Climate Change
Changing face of autumn as pollution keeps leaves green
Published: 14 November 2007
Pollution from cars and power stations is changing the face of autumn, according to research by British scientists.
UN chief visits Antarctica for global warming fact-finding tour
Published: 12 November 2007
When Ban Ki-moon clambered out of a Chilean Air Force transport plane and planted his boots in the snows of Antarctica, he became the first head of the United Nations ever to visit the world's icy underbelly.
Brown faces battle on emissions targets
Published: 09 November 2007
Gordon Brown is facing a tough parliamentary battle over the Government's ground-breaking Climate Change Bill amid growing pressure to strengthen planned targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Antarctic odyssey documents alarming retreat of the sea ice
Published: 06 November 2007
When the renowned wildlife photographers Jonathan and Angie Scott first visited the Antarctic 15 years ago, at the beginning of the continent's summer in early November, they could see the pack ice from their expedition ship.
Britain's colossal food waste is stoking climate change
Published: 02 November 2007
Britons must swap their wasteful habits with food for the thrifty approach of previous generations by buying less and eating leftovers if the UK is to play its part in averting climate change, shoppers were warned yesterday.
Forests losing the ability to absorb man-made carbon
Published: 01 November 2007
The sprawling forests of the northern hemisphere which extend from China and Siberia to Canada and Alaska are in danger of becoming a gigantic source of carbon dioxide rather than being a major "sink" that helps to offset man-made emissions of the greenhouse gas.
Sam Branson: Heir to an airline journeys to the Arctic
Published: 01 November 2007
Britain is 'too slow' at cutting emissions
Published: 30 October 2007
Groundbreaking new legal targets for cutting Britain's greenhouse gas emissions will fall short of what is needed to help limit global warming, environmentalists have warned.
Lovelock: Rapid global warming will create famine and drought
Published: 29 October 2007
Climate change is happening faster than anyone predicted and its consequences could be dire for the survival of civilisation in the 21st century because of the chaos it will cause in terms of famine, drought and mass migration, according to a leading scientist.
Not an environment scare story
Published: 26 October 2007
A landmark assessment by the UN of the state of the world's environment paints the bleakest picture yet of our planet's well-being
The Big Question: Is the Kyoto treaty an outdated failure based on the wrong premises?
Published: 26 October 2007
Who suggests that?
'Food miles' soared by 31% in a year, study reveals
Published: 26 October 2007
Almost a third more food was flown into Britain last year than in 2005, embarrassing the Government which has promised to slash the pollution and congestion from "food miles".
African produce to lose organic labelling
Published: 25 October 2007
Britain's leading organic body, the Soil Association, is to ban all but "ethical" air-freighted food in a move designed to throw a financial lifeline to poor countries while cutting pollution linked to climate change.
Scientists say Kyoto protocol is 'outdated failure'
Published: 25 October 2007
The international effort to curb man-made emissions of greenhouse gases – as enshrined in the Kyoto protocol – is a miserable failure that needs to be swept away and replaced, according to a new report.
'Carbon sinks' lose ability to soak up emissions
Published: 23 October 2007
A dramatic decline in the ability of the Earth to soak up man-made emissions of carbon dioxide, and a corresponding acceleration in the rate of increase of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, have been detected for the first time by scientists.
Arctic report card warns of reduction in sea ice
Published: 19 October 2007
Climate change is continuing to progress in the Arctic, according to the first annual edition of an "Arctic Report Card" issued by a US-led team of scientists.
Climate deniers to send film to British schools
Published: 15 October 2007
Secondary schools across Britain are to be sent copies of the controversial television film The Great Global Warming Swindle, as the polemical battle over climate change heats up in the wake of last week's Nobel Peace Prize award to former US vice president Al Gore and the UN's climate change panel.
Al Gore and UN win Nobel prize
Published: 12 October 2007
Former US vice president Al Gore has shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the UN's climate panel, it was announced today
Shipping pollution 'far more damaging than flying'
Published: 10 October 2007
New research suggests that the impact of shipping on climate change has been seriously underestimated and that the industry is currently churning out greenhouse gases at nearly twice the rate of aviation.
Record 22C temperatures in Arctic heatwave
Published: 03 October 2007
Parts of the Arctic have experienced an unprecedented heatwave this summer, with one research station in the Canadian High Arctic recording temperatures above 20C
From the air, the evidence of climate change is striking
Published: 03 October 2007
The airport in Greenland's capital, Nuuk, doesn't look like any other airport. Outside, the tiny runway accommodates a lone helicopter. Inside the waiting room, the chairs are upholstered in seal skin.
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
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