The president of a Pacific island has said that western countries should do more to fight climate change as sea levels rise and extreme weather threatens...
Top beauty firms have been criticised by environmental campaigners over the use of unsustainable palm oil as a key ingredient in their products. A survey by...
A canyon almost twice as long as the Grand Canyon in Arizona has been discovered buried under miles of ice in Greenland. It is thought that...
There are renewed concerns over the Fukushima radioactive water spill as the operator of the nuclear power plant has warned that it may consider discharging radioactive...
Pests and diseases are moving fast towards the poles thanks to warmer temperatures, a new study has revealed. Crop pests are spreading towards the North and...
Campaign groups involved in the anti-fracking protests in Balcombe, West Sussex, have planned a 28 day blockade to the drill site. The site, which is occupied...
Anglia Ruskin University is to undertake an ambitious new project that plans to map the world’s resources. It is hoped that the Global Resource Observatory (GRO),...
Glaciers in the East Antarctic are more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought, according to a new study. Scientists had believed that glaciers along the...
Wales has become the first nation in the UK to recycle more than half of its waste, new figures have revealed. Alun Davies, the Welsh government...
Scientists have identified the cooling of tropical waters as the cause of the global warming slowdown experienced since 1998. However, they argue that the temperature rise...
Some of the largest cities in the US and Asia, such as New York, Miami and Mumbai, are among the most at risk of severe coastal...
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called on the government to act on “overlapping policies” which it claims deter investment in the energy efficiency industry....
Campaigners have called for “urgent” action to safeguard the countryside, after figures showed that planned building on green belt land is up 84% in a year....
The Lake District became the second national park in the UK in 1951, just weeks after the Peak District was named the first. At 885 square...
Climate change could lead to a greener Greenland by the end of the century, scientists have said. As temperatures in the Arctic rise, plant life in...