Full Coverage: Oceans

12/28/2006 The site compiles comprehensive write-ups on the tsunami that inform about aid and assistance after the disaster, its social effects and the environmental lessons learnt from it.

12/26/2006 One of the biggest challenges any tsunami warning system faces is getting the word out to the people and making sure they respond appropriately.

12/25/2006 from SusHI blog:
A Hawaii company wants to show that its wave energy conversion concept can extract power over a wider range of wave sizes and frequencies than other devices currently on the market.

12/07/2006 from NASA:
Observations from space show that as the climate warms, phytoplankton growth rates go down as does the amount of carbon dioxide these ocean plants consume. That allows carbon dioxide to accumulate more rapidly in the atmosphere, which would produce more warming. The implications for the entire oceanic ecosystem (much of which ends up as food for humans) are dire.

12/04/2006 from Center for Global Development blog:
Another impact of carbon emissions that is recognized by a small circle of scientists but so far mostly overlooked by the media and public.

12/01/2006 Kymmenet tuhannet heimoväestön ja muiden metsissä asuvien ryhmien edustajat protestoivat 29. marraskuuta Intian suurkaupungeissa vaatien metsiin liittyvien oikeuksiensa tunnustumista. Mielenosoittajien päävaatimus oli alkuperäisväestöä koskevan uuden metsälain hyväksyminen yhteisparlamentaarisen komitean ehdottamassa muodossa.