An earthquake in North Queensland has surprised residents who are not used to seismic activity. And they are wondering if it's coincidence that there were almost simultaneous events at the site of serious quakes in New Zealand and Japan.
UK Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman is visiting Brazil. The Rainforest is great, she says. But equal attention must be paid to the savannah called the Cerrado.
Active Planet: More smuggled snakes on a plane - almostJakarta, Indonesia. Airport bag scanning equipment has become the latest tool in the armoury of those trying to prevent the smuggling of animals and animal products.
Active Planet: Japan's woes worsenIs there no end in sight to the devastating situation in Japan? Radiation in food and in the water supply, a very real threat of starvation in some regions, radioactivity levels rising in the sea...
Active Planet: Japan's nuclear reactor's fluctuating radiation levelsSubstantial variations in radiation levels from the damaged nuclear reactors at Fukushima, Japan about 250km north of Tokyo are leading to increased concerns of current damage and the danger of m...
Active Planet: Christchurch suffers another major earthquakeWhen Christchurch suffered two major earthquakes and almost a thousand aftershocks starting last September, it took the town by surprise: it's not there that a large earthquake was expected to ha...
Active Planet: Green Scheme was pump and dump fraudThe USA's Securities and Exchange Commission has charged seven people with perpetrating a pump and dump scheme in a "sham company" that claimed to provide products and services to comba...