Some Hope Yet

Despite the grim prospects for the future of humankind brought about by environmental issues such as climate changes, there is still hope yet for us.

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New Species Discovered Around the Globe

This giant woolly rat found in

Papua New Guinea is just one of hundreds of species previously unknown to science that were brought to light in 2009

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Critical Habitat for Polar Bears Proposed

"That is a huge, positive affirmation that losing the polar bear is unacceptable," said the Center for Biological Diversity's Cummings.

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Massive Marine Monument Created

Undersea mud volcanoes, submerged islands, and waters teeming with sharks and other predators got a new lease on life

designated a federally protected area

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Walmart Going Green?

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Brazil Deforestation Rate Slows

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Solar Cells Printed Like Money

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Beer Maker Calculates Water Footprint

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Google Earth Gets an Ocean

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Initiative to Protect Corals Launched

Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and East Timor—launched an initiative in May to address overfishing, unsustainable coastal development

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Salmon Return to Paris

The species had disappeared from the river by 1900