Past decade hottest on record, warming pace fastest: UN
Email this page (AFP) – The 21st century’s first decade was the hottest on record, with temperatures rising at an unprecedented pace and weather extremes claiming over 370,000 lives, the United Nations said Wednesday. In a new report on 2001-2010, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said land and sea temperatures averaged 14.47 degrees Celsius (58 […]
Climate change could have impact on ocean food chain
Email this page Climate change may affect the evolution of bacteria at the base of the ocean’s food chain, selecting certain strains for survival, a U.S. study indicates.
New date set for end of life on Earth
Email this page Scientists have set a new date for the end of the world, when all animals and plants will vanish from Earth — but it’ll take another 2 billion years.
Bacteria Thrive on Ocean Plastic Debris
Email this page Rosanne Skirble / VOA Plastic pollution in the ocean is harboring colonies of bacteria that could be harmful, not only to marine animals, but also to humans. Thoughtless habits and practices – a bottle dropped here, a bag thrown there – are creating garbage dumps in the world’s oceans. The flotilla of […]
Company says it could lower electric rates if ICE stops stalling
Email this page July 2nd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Companies which plan to produce wind energy are discrediting statements made by the president of the Costa Rica Electricity Institute (ICE), in which the executive stated it would take two to three years to bring the projects online, and that they would no affect energy costs. The […]
Sala IV ruling opens door for residents to sue State over contaminated drinking water
Email this page July 1st, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A recent ruling by Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court (Sala IV) states that residents in 23 communities whose water supply has been contaminated with arsenic could sue the state for costs and damages caused by consumption of the contaminated water. In the ruling, the judge said that the […]
Nicaragua Canal plans raise concerns
Email this page Luis Carlos Lopez / VOXXI Despite assurances made by the Chinese businessman that the project to build a canal in Nicaragua is going to be transparent and “no joke,” there’s growing concern over the socio-economic and environmental impact such project would bring. Last week, Nicaragua gave Wang Jing — the owner of […]
Municipality opens investigation after mass death of pigeons
Email this page June 28th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The municipality of Goicoechea has opened an investigation to determine what caused the death of some 80 pigeons, which were found dead in the central park of Guadalupe yesterday morning. Municipal health authorities said that the death of the pigeons was not related to a planned culling […]
