All EU countries will have to cut the use of throwaway ‘plastic poison’ carrier bags by 80 per cent following a vote yesterday.

The Gujarat government has admitted to the state Assembly that the malnutrition levels among children across the urban and rural areas are high.

A mesmerising time-lapse of the world's rainfall and snowfall over the past year is being used by Nasa to track the factors behind climate change.

Scientists have witnessed carbon dioxide trapping heat in the atmosphere above the United States, showing human-made climate change 'in the wild' for the first time.

The temperature of Earth's surface has increased by only 0.06°C in the past 15 years - a fact that contradicts global warming climate models.

Beef and lamb should be given the chop to help save the planet, the government has warned.

The Pacific Islands, east of Australia, top the list of countries with the highest percentage of their populations obese

Air pollution inside the home is putting people at risk of developing heart disease, cancer and breathing problems, experts have today warned.

Since 1990, scientists have used complex models to predict how climate change and manmade greenhouse emissions will affect the world.

A leading microbiologist has warned of the increasing threat that killer fungi poses to humans and the environment.