China is moving to clean up its northern side of the mountain and protect its fragile Himalayan environment, announcing a trash collection campaign that could limit the number of climbers and other visitors in 2009. picked by suebe 2 months ago

A "plastic soup" of waste floating in the Pacific Ocean is growing at an alarming rate and now covers an area twice the size of the continental United States, scientists have said. The vast expanse of debris – in effect the world's largest rubbish dump – is held in place by swirling underwater currents. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Ernest Hofstetter, part of the Swiss team that first traced the route to "The Roof of the World" used by Sir Edmund Hillary to conquer
Mount Everest, has died, his son said Friday. He was 95. picked by narfpie 1 year ago

Read about the difficulties and adventures of real climbers taking on Mount Everest. (Did you catch the pun in the headline?) picked by narfpie 1 year ago

The most recent census of mountain gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park—one of only two places in the world where the rare gorillas exist—has found that the population has increased by 6 percent since the last census in 2002. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A British mountaineer has become the first man to make a mobile phone call from the top of Mt Everest. picked by TheStep 1 year ago

Japanese cleaning crew plan to exhibit some of the trash in Japan to raise awareness about the pollution on the mountains.

Photo from another clean up expedition in 2006 picked by suebe 1 year ago

Just a relaxing little stroll through the mountains. Oh did I mention the path over 100 years old and fallen into disrepair? I did say it was a mountain. A mountain with a long long drop to the ground? Amazing video picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

Enterprising opportunists have realised that rich pickings sit weekly on curbsides across America in the form of rubbish already sorted for recycling. If they get there before the collection trucks then they can plunder and pillage then sell their green booty on to recyclers. picked by pocksucket 1 month ago

More than 80 years after George Mallory disappeared on the icy slopes of Mount Everest, leaving the world to wonder if he was the first man to conquer the peak, a leading American producer is making a movie about his life. picked by tlovesd 2 years ago

The Citarum River in Indonesia is so polluted that ""Their occupants no longer try to fish. It is more profitable to forage for rubbish they can salvage and trade -- plastic bottles, broken chair legs, rubber gloves -- risking disease for one or two pounds a week if they are lucky." picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago