Fundisile, a majestic male elephant, ambled through the dense bush to the waterhole, extending his trunk in greeting to two young females, April and Aqua, their mother Aran and grandmother Agatha.

Inuit, the Arctic people of the United States, Canada, Russia, and Greenland ? in Alaska they're known as Eskimos ? have been warning the world for more than a decade about the shifting winds and thinning ice. Hunting patterns thousands of years old are in jeopardy.

Fundisile, a majestic male elephant, ambled through the dense bush to the waterhole, extending his trunk in greeting to two young females, April and Aqua, their mother Aran and grandmother Agatha.

Inuit, the Arctic people of the United States, Canada, Russia, and Greenland ? in Alaska they're known as Eskimos ? have been warning the world for more than a decade about the shifting winds and thinning ice. Hunting patterns thousands of years old are in jeopardy.

Two Alaska native groups have sued the Interior Department to block an offshore oil and gas lease sale that residents say threatens Arctic marine wildlife and the traditional Inupiat Eskimo way of life.

Human-induced global warming poses as much danger to the world as war, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday as he pledged to make global warming the focus of talks with world leaders in June.

The world's three largest light bulb makers said Thursday they will push European consumers to switch to energy-saving bulbs in a bid to cut carbon dioxide emissions that are believed to contribute to global warming.

Inuit, the Arctic people of the United States, Canada, Russia, and Greenland ? in Alaska they're known as Eskimos ? have been warning the world for more than a decade about the shifting winds and thinning ice. Hunting patterns thousands of years old are in jeopardy.

A plant that would convert sewage sludge to compost may be built outside the desert town of Hinkley, whose troubles from pollution were made famous by the movie "Erin Brockovich."

Human-induced global warming poses as much danger to the world as war, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday as he pledged to make global warming the focus of talks with world leaders in June.