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Tajikistan facing water shortages, report warns
Tajikistan is in danger of being overwhelmed by water shortages, rising temperatures and climate extremes, according to a new report from Oxfam.
BA to fly on 'rubbish' fuel
British Airways and the US bioenergy company Solena are to establish Europe's first green jet fuel plant in the East End of London.
A new wire twist on silicon solar cells
US researchers have devised a way to make flexible solar cells with silicon wires that use just 1% of the material needed to make conventional solar cells.
Oceans' acidity rate is soaring, claims study
The rate at which the oceans are becoming more acidic is greater today than at any time in tens of millions of years, according to a new study.
Fifty–five countries pledge climate emission cuts
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has received submissions of national pledges to cut and limit greenhouse gases by 2020 from 55 countries.
Global warming makes trees grow at fastest rate for 200 years
Forests in the northern hemisphere could be growing faster now than they were 200 years ago as a result of climate change, according to a study of trees in eastern America.
Huge hydroelectric dam approved in Brazil's Amazon
Brazil's government has granted an environmental licence for the construction of a controversial hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
Americans cooling on climate change, survey says
Fewer Americans are now concerned about climate change than they were in 2008 according to a report.
Water vapour's impact on global warming revealed
Scientists have underestimated the role that water vapour plays in determining global temperature changes, according to a new study.
Study explains how volcanoes may have suffocated ocean life
A spate of volcanic activity may have triggered environmental changes that led to widespread destruction of life in the oceans, according to a new report.