The thaw can impact local environment by triggering lake outbursts and landslides.
The first GM animal to be approved will be bred and raised in secure land-based facilities in Canada and Panama.
International Union for Conservation of Nature warns polar bear population could drop by 30% in 35 years.
We should be exploring as many climate engineering options as possible, while limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
An underwater photo of tadpoles silhouetted against the sky has won a science photography competition.
Energy Secretary says renewables will only be supported if conditions of cost reduction are met.
High temperatures cause bleaching of corals.
Since the last ice age, Adelie penguin populations have seen a 135-fold increase.
Super laser that heats material to 10 million degrees has potential in thermonuclear fusion energy.
Global Climate March could be cancelled as France intensifies security.
Volcano has been exhibiting continuous activity since 9 July.
The court ordered a commission to examine the policy and do the needful.
With just a few weeks left to enter the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards, we present a selection of early submissions.
Even as Paris mourns the death of 129 people in the recent terror attacks, the climate summit would be held on schedule.
Weather is the response of the atmosphere to the uneven pattern of heat energy that it receives.
First map of groundwater shows 23 million cubic kilometres hidden beneath planet's surface.
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake off the Japanese coast created a tsunami early on Saturday.
Disobedience, blockades and discussions to mark COP21.
The volcanoes have a risk of erupting within the next 100 years.
A destructive wave of viscous red mud has all but erased the village of Bento Rodrigues.
Scientists studied the glacier's continued collapse in the last 40 years.
The plant, to be operational by 2023 is expected to cost £2.4bn to build and maintain.
The Met Office issues an amber weather warning amid reports of flash flooding.
A new study has found the warm climate of the time helped the economy boom.
An ODI study highlighted the G20 had 'broken its promise' to end fossil fuel subsidies.
Adelaide researchers find climate change will destroy sharks' ability to hunt.
So-called 'Brush Fire' is among scores of blazes that have ravaged the drought-stricken western US.
A mother and baby orangutan who escaped Indonesia's forest fires have survived.
Greenpeace calls the investments an economic waste and lost chance to spur renewables.
Authorities say the move will not affect quality of drinking water for the city's residents.