Chloe Maxmin, co-ordinator of the student-led Divest Harvard initiative, describes her fight to get the prestigious US university to ditch its fossil fuel investments. Two things...
Americans are more likely to engage with and support action to stop ‘global warming’, rather than ‘climate change’, according to new research that found people react...
Ancient carbon-rich soils, buried deep beneath the earth’s surface, can contribute to climate change thanks to human activities, new research has shown. In a new study...
Blue & Green Daily finds and summarises the top sustainability stories around the web every morning. We start with our own picks from Blue & Green...
The disappearance of melting ice sheets, caused by global warming, may have a small silver lining, scientists have said. A new study suggests that summer meltwaters...
Milder temperatures and garden water containers can make for the ideal environment for a number of mosquito species, including some that carry malaria, new research has...
A new radar survey has revealed that in the past three years Antarctica has lost ice at twice the rate it did between 2005 and 2010,...
A coalition of around 300 civil society organisations have voiced concerns after it emerged the Green Climate Fund (GCF) could be used to develop nuclear, dams...
Climate change, along with an ageing global population, is a “megatrend” that will impact on sovereign creditworthiness, according to a report from ratings agency Standard &...
Last month was the second warmest April worldwide since records began, according to preliminary measurements from NASA. Around the world, temperatures averaged 58.5F (14.7C), 1.3F (0.7C)...
Climate change is already acting as a catalyst for conflict and poses a serious risk to security, according to a strongly worded “call for action” from...
The collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet is now unstoppable, guaranteeing a potentially devastating eventual sea level rise of up to 4 metres (13ft), according...
Electricity may usurp oil as the lifeblood of the global economy in the 21st century, but a massive decarbonisation effort is urgently required if the most...
A new website has been launched to show what the future might look like once the ice caps have melted. World Under Water is similar to...
UN climate chief Christiana Figueres has called for a global mindset strong enough to “make tough decisions because we know it is the right thing to...