Climate Change

Nunalleq site, discovered in Quinhagak along the Bering Sea in Alaska may vanish rapidly into sea, researchers revealed at the British Science Festival in Aberdeen.

Sea otters consume sea urchins which prey on carbon di-oxide-absorbing kelp.

Natural carbon "sinks" including oceans and lands have almost doubled their uptake of greenhouse gases in the last 50 years.

Researchers from Britain and Australia discover how carbon is drawn down from the surface of the Southern Ocean to the deep waters beneath.

On-and-off hosepipe bans, record wettest spring, vicious winters - Ben Hargreaves wonders if Olympics will beat our crazy climate?

Energy and climate change committee claims consumers can expect higher energy bills.

American Meteorological Society research finds climate change link to extreme weather including heatwaves and flooding.

Natural climatic changes such as El Nino have stalled the growth of coral reefs for nearly 2,500 years.

Two new supercomputers "Emerald" and "Iridis 3" systems were unveiled at the Science and Technology Facilities Council's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) at an event that also launched the Oxford University-led e-Infrastructure South Consortium that will run both supercomputers.

University of Adelaide scientists discover that climate change is causing some leaves to shrink in Australia.

University of Manchester report warns that global warming will lead to rocketing food costs as crops die and livestock suffer.

Climatic change could nearly wipe out the existing population of the leatherback turtles by exacerbating the existing threats to the species, new research has mentioned.

Mining companies, airlines, steel makers and energy firms will bear brunt of Clean Energy Act.

Critical stage of experiment carried out for the first time to monitor what might happen if CO2 leaks from an underground storage reservoir successfully completed.

Greenhouse gas emissions being cut at a quarter of the speed needed in order to win climate fight, warns climate change watchdog.

Rex Tillerson makes comments during a presentation to the Council on Foreign Relations which included government officials, business people and non-governmental groups.

Television and computers in standby mode consume more energy than it was previously thought.

UN Watercourses Convention helps ensure that the world's 263 international boundary crossing rivers are protected and peacefully shared.

Researchers from the University of Exeter claimed that people should eat less meat to tackle climate change.

Vince Cable, derided as anti-business business secretary, may finally appease critics by announcing plans to give shareholders binding vote on executive pay.

He says already levels of CO2 have exceeded 400 parts per million while the tipping point is 450 parts per million.

Ahead of the Rio+20 Earth Summit, campaign ambassador Bianca Jagger, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Airbus launch online campaign called Plant a Pledge.

Scientists have discovered that humans are the major culprits behind global ocean warming, according to a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory report.

An international team of scientists finds that geoengineering projects could lead to less rainfall in Europe and North America.

Warming Arctic climate has resulted in shrubs in the Arctic tundra turning into trees in just a few decades creating patches of forest which, if replicated across the tundra, would significantly accelerate global warming.

Regeneration Project ratings especially high for economic benefits of protecting environment.

Others included in the 2012 awards are Brazilian banker Fábio C Barbosa and renewable energy entrepreneur Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber.

Scientists from the University of York have found that climate change has bought great changes to the lifestyle of the Brown Argus butterfly.

All major nations reaffirm commitment to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan by 2014 deadline. Despite reservations, exit strategy to proceed according to agreed timetable following landmark Nato summit in Chicago.

Obama's plan for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan by end of 2014 threatened by rift with Pakistan and possibly scuppered by France's new president, Francois Hollande