Climate change could wipe out wildlife and is ‘major risk’ to UK forests
30 March 2014 12:26 AM
Report says effects of tree dieback on food production and biodiversity worse than previously thought
Gaia visionary advocates city living to sit out the worst extremes of climate change
30 March 2014 12:26 AM
People should give up on the “English dream” of a house and garden in the countryside and retreat into mega-cities to sit out the worst extremes of climate change, environmental guru James Lovelock said yesterday.
Britain one of the lowest producers of renewable energy in the EU
27 March 2014 11:14 PM
A report shows that the UK outperforms only Malta and Luxembourg
Arnold Schwarzenegger accused of profiting from deforestation
25 March 2014 06:00 AM
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Missing Malaysia flight MH370: Search will be affected by climate change, say scientists
24 March 2014 11:45 AM
The turbulent currents and strong winds in the search area caused by manmade global warming, with only make the search more difficult.
Freddie Flintoff's extraordinary 1,200km bike ride through the heart of the Amazon rainforest
23 March 2014 12:00 AM
The former England cricket captain always considered himself an environmental sceptic – until, that is, he joined the writer Robert Penn on the epic and gruelling bike ride
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23 March 2014 12:00 AM
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Official prophecy of doom: Global warming will cause widespread conflict, displace millions of people and devastate the global economy
18 March 2014 07:00 AM
Leaked draft report from UN panel seen by The Independent is most comprehensive investigation into impact of climate change ever undertaken - and it's not good news
Fears of faster rising global sea levels as 'stable' Greenland ice sheet starts to melt
16 March 2014 06:23 PM
New study shows north-eastern region has been losing billions of tons of ice since 2003
RSPB fears thousands of rare birds died in winter storms 'caused by climate change'
06 March 2014 06:07 PM
Rare puffins recovering from being at the brink of extinction are among the birds made vulnerable by the storms, experts warn
Revealed: How climate change ended world’s first great civilisations
03 March 2014 12:03 AM
'Megacities' of the Indus Valley region of Pakistan and north-west India declined and never recovered because of a dramatic increase in drought conditions, according to new research
Frequency of severe flooding across Europe 'to double by 2050'
02 March 2014 05:59 PM
Floods and climate chance will be responsible for 30 per cent of losses by the same time, a study has found
Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore tells US Senate there is "no proof" humans cause climate change
28 February 2014 09:47 AM
Moore claims Greenpeace has taken a "sharp turn to the political left" and lost interest in science
Now the two most famous scientific institutions in Britain and the US agree: 'Climate change is more certain than ever'
27 February 2014 12:31 AM
Climate change is one of the defining issues of our time and the indisputable warming of the world over the past century is largely the result of human activities, according to the two most august science bodies in Britain and the United States.
Volcanic eruptions ‘contributed to global warming pause’, scientists claim
23 February 2014 06:39 PM
Research could explain why rate of climate change appeared to slow down after 1998 – but experts say volcanoes only offer ‘temporary respite’ from rising temperatures
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