Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet

Drying Dampens Warming

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:46:45 CST

Drying of stratosphere may explain why global surface temperatures didn’t warm as quickly during the past 10 years.

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:44:08 CDT

Painting the roofs of buildings white on a massive scale could help cool cities during summer and mitigate some of climate change.

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:19:13 CDT

Taiwan to use database of DNA from whales and dolphins to prosecute poachers who sell meat of the marine mammals.

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:55:54 CDT

More than 600 tourists stranded on Bora Bora forced to shelter in three fortified resorts as Cyclone Oli hit tropical paradise.

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:55:52 CDT

Local officials in western Pakistan say a volcano has begun to spew lava in Balochistan province.

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:46:26 CDT

The cluster of 300 manmade islands was designed to evoke an impression of the world as seen from Earth orbit.

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:45:52 CST

Cyclone Fami drenched southern Madagascar after suddenly forming over the Mozambique Channel.

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:40:52 CST

Critically endangered marsupial now the subject of aversion therapy to prevent it from eating a toad that can kill it.

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:40:40 CST

Thousands of homes in Sichuan province wrecked by a 5.2 magnitude quake that killed at least one person.

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:30:00 CDT

The world’s hottest and coldest temperatures of the week.