B.C. Sockeye Salmon Migration Touches Record Low as Waters Warm

The sockeye-salmon migration to British Columbia’s Fraser River has collapsed to a record low for the second summer in three, raising concern among native Indians that the species’ survival may be threatened.

Iraq in throes of environmental catastrophe, experts say

Iraqis cover their faces during one of Baghdad’s increasingly frequent dust storms. Officials say decades of war and mismanagement, compounded by two years of drought, are wreaking havoc on the ecosystem.