Spill no reason to halt deep-sea drilling: BP boss

Last year's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill sparked by an explosion on a BP-leased platform is no reason to stop deep-sea drilling, the group's chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg said Monday.

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Arctic birds bear brunt of throwaway society

When biologist Jennifer Provencher headed to the Arctic, she signed on to help assess how seabird diets are changing as temperatures climb in the North.

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• Boat emissions putting orcas at risk, study finds
• Arctic current warmer than it's been for 2,000 years
• Carbon curbs could save polar bear: study

Boat emissions putting orcas at risk, study finds

The endangered population of southern resident killer whales faces serious health issues from the emissions of pleasure and whalewatching boats, a study by a Victoria zoologist has found.

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Canadian eggs key to return of whooping cranes to Louisiana

A landmark, bi-national project to reintroduce the endangered whooping crane to its historic marshland habitat in Louisiana has been launched thanks, in part, to the efforts of wildlife experts at the Calgary Zoo, who have carefully fostered dozens of eggs from a captive-breeding centre for transport to the U.S.

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• Video: Whooping Crane eggs

Soap bubbles and mirrors help check climate change

Meteorologists launched a new campaign Wednesday to get people in England involved in measuring climate change by using a mirror, soap bubbles or simply looking up at the sky.

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Global warming to blame for big U.S. snowstorms: scientists

What caused the colossal snowfalls that buried much of the United States this winter, setting snow records in New York City and Chicago? One group of scientists blames ... global warming.

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