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Sea Levels May Rise By Nine Inches This Century
 Steve Connor
The melting of mountain glaciers and ice caps as a result of global warming over the next century is likely to cause bigger than expected increases in sea levels.
Perfect Mexican Winter Fuels Monarch's King-Sized Canadian Comeback
 Graham Hughes & Ciara Byrne
It's not your imagination: there are more monarch butterflies flitting around Canada this summer. In fact, the large, brilliant orange and black butterflies are present in numbers seen only once in a decade, or more, says Ross Layberry, co-author of the book The Butterflies of Canada.
No Time for Activism as Usual
 Ted Glick
A climate "tipping point" is a point beyond which it will be very difficult if not impossible to prevent catastrophic climate change - truly apocalyptic climate change. We may be seeing one unfolding right now. That is how serious the climate crisis is.
Earthquake Event Likelier than Ever?
 Joshua S. Hill
In an area of the world where the specter of a massive and devastating earthquake hangs over you, the latest reports that your tectonic plates aren’t doing what they’re supposed to be doing doesn’t bode well for a wellspring of confidence.
Glaciers on Volcanoes Near Mexico City Shrinking
 Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Glaciers on the volcanoes Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl, west of Mexico City, are getting smaller and their temperature is increasing, a group of Mexican scientists warned.
President Calderón, Al Gore Meet on Climate Change
 Presidency of the Republic
Mexican President Felipe Calderón expressed his admiration for Mr. Gore, his work and extraordinary leadership in raising awareness of the problem of climate change.
Researchers Find Largest Whale Sharks Gathering off Mexico Coast
 Associated Press
Researchers at the world's largest aquarium have found what is believed to be the world's largest gathering of the world's largest fish along the Mexican coast.
Superman's 'Fortress of Solitude' Discovered 1000 Feet Below Mexico's Naica Mountain
 Dailyindia.com
Miners have discovered what could be described as Superman's fabled 'Fortress of Solitude' a thousand feet below the Naica Mountain in Mexico's Chihuahuan desert.
Mexico Seeks Changes in U.S. Border Plan to Protect Migrant Species
 Mark Stevenson
Mexico on Monday called on the United States to alter a plan to expand border fences designed to stem illegal immigration, saying the barriers would threaten migratory species accustomed to roaming freely across the frontier.
Sex, Rock 'n' Roll and Global Warming
 Kelpie Wilson
Can globally synchronized music concerts change the world? Was Al Gore's Live Earth extravaganza worth its cost in carbon emissions?
Alibaba.com, Shark Fans and the Flap Over Finning
 Bruce Einhorn
Alibaba.com provides small and midsized companies in China the chance to find buyers and sellers overseas. Among the thousands of products displayed on Alibaba's site are numerous types of shark fins, prized by many Chinese as the vital ingredient in shark fin soup.
A Day to Remember
 R.C. Walker
July 28, 2007 marks the 1st anniversary of the Parque Lázaro Cárdenas as a parking lot. From October 2004 to July 2006, the 4 traditional parks of Puerto Vallarta were converted into parking lots by the city government, signaling the first step in a series of major changes in Puerto Vallarta.
Border Fence Seen Harming Ocelots, Butterflies
 Ed Stoddard
One of the most ecologically diverse corners of the United States has been diced up by farming and urban sprawl into isolated fragments of habitat that support far less wildlife than when they were whole.
Scientists Say Warm Water May Cause Skinny Whales
 Kenneth R. Weiss
Scientists from Mexico to the Pacific Northwest are reporting an unusually high number of scrawny whales this year for the first time since malnourishment and disease claimed one-third of the gray whale population in 1999 and 2000.
Mexico City Fear: Being Swallowed by Earth
 Cox News Service
As if life-shortening pollution, hours-long traffic jams and kidnappings weren't bad enough, Mexico City residents now have to worry about the earth opening up and swallowing them. As the summer rainy season hits, concern is growing that hundreds of cracks, holes and fractures that line this city could open up with disastrous consequences.
England Under Water: Scientists Confirm Global Warming Link to Increased Rain
 Michael McCarthy
It's official: the heavier rainfall in Britain is being caused by climate change, a major new scientific study will reveal this week, as the country reels from summer downpours of unprecedented ferocity.
