Tag: Earth science
Preservation or development? Brazil’s Amazon at a crossroads
TRAIRAO, Brazil (AP) - Night falls in Brazil’s Amazon and two logging trucks without license plates emerge from the jungle. They rumble over dirt...
UN climate talks in limbo as chair Chile bids for compromise
MADRID (AP) - Chilean officials presiding over this year's U.N. climate talks said Saturday they plan to propose a compromise to bridge yawning differences...
UN climate talks in limbo as rifts among countries remain
MADRID (AP) - Countries remained deadlocked Saturday in talks over combating climate change as U.N. talks dragged on beyond the official deadline with no...
UN climate talks in limbo as rifts among countries remain
MADRID (AP) - Countries remain deadlocked in talks over combating climate change as U.N. talks drag on beyond the official deadline.Officials from almost 200...
New Zealand divers attempt to recover last 2 volcano victims
WHAKATANE, New Zealand (AP) - Police divers returned to the waters around New Zealand's volcanic White Island at dawn Saturday to search for the...
New Zealand divers attempt to recover last 2 volcano victims
WHAKATANE, New Zealand (AP) - Police divers returned to the waters around New Zealand's volcanic White Island at dawn Saturday to search for the...
Thunberg accuses leaders of ‘creative PR’ at climate talks
MADRID (AP) - Activist Greta Thunberg accused governments and businesses of misleading the public by holding climate talks that are not achieving real...
NZ police opening criminal probe of deaths at volcano island
WHAKATANE, New Zealand (AP) - New Zealand police said Tuesday they were opening a criminal investigation into the deaths of tourists on a volcanic...
5 dead, many more missing in eruption of New Zealand volcano
WHAKATANE, New Zealand (AP) - A volcano on a New Zealand island erupted Monday with a towering blast of ash and scalding steam as...
Quake rattles Tuscany, no injuries reported
ROME (AP) - An earthquake struck Tuscany north of Florence on Monday, sending frightened people into the street in the middle of the night,...