Skeptics who say global warming can be offset by planting trees have been dealt a blow by new scientific evidence which suggests forests are of very limited use in tackling the problem. The view

Two pieces of new research have found that the US government's probable centrepiece for its climate change proposals, the use of 'carbon sinks', are far less effective than originally thought.

According to research by greenhouse gas management company, Greenergy, out of 50 UK companies surveyed, only 26 reported comprehensively on greenhouse gas emissions, with many companies missing out

The Mapping of a glacier in Ice-land by two United Kingdom universities shows that it is receding and could be facing a catastrophic collapse. Using geomorphology mapping and digital cartography

A New study by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, has dramatically elevated the importance and influence of oceanic whitecaps on global

The United States, as the world's biggest polluter, has a special responsibility to help fight global warming and promote conservation, UN Secretary Genral Kofi Annan has said. "The United States,

With the sharp rise in inflation in the euro-zone (12 E.U. countries which have adopted 'euro' as common currency) during April, the European Commission is pushing for a programme of sustainable

Finance and environment minister from the United States and other industrial nations agreed on Thursday to resume international negotiations on climate change, even though Washington made it clear

Science and technology minister Murli Manohar Joshi on Friday expressed grave concern over the ice-sheet melting in the Antarctica region which, he said can inundate vast areas of the world in

The determination of the United States bypass the Kyoto accord on global warming cast a pall this week over a meeting of industrialised nations seeking to agree on new moves to combat climate change.