Environment

World Heritage Committee places Liverpool on List of World Heritage in Danger

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Nomination fileLiverpool – Maritime Mercantile City

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Uganda Begins Search for Landslide Victims

Uganda has sent a rescue team to eastern Bududa district where more than a 100 people may have been killed Monday by a landslide caused by heavy rainfall. It is believed as many as three villages might have been buried.

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Wyoming Air National Guard aerial firefighting unit activated to assist in Rocky Mountain area

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Members of the Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing load a U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Firefighting...

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Study: Global climate trends threaten Antarctic penguins

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Three Emperor penguins stand in the sun, on the sea ice off the coast of Dumont d'Urville...

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