In this week's climate change story, the fishing industry is under threat. With increased temperatures come warmer and shallower waters, leading to dwindling catches and frustrated fishermen. Already in the...
(Al Jazeera English: November 13, 2009) Pakistan suffered three deadly attacks on Friday, just hours apart. A Canadian gold mining company is accused of causing serious environmental damage in Mexico...
In this week's climate change story, witness the devastating effects of climate change on agriculture and farming. In addition to heat waves, floods and droughts killing off cattle and crops,...
Dr. Henry N. Pollack, author of "A World Without Ice," addresses accusations of climate change as an uncertain theory. "Uncertainty should not lead to policy paralysis," he says. "Uncertainty is...
Earth Focus reports from the 2009 Tallberg Forum in Sweden, which explores if we can live within our planet's boundaries. Is there a plausible Plan B? Also in Sweden, the 2009...
In this week's climate change story, scientific evidence of rising sea levels predicts the loss of the southern end of Florida by the close of the century. Other major...
Meet Nina and Mickey McCoy, schoolteachers from Inez, Kentucky, as they take their fight against King Coal to Washington. Tired of writing letters to their representatives and getting no response,...
Take a journey around the world with Charlie and the explore Team on their quest to capture the essence of mother nature. Hike through Rwanda's rainforests to explore the lives...
(Al Jazeera English: October 29, 2009) The UN's top investigator on torture, Manfred Novak, has been denied entry into Zimbabwe, despite being invited by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to look...
Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP), speaks with correspondent Miles Benson in this special Earth Focus interview, discussing UNEP's sobering new report that says we will...
(Latin Pulse: October 27, 2009) Thousands of people representing Ecuador's indigenous tribes are suing Chevron-Texaco over the pools of toxic wastewater the company left behind. Following Chevron-Texaco's 30 years of profit...
Genetically engineered foods are "only unnatural if you don't know the biology," says author and futurist Stewart Brand in this speech at the Long Now Foundation from our partners at...
In this week's climate change story Americans, especially in the Midwest, are feeling the heat as temperatures rise to record-breaking levels. Nine of the 10 hottest years on record have...
Janet Larsen, Director of Research at the Earth Policy Institute in Washington, DC, sits down with correspondent Miles Benson to discuss the world's climate change challenge.
Arctic sea ice acts as a natural air conditioner that keeps the planet from overheating. But this ice, covering the northernmost tip of our planet, is melting away more and...
