Environment
Organic farmers hit back at Miliband's food verdict
Published: 08 January 2007
Organic farmers defended their produce after David Miliband, the Environment Secretary, said that there was no conclusive evidence that it was better than conventional food.
Rats, not men, to blame for death of Easter Island
Published: 07 January 2007
'Irreversible' global warming claims first victims of New Year
Published: 06 January 2007
A birdseed factory in Shropshire, a holy lake in China, Baltic Sea fish and new-born hedgehogs have emerged as the first tangible victims of climate change in the year which forecasters predicted this week would be the warmest on record.
Niger Wildlife: In search of the addax
Published: 06 January 2007
Carbon-offsetting: All credit to them
Published: 04 January 2007
Julia Stephenson: The Green Goddess
Published: 04 January 2007
The latest creative eco-doom statistic informs us that the waste created in Britain over Christmas is equivalent to 400,000 double-decker buses, stretching all the way from London to New York City. Not only that, but if every family reused just 2ft of holiday ribbon, the 38,000 miles of ribbon saved could tie a bow around the entire planet (according to Robert Lilienfeld, co-author of the book Use Less Stuff: environmental solutions for who we really are).
The Big Question: How quickly are animals and plants disappearing, and does it matter?
Published: 02 January 2007
Why are we asking this question now?
World faces hottest year ever, as El Niño combines with global warming
Published: 01 January 2007
A combination of global warming and the El Niño weather system is set to make 2007 the warmest year on record with far-reaching consequences for the planet, one of Britain's leading climate experts has warned.
'If we fail to act, we will end up with a different planet'
Published: 01 January 2007
One of the world's leading experts on climate change has warned that the Earth is being turned into a "different planet" because of the continuing increase in man-made emissions of greenhouse gases.
A plague of swans
Published: 31 December 2006
City dwellers poised to take over the world
Published: 31 December 2006
Humanity is about to undertake the greatest change of habitat in its entire history. Authoritative international reports to be published over the next months will show that, for the first time, we will soon be a predominantly urban species, with more people living in towns and cities than in the countryside.
Vast Arctic ice shelf collapses
Published: 30 December 2006
A vast ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic has broken up, a further sign of the astonishing rate at which polar ice is now melting.
Bats stage dramatic comeback
Published: 30 December 2006
After decades of decline some of Britain's most endangered bat populations appear to be making a comeback.
Gardeners urged to avoid using peat to save British wildlife
Published: 29 December 2006
Amateur gardeners have been warned by conservationists that thousands of species are being put in danger by their use of peat.
Plan is hatched to fill Thames with salmon
Published: 29 December 2006
It's almost like preparing the nursery for baby. Except this is for thousands of babies.
Review of the year: Global warming
Published: 29 December 2006
Bush embraces the endangered polar bear - and accepts the dangers of global warming
Published: 28 December 2006
In a landmark decision, the Bush administration has concluded that global warming is endangering the existence of the polar bear - an admission that could force the US government to act to curb the emission of greenhouse gases.
Wildlife focus: Lives in the balance
Published: 28 December 2006
Alien invasion: How the possum became public enemy No 1
Published: 27 December 2006
Garden birds need Christmas leftovers, says RSPB
Published: 27 December 2006
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has called on people to consider the wildlife in their gardens when disposing of leftover Christmas dinners this year - but not all food is suitable. The society has issued a list of do's and don'ts for feeding Christmas leftovers to birds.
Disappearing world: Global warming claims tropical island
Published: 24 December 2006
P Diddy rapped for selling coats made from dog pelts
Published: 24 December 2006
High environmental price of a very merry Christmas
Published: 23 December 2006
As many as six million Christmas trees, enough to stretch end to end from London to the North Pole and back, will be incinerated or dumped into landfill sites in Britain once the festive season is over, research has revealed.
Unhappy times for hit penguin in 'Happy Feet'
Published: 23 December 2006
He's Lovelace the rockhopper, one of the stars of this winter's hit animated comedy about dancing penguins, Happy Feet. But in real life, he's in trouble.
Scientists reveal that bears have stopped hibernating
Published: 21 December 2006
Bears have stopped hibernating in the mountains of northern Spain, scientists revealed yesterday, in what may be one of the strongest signals yet of how much climate change is affecting the natural world.
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