News tagged with emerging nations

Lethal air pollution booms in emerging nations

International experts are warning that potentially lethal air pollution has boomed in fast-growing big cities in Asia and South America in recent decades.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Anonymous says it hacked Chinese government sites

(AP) -- China was struggling Thursday to restore several government websites that international hacking group Anonymous says it attacked in an apparent protest against Chinese Internet restrictions.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Biodiversity helps dilute infectious disease, reduce its severity

Researchers at Oregon State University have shown for the first time that loss of biodiversity may be contributing to a fungal infection that is killing amphibians around the world, and provides more evidence ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

China lays out conditions for legally binding climate deal

China's top climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua on Sunday laid out conditions under which Beijing would accept a legally-binding climate deal that would go into force after 2020, when current voluntary pledges ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study justifies closing airports in volcano event

The disruptive closing of some European airports after last year's volcanic eruption in Iceland was the right thing to do and may have saved lives, a new study concludes.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1