The world’s 500 largest businesses are responsible for more than 10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and the figure is rising despite calls for companies...
Europe is likely to have experienced its hottest year since the 1500s in 2014, and according to new research climate change has played a significant role...
Two separate studies have concluded that ice in Greenland could be lost more rapidly than expected, leading to sea levels rising quicker than previously estimated. The...
The latest data from Europe’s CryoSat has revealed that Arctic sea ice in October was slightly lower than that recorded in 2013. However, researchers added that...
Researchers have measured how much plastic is now in the oceans and the findings show how huge the scale of the problem is. It is estimated...
The chance of heatwaves occurring across parts of Europe has “increased dramatically” in the last decade, according to a study by the Met Office. The organisation...
A new study, from researchers at the University of Missouri, has warned that more research into how fracking can impact human health needs to be done....
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If the world is to address the serious environmental, social and economic challenges it currently faces than a step-change in research is needed, according to a...
Today’s renewable technologies alone will not be able to cut greenhouse gas emissions enough to halt climate change, Ross Koningstein and David Fork, both engineers at...
New research from the Queen’s University Belfast has found that the spread of an exotic parasite that threatens the UK’s honey bee population could be speed...
A research team has used a robot to create a 3D map of previously inaccessible areas of the Antarctic and found that sea ice is thicker...
A new analysis from the National Bureau of Economic Research has amalgamated the findings of 55 studies and concluded that there is a relationship between the...
Japan must accelerate the development of its wind sector in order to ensure a sustainable future and stop dependency on nuclear power and imported fossil fuels,...
A new report suggests that more than $100 trillion (£61tn) in cumulative public and private spending, and 1,700 megatons of annual CO2 – a 40% reduction...