can work safely
Among biggest achievements was approval of European Union plan to negotiate future legal deal to combat climate change
New US space agency study warns this century could see catastrophic impact if man-made global warming levels exceed ‘safe limit’
Activists call on government to develop clean supplies of energy since coal contributes to greenhouse gases, climate change
Increasing populations, climate change, poor infrastructure and inefficient use of resources complicate an ongoing problem
Delegates at COP17 talk of progress on a forestry program known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation
Self-sufficient buildings will be environmentally sustainable
