Although it is a heavily urbanized nation, fully two-thirds of Japan remains woodlands. Yet many of the forests are timber plantations inhospitable to wildlife, especially black bears, which are struggling to survive in one of the most densely populated countries

Between fiery destruction, mudslides, and ash clouds that blot out the sun, volcanoes aren't short on spectacular threats to human life. But on the island of Hawaii, residents living downwind of the actively erupting Kilauea volcano are at risk of

Sea turtles are ancient creatures, living mostly unseen in the world's oceans. At certain times of the year, egg-bearing females must come ashore to lay eggs deep in the warm sand of tropical beaches. The nesting process can be threatened

Today we launched our popular Guide to Greener Electronics in Japanese , for the very first time, as part of a week of activities to mark the 20th Anniversary of Greenpeace in Japan. Regular readers will know Greenpeace in Japan

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About Worldchanging Alex Steffen Worldchanging Staff Press Room

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Three Mau settlers surrendered their title deeds at the Nakuru lands office on Friday.

Birim North Umbrella Youth Association, a group made up of 13 recognized youth groups in communities in the Birim North District, has called for the granting of mining licence to Newmont Ghana Gold Limited to mine gold deposits in the

The Youth for Action Ghana (YAG), a youth activist group dedicated to the promotion of human rights, protection of the environment and inculcation of patriotism, has condemned Newmont Ahafo Mine for the recent cyanide spillage.

A crisis is looming over the small-scale farms of Africa. Experts agree that climate change is manifesting itself in the form of prolonged drought in many parts of Africa. This is having a devastating impact on millions of resource-poor, small-scale

Paleontologists Mark Goodwin and Jack Horner have dug for 11 years in Montana's Hell Creek Formation in search of every dinosaur fossil they can find, accumulating specimens of all stages of development. Their new report on the growth stages of

Scientists report a major step forward in the development of an effective therapy against two deadly viruses, Nipah virus and the related Hendra virus.

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of dinosaur that lived 112 million years ago during the early Cretaceous of central Montana. The new dinosaur, a species of ankylosaur is the biological version of an army tank. It is protected by

Unnoticed by the nearby residents of St. Johnsbury, Vt., tiny leaf beetles that flit among the maple and willow trees in the area have just provided some of the clearest evidence yet that environmental factors play a major role in

A Vermont dairy farm is producing something other than milk. Earlier this month, state officials were on hand to visit Vermont's newest methane facility. Westminster Farms Inc., along with Green Mountain Power (GMP), have been working together in an on-site

The multiyear ice covering the Arctic Ocean has effectively vanished, a startling development that will make it easier to open up polar shipping routes, an Arctic expert said on Thursday.

The world carbon market will be worth $122 billion in 2009, just $3 billion higher than last year. The forecast, from UK research group New Energy Finance, marks a severe drop in growth amid the global economic downturn.