Migration

Sea Turtle Conservation Boosted by New Research

Laura DiMugno | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Migration, Sea Turtles, Green, Conservation, Science, Endangered Species, Animals, Wildlife, Nature, Oceans, Green News

Scientists have uncovered new details about sea turtle migrations in what could potentially be a breakthrough in the conservation of these endangered animals.

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The Greatest Generation of Argentine Women

Marcelo Giugale | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Government, Women, Migration, Poverty, Economics, Argentina, World News

Alicia Tamburelli and her generation would do something amazing, something that lesser leaders would deem impossible. From the anonymity of their kitchens, and for decades on end, they managed to protect their families from the perennial failure of their country's political class.

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What Religious People Are Migrating Where?

Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Immigration, Religion and Migration, Migration, Video, Pew Forum, Migration Report, Religion News

Washington, D.C. -- A new report on religion and international migration by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that C...

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Tiny Songbird Credited With Big Record-Breaking Feat

Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Video, Migration, Northern Wheatear, Songbird, Africa, Birds, Animal Migration, Arctic, Bird Migration, Science News

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 02/14/2012 07:06 PM EST on LiveScience Tiny songbirds weighing no more than two tablespoon...

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Poem: We Look for Migration

Hannah Stephenson | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Migration, Butterflies, Autumn, Winter, Fall, Poetry, Poem, The Storialist, Arts News

For months now, I notice what seem to be leaves floating and flapping in the air over the freeway, above my windshield and car.

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Rebuilding El Salvador Sustainably

Vicki Gass | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: El Salvador, Immigration, Migration, Rural Development, Climate Change, Flooding, Sustainable Development, World News

What was more terrible than the civil war of the 1980s and Hurricane Mitch, which ravaged the region in 1998? Tropical Depression 12-E, a storm that dropped more than five feet of water over ten days, forcing 60,000 people into shelters.

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Cities Americans Most Want To Live In

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Migration, Dream Cities, Young Adults, Great Recession, Council for Community and Economic Research, Harris Interactive, New York, Cities, Business News

New York might just be the most divisive city in the country. On the one hand, the Big Apple is the city Americans say they most want to live in, ...

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No Refuge for Somali Refugees

Sarah Kenyon Lischer | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Humanitarian Aid, Migration, Terrorists, Refugees, Famine, Somalia, Al-Shabaab, Horn of Africa, World News

The reality now is that civil wars do not remain quarantined within national borders. And that forced migration is not an accidental byproduct of war. Many combatants use the forced movement of people as an intentional war strategy.

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America's Young Adults Flocking To These Seven Cities

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Living With Parents, Youth Underemployment, Migration, Youth Employment, Boomtowns, Great Recession, Cool Cities, Youth Unemployment, Denver, College Towns, Urban Migration, Business News

Young Americans have moved around less since the start of the recession. But when they do, they're choosing different cities to move to than before, a...

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PHOTOS: Migrating Swans Draw A Crowd In Alaska

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Migration, Migratory Patterns, Alaska Migration, Alaska, Swan Migration, Gotta See This, Travel News

Dan Joling, Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska sees plenty of visitors, but few draw local paparazzi like the guests that fly south every...

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Trillion-Dollar Bills on the Sidewalk: Why Don't More Economists Study Emigration?

Michael Clemens | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Migration, Development, Low-Income Countries, Business News

According to the latest research, one of the biggest growth opportunities in the world economy lies not in the mobility of goods or capital, but in the mobility of labor.

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Building an Interstate Highway for Wildlife

Alexia Parks | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Conservation, Rocky Mountains, Interstate, Grizzly Bear, Wild Foundation, Alberta, Yukon, Wilderness, Canada, Jasper, Colorado, Nature, Migration, Yellowstone, Species Extinction, Time Magazine Canada, National Parks, Banff, Green News

When we think about human settlements throughout the world, we need to remember that we are sharing the earth with others.

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On Italian Island, Refugees Wait at Intersection of Europe's Hope and Fear

Michelle Chen | Posted 07.17.2011

The unrest in Tunisia and Libya have turned Lampedusa into a makeshift Ellis Island. Several thousand have arrived from Tunisia, and there's a growing wave from Libya. No one knows when they'll be allowed to leave, or who will accept them.

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China Announces Priorities for Next Five Years

Daniel K. Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Per Capita GDP, Natural Resources, Pension Insurance, Social Security, Prada, Energy Consumption, Agriculture, Renewable Energy, State of the Union Address, Pollution, China, Coal, 12th Five-Year Plan, Rolex, Minimum Wage, China's GDP, Co2 Emissions, Income Gap, Air Pollution, Harmonious Society, Safety Net, Health Care, China's Inflation, Food Prices, Social Stability, Medical Insurance, China's Environment, Xinhua, Report on the Work of the Government, Migration, Official Corruption, Low Income Housing, Water Pollution, Inflation, Farmers, Environment, Non-Fossil Fuel, Ccp, Gdp, Wen Jiabao, World News

This past Saturday, Premier Wen Jiabao delivered his 2011 "Report on the Work of the Government" to the 3,000 delegates gathered in Beijing for the Na...

