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Environment

Spring in January: Frogs, trees and bees are deceived by winter's unseasonal warmth

Published: 14 January 2007

St Hilary's day, New Year's Eve on the Julian calendar and, traditionally, the coldest day of the year, passed yesterday as one of the warmest on record.

Poison gas cloud that killed 30,000 Britons (and it could happen again)

Published: 14 January 2007

We should heed the lessons, experts warn, of a little-known environmental disaster that took place two centuries ago

Decline in haymaking is killing off the bumble bee

Published: 14 January 2007

Changing farming practices have played a major role in the decline of the bumble bee, according to new research. The big drop in haymaking and the rise of silage is driving out the bees, whose numbers have declined by 60 per cent since 1970.

In danger of extinction: Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla

Published: 13 January 2007

Our closest relative is still in danger of extinction, but a dramatic breakthrough in the Congo means that four orphaned gorillas, rescued from hunters and successfully reintroduced into the wild, have all given birth. Ed Caesar witnesses a remarkable renaissance.

Man dies and six missing as storms batter British Isles

Published: 12 January 2007

One man was killed and there were fears for six others last night after extreme weather battered the British Isles, causing transport chaos and leaving thousands without power.

Britain's woodland wonders: protecting our natural heritage

Published: 12 January 2007

While Britain's most important buildings are awarded blue plaques, its historic trees are left to wither and die. Jack Watkins reports on a new campaign to protect our natural heritage, and Simon Usborne tells the tales of ten national treasures

A Good Yarn: Old rags into new threads

Published: 11 January 2007

We throw away 100 million black bags' worth of unwanted clothes every year. Anthea Gerrie meets the designer who aims to change all that

Julia Stephenson: The Green Goddess

Published: 11 January 2007

Ever since Nigella insisted that ground semolina was the secret weapon for crispy roast potatoes, it's been impossible to find any of the stuff in my neck of the woods. Several times in Waitrose I've been nearly mown down by desperate women seeking out other celebrity chef "must haves" such as goose fat and organic ground mace. I thought ground mace was something one sprayed at rapists, but not so.

Every little helps when making your home greener

Published: 11 January 2007

Can't afford solar panels? There are cheaper ways to a greener home. Hester Lacey learns how a bit of DIY can make a big difference

The Big Question: Does carbon offsetting really help in the fight against climate change?

Published: 11 January 2007

Why are we asking this question now?

EU: Climate change will transform the face of the continent

Published: 10 January 2007

Europe, the richest and most fertile continent and the model for the modern world, will be devastated by climate change, says the EU

Gold in the lair of the tiger: Big cats vs big profits

Published: 10 January 2007

When the Burmese junta agreed to protect a vast tract of wilderness, the world was astonished. But the move also sparked the exploitation of the region's natural wealth, as Peter Popham reports

Frozen in time: The Antarctic's hidden treasures

Published: 10 January 2007

Beneath four kilometres of Antarctic ice lies a vast lake sealed off from the world for tens of millions of years. It could be home to all kinds of unknown life forms - but can we get to them without doing irreparable damage? Steve Connor reports

Blair tries to offset fury over flights policy

Published: 10 January 2007

Tony Blair has been accused of failing to set an example to the nation after refusing to give up his foreign holidays to help combat climate change.

How richest fuel global warming - but poorest suffer most from it

Published: 09 January 2007

By the end of tomorrow the average Briton will have caused as much global warning as the typical Kenyan will over the whole of this year, according to a report.

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

A vast army of rodents gnawed its way through the Pacific paradise's palm nuts and left it a wasteland

'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

Playboy hunters with helicopters and Kalashnikovs are driving the Sahel's fragile population of wild animals to extinction. Stanley Johnson travelled to Niger to witness the devastation

Carbon-offsetting: All credit to them

Published: 04 January 2007

Some dismiss carbon-offsetting as a way of buying a clear conscience. These Indian farmers disagree. James Hopkirk sees how Western 'guilt money' transformed their lives

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

A series of mild winters and strict conservation laws mean their numbers are rising as never before. But the huge flocks are stripping rivers of vegetation, depleting fish stocks and threatening other birds' survival
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