China

China's leading conservation centre is facing down an onslaught of rubber plantations.

A German research ship laden with 20 tonnes of iron sulphate has whipped up a storm of protest as it sails towards the Antarctic, where it intends to dump its cargo into the ocean late this week.

If growing forests in India can generate lucrative carbon credits, then why isn't everyone planting trees? Paroma Basu reports.

Minor progress in Poland on adaptation and deforestation sets the stage for Copenhagen in 2009.

Could the United States topple Europe as the driver of international climate-change regulations? (Editorial)

Brief Communications Arising : Snowball prevention questioned Arising from: W. R. Peltier, Y. Liu & J. W. Crowley Nature 450, 813

In drought conditions, forest soils can serve as a small but surprisingly persistent sink for the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide. The effect highlights a research avenue necessary for predicting Earth

European heads of state struck a deal on 12 December on how to go about reducing Europe

Terrestrial wetland emissions are the largest single source of the greenhouse gas methane. Northern high-latitude wetlands contribute significantly to the overall methane emissions from wetlands, but the relative source distribution between tropical and high-latitude wetlands remains uncertain.