CRK volunteers monitor over 100 sites for key water pollution threats on the Columbia River and tributaries.
The picture shows that the volunteer Jaimes Valdez checks river temperature and conductivity with a YSI meter

Authors: Lei Xie, UK
China is facing mounting environmental pressure.

China National Environmental Protection Plan in the Eleventh Five-Years(2006-2010)

Environmentalists are losing the battle to protect Alliaoni from drowning beneath the Yortanli Dam's floodwaters

The earthquakes occur every 45 to 144 years, but the most recent was over 150 years ago

Studying a 700-Year Earthquake Record

BEIJING (Aug.30,2010) – China and Russia have agreed to set up the first cross-border protection zone for Siberian tigers, as they try to boost efforts to save the endangered species, state media reported Monday.

Sunday, 29 August 2010
It is reported that Hundreds of thousands of children across central Africa are at risk of death from starvation and disease after flash flooding worsened an already chronic humanitarian crisis caused by drought.

The State Government has adopted space-age technology to monitor water quality at South East Queensland's biggest dam. Natural Resources Minister Stephen Robertson told Parliament today a solar-powered smart robot and 120 sensor nodes were now positioned around Wivenhoe Dam to provide real-time data on water quality.