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Summit grooms student leaders for bigger things

Feature | Earthweek
2008-12-3

THE first ACAMIS student leadership summit in the East Asia region was hosted by Shanghai Community International School at their Hongqiao campus recently. The conference targeted student leaders from grades 6...

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Earthweek: A Diary of the Planet

Feature | Earthweek
2008-8-25

WILD Salmon Rebound SCIENTISTS and fishermen alike are startled and delighted by a resurgence of wild Atlantic salmon this summer from Labrador to the coast of Maine. "People are talking about runs they haven't...

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A Diary of the Planet

Feature | Earthweek
2008-7-7

HUMPBACKS Spared The International Whaling Commission ended a contentious annual meeting in Chile with Japan offering to not hunt humpback whales for another year. A motion by Norway that would have allowed...

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Earthweek: A Diary of the Planet

Feature | Earthweek
2008-3-31

Ice Crackup Satellite images taken during late February and March have revealed that Antarctica's massive Wilkins Ice Shelf is collapsing due to climate change on the most rapidly warming part of the continent. ...

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Earthweek: A Diary of the Planet

Feature | Earthweek
2008-3-24

Hawaii Gas Alert A new gas vent from Kilauea volcano threatens to send a cloud of toxic sulfur dioxide gas into the small community of Volcano, on the edge of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The vent is contributing...

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Earthweek: A Diary of the Planet

Feature | Earthweek
2008-3-3

Glacial Surge Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey say they have discovered that a group of glaciers covering an area the size of Texas has begun to flow into the ocean at an accelerated rate during the...

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Migrants Missing

Feature | Earthweek
2008-2-25

The coldest Chinese winter in decades, which has caused widespread misery to the population since mid-January, also appears to be responsible for the disappearance of more than 100,000 migratory birds in the east of...

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Locust Threat

Feature | Earthweek
2008-2-25

A gathering swarm of desert locusts threatens to devour crops from the Saudi Peninsula and Horn of Africa southward to Kenya in the coming months, according to an advisory from the UN Office for the Coordination of...

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Tropical Cyclones

Feature | Earthweek
2008-2-25

High winds and flash flooding from Cyclone Ivan pummeled the island of Madagascar, killing at least 11 people and leaving hundreds of others homeless. Catastrophic damage occurred on the tourist island of Sainte...

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Vanishing Act

Feature | Earthweek
2008-2-25

A new study by the US Wildlife Conservation Society has found that jack rabbits living in and around Yellowstone National Park have apparently hopped into oblivion over the past few decades. Writing in the journal...

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Middle East Snow

Feature | Earthweek
2008-2-25

A brutal winter storm brought heavy snow and blizzard conditions to much of the eastern Mediterranean, disrupting transportation from Greece to Israel, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. The storm forced...

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Earthquakes

Feature | Earthweek
2008-2-25

A powerful 7.4-magnitude temblor centered off quake-prone western Sumatra killed three people and seriously injured 25 others. A 6.0-magnitude quake wrecked buildings and ruptured water and gas lines in northeastern...

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Yellow Fever Outbreak

Feature | Earthweek
2008-2-25

Seven cases of yellow fever have been confirmed in Paraguay in what the World Health Organization says is the country's first outbreak in 34 years. The seven infections occurred in the San Pedro region, while...

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Smart Fish

Feature | Earthweek
2008-2-25

An Australian teenager has busted the myth that goldfish have only a three-second memory, proving that they have mental capacities to learn and remember complex concepts and retain knowledge for at least six days. ...

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La Nina Persists

Feature | Earthweek
2008-2-18

The La Nina ocean-cooling in the tropical Pacific is likely to linger for a few more months, bringing further global weather disruptions, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The cool phase of the...