They wish to raise $1 million in donations by 2010, and increase worldwide membership to 3,000.

Uranium has become a key target for exploration companies, given the metal's soaring price as the use of nuclear power increases worldwide.

Increasing worldwide greenhouse gases in the troposphere has caused the stratosphere over the past decade to become colder than ever in winter.

Anxiety about the supply of oil was reaching fever pitch as commentators spoke of 'the countdown to war' and as political tensions increased worldwide.

However, the number of cases of human louse infestations (or pediculosis) has increased worldwide since the mid-1960s, reaching hundreds of millions annually.