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Python skins are traded primarily to meet demands from the fashion industry

The melting of ice sheets is accelerating in Greenland.

Climate change impacts are at risk of exceeding our adaptation capabilities, finds new report

Lights dimmed at UN Headquarters to observe Earth Hour in 2012.

Greenpeace urged world leaders to accelerate the transition to clean and safe energy as the UN climate panel issued on Monday a new warning on the looming climate chaos.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it will undertake a scientific inquiry to determine whether the Alexander Archipelago Wolf must be listed for protection under the Endangered Species Act. After more than two years of in-depth scientific review following the filing of a petition to list by the Center for Biological Diversity and Greenpeace, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service concluded there is “substantial scientific or commercial information” indicating that the listing may be warranted. In the next step of the process, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will make the ultimate determination whether to list the wolves.

A major decision in federal court will put an end to government-sanctioned pollution that’s been fouling Lake Okeechobee for more than three decades.

A total of 31 Member States* and 16 of the territories in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions participated in the third regional tsunami exercise, CARIBE WAVE/LANTEX 2014. In addition, 230,000 people participated in the test, a 75% increase compared to 2011 and 300% more than in 2013. National Tsunami Warning Focal Points, other International, State, Territorial and Local Emergency Management Organizations, academic institutions governmental agencies, businesses, health facilities, media and individuals also took part.

An image of an area of the Arctic sea ice pack well north of Alaska, captured by the MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite on Sept. 13, 2013, the day before the National Snow and Ice Data Center estimated Arctic sea ice to have reached its minimum extent for the year. A cloud front can be seen in the lower left, and dark areas indicate regions of open water between sea ice formations.