Eco/Nature Vibes

World’s first positive energy mixed-use building


This 1.4 million sf building for Masdar City in Abu Dhabi will the first mixed use building to create more energy than it uses.

UN Says Warming Threatens Fish Stocks

PARIS - Major world commercial fish stocks could collapse within decades as global warming compounds damage from pollution and overfishing, U.N. officials said Friday.

Venice: Tides run low, threatening water traffic


The famous lagoon city tends to run dry for a week each winter, and on Monday tides were as much as 80 centimeters below normal.

Your Health: Medicinal plants face extinction


AL GORE once said that a scientist told him that "the human brain and the opposable thumb" that allowed us to hold over all other species is actually bad for our planet.

Climate Change Warning: Lake Mead Could Be Dry By 2021

There is a 50 percent chance Lake Mead, a key source of water for millions of people in the southwestern United States, will be dry by 2021 if climate changes as expected and future water usage is not curtailed

Sharks In Peril: Ocean's Fiercest Predators Now Vulnerable To Extinction


Sharks are disappearing from the world's oceans. The numbers of many large shark species have declined by more than half due to increased demand for shark fins and meat