Environment : Everything tagged "conservation"

Phil Hollmann Normally when grand statements are made about a nation’s offshore wind power potential the mind naturally conjures up briny images. In the US however, thanks to the Great Lakes though, another area of potential offshore wind development

Gapers Block: Drive-Thru, a Chicago food site

Study shows that the rising frequency and intensity of arctic storms over the last half century, attributed to progressively warmer waters, directly provoked acceleration of the rate of arctic sea ice drift.

Makers of everything from milk to jackets to cars are starting to tally up the carbon footprints of their products. Take a look at six everyday items and the numbers that go with them.

photo: Jurek Durczack It may not be nearly the ridiculously large potential claimed by geothermal power in Australia, but a new report commissioned by the Carnegie Corporation indicates that one-third of Australia's power needs could be met through wave

The Catedral in Peru\'s Paracas National ParkWhile Peru’s long strip of coastal desert is not as well-known by foreigners as are Peru’s mountain highlands and lush tropical rainforests, it has enticed the interest of climate change researchers who are

A massive assessment of the planet's mammals finds one in three marine species, and one in four on land, are being pushed towards extinction

But did you know that Sarah Palin actually filed a lawsuit to prevent the listing of polar bears as an endangered species?

A tribal program on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana is among several efforts to reintroduce this diminutive canine to habitat where it has been wiped out