Northern Europe and Britain can expect more flooding and torrential rains in the years to come but southern Europe will bear the brunt of the impact of global warming with water shortages, forest

As the days count down to November's crucial climate summit in The Hague, a coalition of leading environmental organizations today launched the first international web-based initiative to give

Against a backdrop of growing scientific consensus that the earth is warming-and that human activities are at least partly to blame--a dozen federal agencies are working closely with the private

Climate change is likely to have a far more severe impact on the poorer regions of southern and eastern Europe than on richer countries in northern Europe, according to a European Union-funded study.

UK farmers are spending money on reservoirs, ponds, irrigation systems and hi-tech monitoring equipment in a bid to beat the threat of climate change, according to a new survey. Nearly two-thirds of

BP Amoco Plc, the world's No.3 publicly traded oil company, and Ford Motor Co. said they will give Princeton University $20 million over 10 years to study ways to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions from

Not all climate chnge bad : Southern and eastern Europeans are likely to suffer from climate changes predicted over the next century, while their northern neighbors are expected to reap advantages

John Prescott signalled massive Government investment to cope with extreme weathere conditions caused by global warming. The Deputy Prime Minister ordered an urgent review for dealing with

Trying to fend off rivals on both his left and right, Vice President Al Gore is touting his environmental record and saying Texas Gov. George W. Bush will not address global warming. Gore, the