http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with environmental news that matters. Cover ecology, climate change and news affecting the world's environment en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295546,heavy-rainfalls-mean-flooding-in-northern-britain--officer-missing.html London - Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes in Scotland and northern Britain and one police officer is missing following severe flooding after torrential rain, the Environment Agency said Friday. In the worst-hit regions of Cumbr... Nature,Environment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:16:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295546,heavy-rainfalls-mean-flooding-in-northern-britain--officer-missing.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295375,japan-hunting-whales-again-for-scientific-purposes.html Tokyo - A Japanese whaling fleet left for the Antarctic on Thursday. Greenpeace activists said they displayed a banner in front of the Nisshin Maru factory ship bearing the slogan Yes We Can, from US President Barack Obama's election campaign, and ... Nature,Environment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:34:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295375,japan-hunting-whales-again-for-scientific-purposes.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295362,national-geographic-channel-focuses-on-myanmar-elephants.html Yangon - The National Geographic Channel is due in Myanmar this month to shoot a documentary on the country's hard-working elephants, sources close to the project said Thursday. They will come here this month to document the state of Myanmar's domes... Nature,Environment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:22:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295362,national-geographic-channel-focuses-on-myanmar-elephants.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295232,viennas-favourite-panda-flown-to-china.html Vienna - Panda Fu Long, the two-year-old star of the Vienna Zoo, left Austria and was flown to China on Wednesday, the zoo confirmed. The two-year-old male panda had become an attraction not only because o... Nature,Environment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:16:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295232,viennas-favourite-panda-flown-to-china.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295152,san-diego-panda-named-yun-zi--son-of-cloud.html Los Angeles dpa) - A baby panda born at the San Diego Zoo will be named Yun Zi, Chinese for Son of Cloud, the zoo announced Tuesday. The name was selected from over 6,300 recommendations from the public. Zoo officials whittled them down to five, with... Nature,Environment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:10:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295152,san-diego-panda-named-yun-zi--son-of-cloud.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295129,magnitude-65-earthquake-off-canadas-west-coast.html New York - A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday morning off Canada's western coast, but there were no reports of casualties or damage. The quake took place in the Queen Charlotte Islands region, at a depth of 13 kilometres, and about 260 kilomet... Nature,Environment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:52:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295129,magnitude-65-earthquake-off-canadas-west-coast.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295066,rains-spark-flooding-on-canary-islands.html Madrid - Heavy rains sparked flooding Tuesday on Spain's Canary Islands, where rainwater inundated buildings and caused traffic jams in the Gran Canaria capital Las Palmas, emergency services said. The rains followed heavy flooding on Tenerife, where... Nature,Environment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:04:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295066,rains-spark-flooding-on-canary-islands.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295046,typhoon-ketsana-caused-942-million-dollars-of-damage-in-laos.html Vientiane, Laos - Typhoon Ketsana caused 94.2 million dollars worth of damage in southern Laos in late September, draining the communist country's reserve fund, state media reported Tuesday. Finance Minister Somdy Douangdy told the National Assembly ... Nature,Environment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:40:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295046,typhoon-ketsana-caused-942-million-dollars-of-damage-in-laos.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295036,hong-kong-shivers-through-coldest-november-in-a-decade.html Hong Kong - As heavy snow fell in parts of China, Hong Kong temperatures fell below 10 degrees Celsius Tuesday as the sub-tropical city shivered through its coldest November in 10 years. More than 30 elderly people were taken to hospital with cold-re... Nature,Environment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:52:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295036,hong-kong-shivers-through-coldest-november-in-a-decade.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295034,thai-police-arrest-african-ivory-traffickers.html Bangkok - Police have arrested two Thai nationals for trafficking in African ivory, a crime that carries a maximum four-year jail sentence, police said Tuesday. Samat Chokechoima and Kanok Wongsarot were arrested Monday in a sting operation in which ... Nature,Environment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:46:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295034,thai-police-arrest-african-ivory-traffickers.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295012,landslide-buries-chinese-village-kills-23.html Beijing - A landslide buried part of a village in northern China's Shanxi province, killing 23 people, state television reported on Tuesday. The massive landslide on Monday covered an area of about 20,000 square metres and buried five homes in a coal... Nature,Environment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:52:26 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295012,landslide-buries-chinese-village-kills-23.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294976,river-swallowed-by-earth-in-colombia.html Bogota - The Listara river in northeastern Colombia has suddenly disappeared into a geological fault, the authorities said in the town of San Andres. The mountain river was swallowed by the earth in a rural area about 800 metres away from the town ... Nature,Environment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:43:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294976,river-swallowed-by-earth-in-colombia.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294829,conservationists-rescue-eight-ducklings-of-worlds-rarest-species.html Antananarivo, Madagascar -British and American conservationists have taken a big step toward saving the world's rarest duck species, the Madagascar pochard (Aythya innotata), by hatching eight ducklings in captivity, reports said. Their challenging e... Nature,Environment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:10:34 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294829,conservationists-rescue-eight-ducklings-of-worlds-rarest-species.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294661,one-dead-two-missing-in-costa-rica-earthquake.html San Jose - One person died and two were reported missing after a magnitude-5.3 earthquake struck Costa Rica, the local Red Cross said. It said a young woman was buried by a landslide in the southern community of San Vito de Coto Brus on Friday. Two o... Nature,Environment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:10:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294661,one-dead-two-missing-in-costa-rica-earthquake.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294548,snow-death-toll-hits-40-in-northern-china.html Beijing - The death toll has risen to about 40 after the heaviest snow for decades hit parts of northern China, the government said on Friday. At least 21 people died in collapsed buildings, while 19 others died in road accidents caused by icy weathe... Nature,Environment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:28:25 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294548,snow-death-toll-hits-40-in-northern-china.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294489,deforestation-in-amazon-falls-to-lowest-level-in-20-years.html Brasilia - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazonian rainforest cut down or affected 7,000 square kilometres this year, the lowest rate in more than two decades, the Brazilian government announced Thursday. This is by far the lowest at least since 1988, ... Nature,Environment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:40:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294489,deforestation-in-amazon-falls-to-lowest-level-in-20-years.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294473,englishman-arrested-in-brazil-for-carrying-1000-live-spiders.html Rio de Janeiro - Brazil's federal police arrested in Rio de Janeiro an Englishman who intended to leave the country with 1,000 live spiders packed in two suitcases, the authorities said Thursday. Police said the arrest took place Wednesday at Rio de ... Nature,Environment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:22:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294473,englishman-arrested-in-brazil-for-carrying-1000-live-spiders.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294420,seven-killed-100-missing-after-cyclone-phyan-crosses-western-india.html New Delhi - At least seven fishermen were killed and fishing boats with 100 men were missing in the Arabian Sea after Cyclone Phyan hit India's western coastal region, a news report said Thursday. The Indian Coast Guard was carrying out search and re... Nature,Environment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:10:31 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294420,seven-killed-100-missing-after-cyclone-phyan-crosses-western-india.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294386,brunei-cops-hunt-killer-crocs.html Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei police launched a manhunt for a crocodile Thursday after a rise in attacks by the giant reptiles in the sultanate, authorities said. On Wednesday a 56-year-old man was hospitalized with severe injuries to his hand and sho... Nature,Environment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:10:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294386,brunei-cops-hunt-killer-crocs.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294370,earthquake-rattles-greek-island-of-evia.html Athens - An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale shook the Greek Aegean island of Evia on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The underwater quake was recorded at 9:26 am (0726 GMT). It had an epicentre 70 ki... Nature,Environment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:28:24 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294370,earthquake-rattles-greek-island-of-evia.html