Climate Change
Pipes hung in the sea could help planet to 'heal itself'
Published: 27 September 2007
Pipes hanging in the ocean might bring global warming under control, two of Britain's most distinguished scientists suggest today.
Bush prepares for 'greenwashing' climate summit
Published: 27 September 2007
For the first time in 16 years, a major environmental conference opens in Washington, hosted by the Bush administration. But no concrete results are expected, and that – say European participants – is the point of this high-level meeting.
Timetable set to phase out high-energy light bulbs
Published: 27 September 2007
A bid to phase out all high-energy light bulbs on sale in British shops was announced by the Government today.
Antarctic: The bugs that came in from the cold
Published: 26 September 2007
US criticised over climate forum
Published: 25 September 2007
The Bush administration was criticised yesterday for organising an alternative climate change forum, as the United Nations secretary general and Britain stressed that the UN is the best place to discuss global measures.
Bush takes lead on global warming action
Published: 23 September 2007
Arctic sea ice melts to its lowest level ever
Published: 22 September 2007
The sea ice of the Arctic shrank to its lowest-ever level this week, shattering the previous record.
'Too late to avoid global warming,' say scientists
Published: 19 September 2007
A rise of two degrees centigrade in global temperatures – the point considered to be the threshold for catastrophic climate change which will expose millions to drought, hunger and flooding – is now "very unlikely" to be avoided, the world's leading climate scientists said yesterday.
Greenland: the emerging nation
Published: 17 September 2007
Bush pushes for plan to protect ozone layer
Published: 16 September 2007
George Bush is this week to press for international action that will do more to combat global warming than the Kyoto Protocol.
Bangladesh: Life on the edge
Published: 15 September 2007
US states win right to set carbon target
Published: 14 September 2007
The US state of Vermont has won a landmark victory in the battle against global warming being waged at local level across America in defiance of the Bush Administration.
Climate change will harm life on the deep ocean floor, study finds
Published: 10 September 2007
A study of the most remote forms of life on Earth has found that their splendid isolation on the deep seabed will not protect them from environmental catastrophes on the surface.
Shockwaves from melting icecaps are triggering earthquakes, say scientists
Published: 08 September 2007
High up inside the Arctic circle the melting of Greenland's ice sheet has accelerated so dramatically that it is triggering earthquakes for the first time.
The Big Question: Will APEC's climate-change deal amount to anything more than hot air?
Published: 07 September 2007
Why are we asking this now?
Global warming: Too hot to handle for the BBC
Published: 06 September 2007
Lessons to be learnt from Channel 4 blunder
Published: 06 September 2007
The BBC's decision to drop its climate change event is not the first time a major broadcaster has been accused of skewing the debate in favour of global warming deniers.
The green provocateur: Cornering the corporates
Published: 04 September 2007
More 'megafires' to come, say scientists
Published: 02 September 2007
Fires of unprecedented ferocity are sweeping around the world, fuelled by global warming and misguided environmentalism.
The summer that was every bit as bad for wildlife as the coldest winter
Published: 01 September 2007
Some of Britain's most endangered creatures were dealt devastating blows by the monsoon summer which ended yesterday.
Get ready for the next weather phenomenon: fog
Published: 01 September 2007
Spring was glorious. Summer was the wettest ever. So, in the record year of British weather ups and downs that is 2007, what phenomenon can we expect from autumn, which begins today? The answer is fog.
Soggy summer set to enter the record books
Published: 31 August 2007
You probably thought so, and now it's official – the summer which finishes today has been the wettest since British records began, the Met Office has said.
Higher CO2 levels could lead to more summer floods
Published: 30 August 2007
Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will lead to higher river levels and an increase in the risk of summertime flooding because plants will be less able to soak up rainwater from waterlogged soil, the Met Office has found.
Extreme conditions: What's happening to our weather?
Published: 28 August 2007
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