Lawless Border, Slow Fence, Big Environmental Questions
 Elliot Spagat
Bulldozers are moving hundreds of tons of dirt to make way for a 16-foot steel fence on the U.S.-Mexico border in an area that once was the most popular crossing for illegal immigrants.
Gulf of Mexico "Dead Zone" Could Expand This Year
 Deborah Zabarenko
The Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone" - a swath of water with such low levels of oxygen that marine life can be threatened or killed - could be the largest since measurements began in 1985, scientists said on Tuesday.
Welcome to the Bottled Water Follies
 Palladium-Item
The first time I paid for a bottle of water was in 1972 in Acapulco, Mexico. It cost me a dollar, and I remember being thankful that I lived in the US where tap water was safe and no one had to pay to quench a thirst. But logic has little to do with our daily lives and nothing to do with fads.
Marina Seen as a Threat to Baja Estuary
 Héctor Tobar
In a rocky, dun landscape dominated by saguaro and prickly pear, the estuary of the San Jose River is an oasis-like explosion of green. But population growth in the Los Cabos region is placing the rich marsh under assault, environmentalists say.
Live Earth: One Big Gesture for Humans, One Giant Problem for the Earth
 Cole Moreton & Geoffrey Lean
Live Earth was watched by two billion people on a day when 20 million tons of carbon were emitted, a square kilometre of the Antarctic ice shelf was lost and a major new study, exclusively revealed by the 'IoS', shows the damage we are doing worldwide.
Gov. Bill Richardson Objects to Killing of Rare Mexican Gray Wolf
 Sue Major Holmes
Gov. Bill Richardson is calling for the suspension of a policy that requires federal wildlife officials to trap or shoot to death any endangered Mexican gray wolf that kills three head of livestock in a year.
Western Consumption May Cause Famines
 Anita Purcell-Sjoelund
Food production in developing countries will halve in the next 20 years unless wealthy nations lower their rate of consumption, a research group has warned.
Moving Beyond Kyoto
 Al Gore - NYTimes
We - the human species - have arrived at a moment of decision. It is unprecedented and even laughable for us to imagine that we could actually make a conscious choice as a species, but that is nevertheless the challenge that is before us. Our home - Earth - is in danger.
U.S., Mexico and Canada to Protect Threatened Monarch Butterflies, Porpoises
 Associated Press
The U.S., Mexico and Canada agreed to work together to protect the monarch butterfly, threatened in Mexico by illegal logging destroying its winter nesting grounds.
Litter Choking Streets Throughout Mexico
 Dudley Althaus
Mexicans have become world-class litterbugs. Not every Mexican litters, of course. And perhaps no one does so all the time. But enough of them do, enough of the time, that this nation of 105 million people is choking on its refuse.
Seal Hunt Flouts Laws, Mexican Group Says
 Martin Mittelstaedt
The Canadian federal government is ignoring wildlife conservation laws and permitting violations of the Criminal Code's animal welfare provisions in the annual seal hunt, a major Mexican environmental group contends.
Mexico's Quarter of a Billion Tree Challenge
 Ron Mader
Mexico is pledging to plant a quarter of a billion trees in 2007. Now that the rainy season has begun, reforestation projects are about to bloom.
Local American and Mexican Officials Sign Disaster Plan
 Associated Press
Representatives from neighboring cities at the junction of Mexico, Texas and New Mexico have signed an agreement to share resources during environmental emergencies.
No Green Boom in Hybrid Cars in Mexico
 Jeremy Schwartz
With its choking cloud of haze and hellish traffic jams, Mexico City would seem a natural fit for cleaner running hybrid cars. But as environmentally friendly hybrids gain popularity in the United States, green-vehicle advocates are running into a tougher market south of the border.
A Domestic Breed Disappears Every Month
 Fabien Deglise
Under pressure from the industrialization and homogenization of food products, one breed of chicken, beef cattle, pig, or even rabbit is now erased from the surface of the globe every month.
Maize of Deception
 Eliana Monteforte
As the Bush administration continues to push its alternative fuels agenda, it has become increasingly evident that corn-based ethanol could be as much the global villain as a boon to society.
Environmental Day at Mayto Sea Turtle Camp
 Ariel Duenas
On June 5th, 2007 some of the highest environmental authorities in Mexico gathered at the Mayto Sea Turtle Camp to celebrate International Environmental Day through speeches, planting trees and touring the facility's turtle camp and greenhouse.
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