Cellphones track how malaria spreads in Kenya
Hal Hodson
Oct 11 , 2012
The movement of millions of people, monitored through their cellphones, has shed new light on how malaria is transmitted via human hosts in Kenya.
Visualizing Oil Addiction In The U.S.
09-28-2012
ARIEL SCHWARTZ
Sep
A tiny percentage of the United States uses more than 10% of all our oil. If we want to cut back, these people might be a good place to start.
Twenty more "Niles" needed to feed growing population - leaders
Alister Doyle
Sep 10 , 2012
"Catch Shares" Save Fish Populations--and the Fishing Industry
Sep 10, 2012
Dear EarthTalk: What are “catch shares” as a strategy for rescuing fish populations that are on the brink?—Peter Parmalee, New Orleans
In Fuel Cells, Some Hope for Urban Sanitation
08-16-2012
SOPHIA LI
Rising chemicals output a hazard, clean-up needed by 2020 -UN
Alister Doyle
Sep 5 , 2012
* Rising share of chemicals produced in emerging economies
* Poisonings among leading causes of death -UNEP
By Alister Doyle
A Summer of Extremes Signifies the New Normal
09-04-2012
bill mckibben
This summer has seen record heat waves and wildfires in the U.S, the worst flooding in Beijing’s modern history, and droughts that devastated the U.S. corn crop and led India to set up “refugee camps” for livestock.
Policymakers agree ambitious global water monitoring initiative-expert
Julie Mollins
Sep 5 , 2012
An Andean woman drinks water from the Cortada lagoon in the Andean region of Cajamarca November 24, 2011. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil
Asian nations 'face greatest natural disaster risk'
08-15-2012
Mark Kinver
August 15, 2012
Emerging economies in Asia, including India and the Philippines, face the greatest financial risk from natural disasters, an analysis suggests.
Introducing the Ocean Health Index
08-15-2012
KELLY SLIVKA
August 15, 2012
Scores on the Ocean Health Index ranged from 36 (Sierra Leone, in West Africa) to 86 (Jarvis Island in the Pacific).