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Costa Rica to join global climate march on Sunday

This Sunday, people in 2,500 cities in 100 countries will march for action on climate change. Costa Ricans will join the “People’s Climate March,” as it’s being billed, with their own protest in front of the U.S. Embassy in San José. The event takes place ahead of the U.N. Climate Summit 2014 in New York.

Costa Rica will go all-in on pineapple exports. But is that a good thing?

Pineapple is one of Costa Rica's fastest-growing and most lucrative agricultural exports. And with China's market on the horizon, export numbers could soon double. Is the country ready for that?

From the land of the rising sun

In tough times, pressures on water resources abound. Climate change will have a dramatic impact on these pressures; it is essential to our national life to invest in intelligence.

Climate change could leave sharks unable to hunt

As more and more carbon dioxide enters the atmosphere, the ocean is acidifying too quickly for sharks to keep up. For at least one...

Irreversible damage from climate change seen in leaked UN paper

LONDON — Humans risk causing irreversible and widespread damage to the planet unless there's faster action to limit the fossil fuel emissions that cause climate change, according to a leaked draft United Nations report.

Facing closures of makeshift garbage dumps, Costa Rican municipalities scramble to manage trash

In a press conference Monday afternoon, National Liberation Party lawmaker Juan Rafael Marín threatened to trash the front lawn of the Casa Presidencial – literally. Marín, along with five other lawmakers, called the press conference to draw attention to the closure of 22 municipal solid waste dumps across the country. They say the closures have left municipal governments with few options to manage their citizens' garbage.

Drought hits Central America’s crops, cattle

BOACO, Nicaragua – The last raindrop fell three months ago, forcing Carlos Román to take his cattle further and further away to find water and keep them alive in Nicaragua's northeastern farmlands.

Save the beer: Climate change adds urgency to clean-water advocate’s rallying cry

"Beer is a powerful tool – you sit a beer in front of someone? They listen to you. About anything. It's like magic."

Costa Rica Bat Research Reveals Monteverde’s Changing Ecosystem

Bat expert Richard LaVal places plastic tarps onto the hood of his 2002 Kia Sportage in preparation for a night of mist-netting, or trapping....

International study finds last year among hottest on record

Four international agencies reported the global average temperature was 0.2 to 0.21 Celsius (0.36 to 0.38 Fahrenheit) above the 1981 to 2010 average, making 2013 the second- to sixth-warmest year ever.

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