<div><p>(Reuters) - As world leaders prepare to head to Copenhagen for talks aimed at reaching a deal to slow the pace of climate change, people around the world are experiencing environmental destruction in myriad ways, some subtle, others devastating.</p><p&gt ...

<div><p> Militant protesters opposed to Japanese whaling left for the Southern Ocean Monday as New Zealand, Australia and The Netherlands urged them to avoid violent confrontations.</p><p>The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's ship Steve Irwin sailed from Fremantle in ...

<div><p>ON BOARD L'ASTROLABE, Southern Ocean (Reuters) - As Captain Benoit Hebert steers the icebreaker l'Astrolabe on Monday through a stormy Southern Ocean heading for Antarctica his thoughts will soon turn to the dangers of icebergs.</p><p>Large icebergs ...

<div><p>The governments of New Zealand, Australia and The Netherlands called Monday for people protesting against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean to exercise restraint and avoid violence.</p><p>As the Japanese whaling fleet headed for the Southern Ocean, New ...