Galapagos put on UN danger list
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The UN puts Ecuador's Galapagos Islands on its list of World Heritage sites in danger, citing increased tourism.
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By Jayne Clark  For the first time, global climate change has joined political conflict and development pressures as an underlying threat to cultural heritage sites, as cataloged by the World Monuments Fund on its biennial list of the 100 most endangered places.
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The 225m-long `Selendang Ayu&#39; ran aground near the Aleutian islands in the Bering Sea. The environment is at threat, but bad weather is preventing a clean-up.
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Science & environment: In pictures:  A UN report has warned of the dangers posed by global warming.
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By The Wisconsin State Journal  Dec. 12--The resilience of life on Earth continues to amaze and inspire.   And a little reassurance is probably needed, given such threats as  terrorism, global warming and bird flu.
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Millions of people could be at risk of waterborne disease in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean earthquake, the UN Children&#39;s Fund warned on Wednesday.
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The Indian Ocean tsunami has pushed disaster early warning to the top of the agenda at a meeting of the world's small islands, potentially crowding out concerns about climate change and trade, some delegates say.
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Damage done by Asia's tsunami gives a clearer idea of the danger climate change poses to small islands, which fear rising seas will submerge them as the world warms, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday.
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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has listed the great white shark among the 10 species of animals and trees it believes will most likely become extinct.
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Amazon and ice sheets heading for 'catastrophic collapse' An international team of scientists has presented its list of those regions of the planet most at risk from global warming, which are in danger of "sudden and catastrophic collapse" should they pass "tipping point" thresholds beyond which they will never recover.â¦
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GENEVA - The most common type of gorilla is now "critically endangered," one step away from global extinction, according to the 2007 Red List of Threatened Species released yesterday by the World Conservation Union.
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Five natural wonders of the world are nominated for inclusion on the UN World Heritage List.
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Natural disasters are affecting more and more people, the UN says ahead of a  conference on reducing the risks.
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The World Health Organization warned about the risk of dengue fever, malaria and other potentially fatal mosquito-borne diseases in countries struck by the tsunami.
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Waves and sharks aren't the only dangers at the beach. More than two dozen young people have been killed over the last decade when sand holes collapsed on them, report father-and-son doctors who have made warning of the risk their personal campaign.
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Cities around the world are facing the danger of rising seas and other disasters related to climate change.
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Environmentalists appealed on Tuesday for the United Nations to stop a handful of the world's fishing nations ravaging ocean beds to put delicacies on the plates of the rich.