ENVIRONMENT

Native civilisation were not the perpetrators of environmental degradation, new study suggests.

2.9 magnitude earthquake sounded "almost as if Concorde had flown over"

Lone individuals made their way across quiet city streets in the aftermath of 'Snowpocalypse'.

Swans spend winter at a lake that never freezes over, in Russia's Altai region.

Pollutants reducing density of polar bear penis bones, potentially preventing successful mating.

Dramatic video caught on webcam showed eruptions with clouds of smoke rising above the crater of the Volcan del Fuego (Volcano of Fire), set between the states of Colima and Jalisco.

Climate scientists say the "once-in-a-century" snowstorm is entirely predictable.

Northeast US braces for what National Weather Service terms a "crippling and potentially historic" storm.

Middle Eastern birds thought to be Hume's owl are actually a completely separate species

Juno expected to bring blizzard conditions to several US East Coast states.

Influential group of UK lawmakers call for a moratorium on shale gas development.

Picturesque Scottish village thought to be sitting on £200m pot of gold.

National Science Foundation's project WISSARD found different fish and marine invertebrates while drilling deep into the Antarctica.

Satellite images show the remote ice cap has lost one sixth its thickness since 2012.

Long-terms consequences of ocean warming can lead to unprecedented loss of corals in the reef.

Kruger National Park severely hit with poaching of 827 rhinos.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says global catastrophe is imminent unless urgent action is taken.

Study finds Earth was hit with intense acid rain 252 million years ago.

The asteroid was the 'smoking gun' of End-Cretaceous mass extinction, says scientist.

Artificially re-coded E coli has been locked away safely using synthetic amino acids in its assembly.

Elephant 'provoked' by flash of camera while couple was trying to click picture of herd.

Ebola constitutes bigger threat to gorillas and chimps with higher mortality rates and close contacts.

IBTimes UK looks at numerous occasions Obama has spoken about climate change.

Bullish on cutting emissions, the fourth largest emitter of carbon dioxide announced plans to green its energy, with a major thrust on solar power.

Research shows the need to act sooner than later to check ice melt in Greenland.

Theoretical model shows that most of the carbon dioxide stored underground remains in a form that can escape.

Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee under threat from dramatic habitat loss.

BP will try to whittle away at $13.7 billion (£9.03bn) in potential fines under the Clean Water Act as the penalty phase starts on Tuesday (January 20) in its trial over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Up to $13m worth of metals found in sludge from city of one million.