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BRE Innovation Park to Include Green Apartment Block and Retail Outlet

Work starts this week on a Code for Sustainable Homes Level 6 four-storey apartment block complete with an retail store which will form part of the Phase II expansion of the BRE Innovation Park

31 Mar 2009

Plant Growth Discovery to Impact Crop Production as Climate Change Advances

Researchers at the universities of Leicester and Oxford have made a discovery about plant growth which could potentially have an enormous impact on crop production as global warming increases

30 Mar 2009

Climate Change May Put Livestock at Risk from Deadly Virus Outbreaks

Global warming could have chilling consequences for European livestock, warned Professor Peter Mertens from the Institute for Animal Health

30 Mar 2009

Climate Entrepreneurs Will Be The Driving Force Behind a Low Carbon Future

WWF urges delegates at the ongoing UN climate talks in Bonn to find ways to support a new class of climate entrepreneurs as the main drivers for a future low carbon economy

30 Mar 2009

Feeding Fish Oils to Flatulent Cows Reduces Methane Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The benefits to animals of omega 3 fatty acids in fish oils have been well documented – helping the heart and circulatory system, improving meat quality and reducing methane emissions

29 Mar 2009

Climate Change Conference Delegates Told to Act on Earth Hour Call

UN climate chief Yvo de Boer today urged delegates to crucial negotiations starting today to take heed of yesterday’s Earth Hour call from hundreds of millions of people wanting decisive global action on climate change this year

29 Mar 2009

UN Climate Chief Takes Earth Hour Message to Climate Change Talks

29 Mar 2009

Frozen Antarctic Dust May Answer Climate Change Questions

Dust trapped deep in Antarctic ice sheets is helping scientists unravel details of past climate change

29 Mar 2009

New Research Suggests That Climate Change Will Shift the Use of Agricultural Chemicals and May Harm Humans

New research suggests that increasing changes in global climate and oscillations in atmospheric temperatures may shift the use and spread of agricultural chemicals and pathogens, resulting in potentially harmful human exposures

29 Mar 2009

Global Warming Effects on Spiders May Lead to Bird Extinctions

Warm summers are dramatically reducing populations of daddy long legs, which in turn is having a severe impact on the bird populations which rely on them for food

29 Mar 2009