Caption: Peatlands in Canada’s Boreal Forests – Carbon Storage in Canada’s Boreal Forest from International Boreal Conservation Campaign There are big changes happening in the high latitudes where global warming is stronger, and the increased temperatures are more pronounced. Canadian boreal forests cover 77 per cent of forested land in Canada and amount to 30 [...]

Two more bodies have been found on the stricken Costa Concordia cruise liner off the coast of Italy, bringing the total number of dead to five. According to the coastguard, its divers discovered the bodies of two elderly passengers in the submerged part of the vessel. The identities of the deceased have not yet been [...]

To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from the Adobe download website. 3:28pm UK, Saturday January 14, 2012 Passengers and crew on a luxury cruise ship which ran aground off the Italian coast have described how people jumped for their lives into the sea. Some passengers [...]

To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from the Adobe download website. 4:59pm UK, Saturday January 14, 2012 Three people have died and about 70 more are missing after a cruise ship carrying thousands of passengers, including British holidaymakers, ran aground off Italy’s coast. The head [...]