World news about “Ecological crisis” published by euronews.
Overfishing: can the EU influence change? The darkest warnings are becoming reality: the world’s fish stocks are collapsing. Many blame the so-called “supertrawlers” supported by public money. … 13/12/2012
Protecting the Giant Mussels of the Italian coast The operation to remove the wreckage of the Costa Concordia from the Italian coastline has faced many challenges but one in particular has caught the… 06/11/2012
Jeremy Rifkin and ‘lateral power’ energy Meet the author of a work about staving off our own extinction: Jeremy Rifkin, who advises the European Commission. He is an American economist. He has… 31/05/2012
EU parliament’s bee plea An emergency call to save bees has gone out from the European Parliament — to come to the rescue of the insect which is so vital for plant and animal… 17/11/2011
New Zealand: Rena cargo ship unstable – nocomment Salvage crews from an oil-leaking cargo ship off the coast of New Zealand have delayed operations to resume pumping out the remaining fuel on Saturday because… 15/10/2011
When too much green is not green at all Another summer’s day, another huge tide of green algae along the coast of Brittany in north western France. It is a complex environmental problem that has… 21/07/2011
Oceans in crisis: report sets out recommendations A panel of scientific experts has outlined how we can slow down or reverse the unprecedented loss of species in the world’s oceans. They say the decline seen… 23/06/2011
Fish face same fate as dinosaurs Experts say the world’s oceans are facing mass extinction of fish and other marine life on a scale comparable with the disappearance of the dinosaurs. This… 21/06/2011
Prestige tanker spill trial opens in CorunnaTen years after the oil tanker Prestige sank off the Spanish coast, hundreds of activists protested outside a special court as senior officers from the vessel… 16/10/2012
Spain: Prestige oil spill disaster trial beginsThree seamen accused of causing Spain’s worst ever environmental disaster are going on trial. The Prestige tanker sank in 2002, spilling more than 50,000… 16/10/2012
Arctic ice gone by 2016, says polar expertThe Arctic in January shown in computer animation reveals how the ice shrinks as spring arrives, then dramatically disappears after May. But the Arctic’s… 19/09/2012
Amazon dam building starts againA judge in Brazil has ruled that construction can resume on the 13bn dollar Belo Monte dam in the Amazon. The order overturns a judgement last week… 30/08/2012
Greenland’s “unprecedented” ice meltNASA has released images showing what it describes as an “unprecedented” melt of Greenland’s ice sheet during a four-day period this month. The space agency… 25/07/2012
Coastal pollution fears after Nigeria oil spillThose living along Nigeria’s coastline said on Monday that officials are not doing enough to clean up last month’s deep sea oil spill. Thirteen coastal… 02/01/2012
Futuris 19 A World Without Bees ?00.00.00 Generique 00.08.00 More and more beekeepers all over the world are witnessing a sharp drop in the number of bees they keep. In the United… 13/12/2011
Nuclear waste train trundles homeA controversial rail consignment of nuclear waste headed for Germany through France has continued on its way without further interruptions from… 24/11/2011
NZ shipwreck may be taken apart to retrieve containersThe cargo ship that ran aground on a New Zealand reef may have to be broken up so that containers onboard can be removed. Calm winds have allowed 18 to be… 17/11/2011
Salvage crews back on New Zealand shipSalvage crews have returned to the stricken container ship Rena, grounded off the coast of New Zealand since October 5. Rough weather had forced the team to… 19/10/2011
Bluefish festival to save Istanbul’s beloved ‘lüfer’Known locally as lüfer, bluefish are a popular traditional dish along the shores of the Bosphorus – and often served as a tasty snack on board Istanbul’s… 15/10/2011
Volunteers rush to join New Zealand oil clean-upThousands of volunteers have joined the clean-up operation in New Zealand following an oil spill from a stricken cargo ship. Salvage crews have had to wait… 15/10/2011
The dangerous job of emptying the ‘Rena’Salvage teams in New Zealand are risking their lives on board the shipwrecked Rena container vessel. A large crack in the hull shows just how close the ship… 13/10/2011
Salvage of ‘Rena’ resumes in New Zealand’s Bay of PlentyWith the arrival of calmer weather, the pumping of oil has resumed from the stricken Rena container ship in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty. While there are… 13/10/2011
Cracks appear in ship stranded off New ZealandA stricken container ship stranded off the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island is at risk of breaking up after cracks appeared in its hull. The… 12/10/2011
Captain of stricken ship is charged in New ZealandHeavy swells and strong winds continue to pound a stricken container ship wedged on a reef off New Zealand. The Liberian registered Rena has leaked 300… 12/10/2011
New Zealand oil slick is ‘worst ever’New Zealand authorities expect that pollution will get worse but say there seems to be no danger of a container ship breaking up as it sits stuck on a reef… 11/10/2011
Oil spill is NZ’s ‘worst maritime environmental disaster’An oil spill in New Zealand is now being described by the government as the country’s “worst ever maritime environmental disaster”. Officials have confirmed… 11/10/2011
Military called in as oil spill fears rise in NZOil has begun washing up on a popular beach in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty, as salvage workers race against the clock to prevent an environmental… 10/10/2011
New Zealand combats spill pollution threatAuthorities in New Zealand are struggling to avert an environmental disaster as oil continues to spill from a grounded container ship. An oil slick… 07/10/2011
Environmental doomsday unless oceans are respectedLife in the world’s oceans is heading the way of the dinosaurs, says an alarming expert study just released. The International Programme on the State of the… 21/06/2011