Human activity has raised Earth's surface temperature during the last 130 years, finds a study published this month by the Journal of Geophysical Research. Dr. Robert Kaufmann of Boston University's

The New South Wales government said it planned to set compulsory greenhouse gas reduction targets for the state's electricity retailers, following the failure of a voluntary system. Premier Bob Carr

"There is an ever urgent need to create natural pockets in large cities so that people especially children remain in contact with nature and are better positioned to understand the need of bio

First, the good news. deaths from pneumonia, Diarrhoea and tuberculosis are declining worldwide. The progress in phasing out the production of ozone depleting cholofluorocarbons and harnessing wind

Environmental pressure group Greenpeace has accused the British government of exporting global warming by funding fossil fuel projects around the world, despite commitments at home to move to cleaner

The Dutch government said it had signed the first international contract with the World Bank to develop clean energy projects in developing countries to help slow global warming. The three-year $40

The largest glacier in Europe, Iceland's Vatnajokull, is melting away and getting thinner by an average of one metre (about three ft) per year because of a warmer climate, an expert said. "If the

The Antarctic has cooled during the past 35 years despite the worldwide temperature rise, according to a study published recently. The finding challenges the belief that global warming is raising

Forests are now at the forefront of climate-change debate in Japan. Known as "carbon sinks" in the parlance of scientists, negotiators and global warming policy specialists, forests and other carbon

Global climate change pundits have for long been blowing hot and cold over melting ice caps rising ocean levels and unusually hot summers on the one hand and receding deserts, shrinking biodiversity