Global warming will push Russia to destruction - WWF. Global warming will sow destruction across Russia and ex-Soviet states, a report said on Tuesday after the world's richest countries issued targets on harmful emissions that environmentalists criticised as too soft. [News Source]

Lake Victoria drying up, says UN report. Lake Victoria is among the African water bodies drying up due to environmental degradation and climatic changes, according to a report released by the UN Environment Programme. [News Source]

Climate change posing challenges to human lives. During the process of rapid global industrialization, human beings have been using such fossil fuels as coal and oil, which, despite bringing huge wealth, produce tremendous pollution and greenhouse gas and lead to the climate change problem. [News Source]

Caribbean coral reefs only 25 percent healthy: report. Global warming and pollution are decimating coral reefs around the world, with only 25 percent in good health in the Caribbean Sea, US experts warned Tuesday. [News Source]

Arctic ice may yield low-emission fossil fuel. A form of gas-rich ice trapped beneath the Arctic permafrost and underlying Canada's coasts could become a major source of low-emission fossil fuel over the next two decades, experts say, but only if Ottawa makes a long-term commitment to its development. [News Source]

A recession could be just what we need to restore sanity, say experts. Rocketing fuel prices, falling house values, the rising euro and the crippling credit crunch might not seem like obvious reasons to be cheerful. [News Source]

Advances in CO2 capture technology. The CSIRO has achieved a major breakthrough for Australia by capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from power station flue gases. [News Source]

Cow burps help Argentines study climate change. Argentine scientists are taking a novel approach to studying global warming -- strapping plastic tanks to the backs of cows to collect their burps. [News Source]

Korea unprepared for advent of global carbon market. Korea lags far behind key competitors in preparations for a ``low-carbon'' era. [News Source]

Duckweed has tremendous potential for fighting pollution and global warming. Three US biologists determined that duckweed, a tiny aquatic plant found in ponds, has tremendous potential for cleaning up pollution, combating global warming and feeding the world. [News Source]

Nissan charged up on electric cars. Nissan is rapidly forging deals with cities and governments on electric vehicles as soaring gas prices and worries about global warming make the green technology surprisingly appealing, a senior executive said Wednesday. [News Source]