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Desperation: Last Train Home

Kristin McCracken | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese New Year, Migration, Guangzhou-China, Lixin-Fan, Migrant Workers, Last Train Home, Documentary, Film, Interview, China, Entertainment News

Lixin Fan's understated doc depicts the chaos surrounding the annual migration of 130 million workers in China. It also tells the devastating story of one family's choices and their hope for the future.

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A Hymn for Nature in Peril on the Gulf Seashore

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deepwaterhorizon, River of Oil, Migration, Nature, Environment, Alabama, Birds, Turtles, British Petroleum, Walter Anderson, Gulf Island National Seashore, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, Caroline Herring, Horn Island, Song, Hymns, Green News

UPDATE FROM JOINT COAST GUARD AND BP COMMAND MOBILE, Ala. - Shoreline assessment teams recovered tar balls Saturday from the beach on Dauphin Island,...

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Will Climate Change End Bird Migration?

The Independent | Alasdair Fotheringham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stork Migration, Migration, Migration Climate Change, Miguel Ferrer, Bird Migration Climate Change, Birds, Climate Change, Andalusia Bird Migration, Migration Habits, Bird Migration, Green News

At a recent high-level congress attended by 200 migration experts, leading Spanish ornithologist Miguel Ferrer estimated that 20 billion birds have ch...

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Americans On The MOVE

forbes.com | Jon Bruner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housing, Mobility, Internal Revenue Service, Cost of Living, Washington DC, Atlanta, Immigration, Los Angeles, Forbes, New York City, Migration, Chicago, Detroit, Seattle, Miami, Slidepollajax, Dallas, Business News

More than 10 million Americans moved from one county to another during 2008. The map below visualizes those moves. Click on any county to see coming...

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The Untold Story of Black Chicagoans

Zack Isaacs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, Wttw, June, Migration, Dusable to Obama, African Americans in Chicago, Public Television, Chicago News

It is true that violence is rampant in predominantly African-American neighborhoods, but the actions of a few should not lead to unfair stereotypes of the majority.

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The Largest Annual Human Migration

Halle Tecco | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: China Migrant Workers, Migration, Chinese Culture, Migrant Workers, Documentary, Film, China, Sxsw, Video, Healthy Living News

Every spring, China's cities plunge into chaos as a tidal wave of humanity attempts to return home by train for the Chinese New Year. The wave is made...

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Eye-popping U.S. Prices Force Americans Southward

Bob Wells | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Real Estate Prices, South, Migration, Traveling South, The Balanced Life, How to Move, American Prices, South America, Ex Pats South America, Moving, Traveling to South America, Healthy Living News

You have to be willing to learn Spanish and, yes, overlook poverty, stray dogs and other inevitable challenges of being an expat. But in return, you're in a New World.

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Southern States Losing Population As Recession Alters Migration Patterns, According To U.S. Census Bureau Data

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economy, Texas, Population, Census Bureau, Migration, California, US Census Bureau, Nevada, Florida, Wall Street Journal, Sunbelt, Demographics, Recession, Business News

The recession has had a profound effect on migration patterns in the U.S., reversing the flow of people to former housing-boom states such as Florida ...

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A Migration Summit To Address Shrinking Birth Rates

John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Remittances, Racism, Migration, Immigration, Obama, Xenophobia, Foreign Workers, World News

The Russians and Japanese, as well as Europeans, are not having enough children to replace themselves. Only by lowering the barriers to citizenship can shrinking countries revive their economies

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Fall Migration: Animal Migration Photos

Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Migratory Birds, Slidepoll, Humpback Whale, Caribou, Autumn, Winter, Fall, Animals, Dolphin, Migratory Animals, Sandhill Cranes, Migration, Monarch Butterflies, Elk, Snow Geese, Hummingbirds, Birdwatching, Swallow, Green News

With Fall upon us and temperatures starting to drop, animals are starting to migrate to warmer places to spend their winters. From snow geese to whal...

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Environmental Warfare in 10 years

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Geostrategy, Australia, Migration, Geoengineering, Latin America, Environmental Refugees, Environment, Green, Geopolitics, Mexico, Spain, Degradation, Greece, Green News

Oil company CEOs and Canadian, U.S. and British government officials attending the Global Business Forum in Banff last week heard a chilling forecast of military clashes if there is an environmental meltdown due to climate change.

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