THAWING ARCTIC CARBON THREATENS ‘RUNAWAY’ GLOBAL WARMING
An international team of scientists has settled one puzzle of the Arctic permafrost and confirmed one long-standing fear: the vast […]
Climate change
CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAVING A REAL EFFECT ON HURRICANES, BUT HOW MUCH?
Scientists and forecasters are mostly in agreement that major storms will be less frequent but stronger The debate about whether
MOTHER NATURE FIGHTS BACK AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
Humanity may be struggling to find ways of reducing carbon emissions, but it seems we are not going it alone,
NETWORK OF FUNGUS TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
Cutting edge technology such as super efficient solar panels and nanorobots are being developed to fight climate change and disease.
ALLERGY ‘DOUBLE WHAMMY’ HITS SOME US CITIES
About a third of Americans live in areas where allergies could be made worse by a combination of high ozone
SEA LEVEL RISE IS ACCELERATING
Sea levels over the past two decades have risen faster than previously thought, suggests a new study that reassesses the
THE LARGEST ICE SHELF IN ANTARCTICA COULD BREAK UP
This ice shelf is nearly the size of Scotland — and scientists are worried about its stability Global warming is
US APPROVES SHELL’S PLAN TO DRILL FOR OIL IN ARCTIC
Oil firm Royal Dutch Shell has won approval from the US Department of Interior to explore for oil in the
2015: MORE CO2 IN ATMOSPHERE THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME SINCE RECORDS BEGAN
It’s not every day that a decades-old record gets shattered. Scientists announced this week that in nearly 60 years of
13 Pictures showing the effects of overpopulation
The environmental platform Global Population Speak Out has prepared a book entitled “OVERdevelopment, OVERpopulation, OVERshoot” which show the stark reality of