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Russian environmental control agency RosPrirodNadzor measures the environmental damage of Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project in Sakhalin Island. A full account of it will be ready in summer 2007.

Global warming will result in Arctic Ice completely melted in 2040: this is the data American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting provides.

If global warming goes on as rapidly as it goes right now, the white spot of the Earth will almost disappear around 2040, because ice shrinks from about 6 million square km to 2 million square km each September.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are studying the environmental impact that unique patterns of deforestation in Rondonia, Brazil, have on the land and climate.

Tony Blair has hosted a meeting at Downing Street with some of the UK's biggest businesses to discuss ways of persuading the public to join the battle against climate change.

Veolia Water has been selected for two major projects in Australia to alleviate the severest drought that the State of Queensland (one of the fastest growing demographic regions in the country) has ever recorded.

For the second time running, Veolia Environnement has been included in the Global Reporters ranking for the quality of its sustainable development report.
This study, carried out every two years under the aegis of the UK consultancy SustainAbility, puts Veolia Environnement in 31st place. Three French companies are among the top 50.

Veolia Environnement and Total announce the creation of Osilub, a joint venture to develop a sustainable used motor oil recycling business.

A forest ranger helicopter flies over a forest, scattering sensors that can relay temperature data to the ranger station.

By studying the songs of a bird species that has succeeded in adapting to urban life, researchers have gained insight into the kinds of environmental pressures that influence where particular songbirds thrive, and the specific attributes of city birds that allow them to adjust to noisy urban environments.

The following research and reviews will appear in the December issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

New research shows the rate of increase in carbon dioxide emissions more than doubled since the 1990s.

According to the co-Chair of the Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research scientist Dr Mike Raupach, 7.9 billion tonnes of carbon were emitted into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide in 2005 and the rate of increase is accelerating.