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Great Barrier Reef faces catastrophe
The Great Barrier Reef's chances of survival from even moderate climate change are poor and ''catastrophic damage'' may not be avoided, a new report has warned.
Japan vows big climate change cut
Japan's next leader has promised a big cut in greenhouse gas emissions, saying he will aim for a 25% reduction by 2020 compared to 1990 levels.
Water transfers lacking scrutiny, says report
Large scale transfers of water from one river basin to another are generally occurring without adequate scrutiny of their economic, environmental and social impacts, according to an analysis released by WWF.
El Ni�o likely to continue into 2010
The United Nations agency dealing with weather, climate and water says an El Ni�o event has begun in the tropical Pacific and is likely to continue into early 2010.
New species discovered in Papua New Guinea
A team of biologists and filmmakers from the BBC have found strange spiders, a rat the size of a cat and a frog with fangs co-habiting in a pristine giant volcano in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Autumn colours fade in US west
The American West is losing its autumn colours as global warming begins to bite and there is far more at stake than iconic scenery.
Engineers' ideas for cooling the Planet
Engineers have published the world's first 100-year action plan on how to tackle climate change using mechanical trees and algae. If the initiatives, put forward by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) are ad...
Annual cost of climate change 'will be £190bn'
British experts have warned that the UN has seriously underestimated the expected annual cost of dealing with climate impacts. The true global cost of adapting to climate change is likely to be many times greater than of...
Review of organic food published
An independent review commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has indicated that there are no important differences in the nutrition content, or any additional health benefits, of organic food when compared with ...
US grants $300 million for alternative fuel vehicles
The US Energy Department will award nearly $300 million to a clean cities programme to help communities buy alternative-fuel vehicles, Vice President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Steven Chu have said.