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Napa Valley’s premium wine production could be cut in half in the next 30 years, according to a recent study by Stanford University. The culprit is the world’s warming climate, which could render 50% of the land currently used to grow pinot noir, chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon grapes unsuitable.
Travel - The warming wine regions : Food & Drink
Hiper already has a vision for how fusion energy could be harnessed and distributed
BBC News - UK joins laser nuclear fusion project
By Alizeh Kohari BBC News Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior II is retiring, but Rainbow Warrior III will soon take its place.
BBC News - Rainbow Warrior and the launch of direct green action
Foreign firms are snapping up farming land in Africa, a new report says Hedge funds are behind "land grabs" in Africa to boost their profits in the food and biofuel sectors, a US think-tank says.
BBC News - Hedge funds 'grabbing land' in Africa
BBC News - Actress Cate Blanchett sparks Australia climate debate
Cate Blanchett features in a new TV advert urging Australians to "Say Yes" to a tax on carbon The Australian actress Cate Blanchett has been criticised for appearing in a television advertisement calling for the introduction of a carbon tax. It has been dubbed "the Cate debate", and centres on the actress's support for the government's controversial new carbon tax, which is bitterly opposed by the conservative opposition.
President Barack Obama faces an election year with unemployment stubbornly high US President Barack Obama is planning a higher minimum tax rate on the richest Americans to ensure they are taxed at the same rate as the less wealthy. White House officials said Mr Obama would provide details of his proposal on Monday when he reveals his long-term plan to reduce the budget deficit.
BBC News - US economy: New Obama plan to tax wealthiest
The recolonising wolves are are believed to have crossed into France from Italy in the 1990s
BBC News - Wolf makes a comeback in France
There are five billion mobile phone subscriptions worldwide and advances in wireless technology make it increasingly difficult to escape the influence of mobile devices. But while most Americans seem to embrace continuous connectivity, some believe it's making them physically ill.
BBC News - 'Wi-fi refugees' shelter in West Virginia mountains
BBC News - Google begins Amazon river Street View project
This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled.Kitsong centres have a telecommunications mast that links rural villages up to the rest of the world The village has a population of 10,000. But where is everyone?
BBC News - Botswana bets on technology to save rural economies
BBC News - Environment: The case against protection
This will be the last post for a few weeks as holidays beckon. So why not leave you with perhaps the biggest question in the environmental book - where is the natural world heading, if nothing much changes?BBC News - Direct - Elephants and eco-tourism in northern Sumatra
Tourists can help at elephant camp bath time on the outskirts of Gunung Leuser National Park in northern Sumatra They trundled over the rocky path, meandering down towards the river just after daybreak, a single file procession of majestic grey beasts linked by trunks and tails.The rate of deforestation in the Amazon has suddenly increased this year