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Glacier Model Set to be Benchmark for Climate Change Studies

EPFL researchers have developed a numerical model that can re-create the state of Switzerland's Rhône Glacier as it was in 1874 and predict its evolution until the year 2100

2 Nov 2008

Proof That Global Warming at the Poles is Caused by Humans

New research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has demonstrated for the first time that human activity is responsible for significant warming in both polar regions

2 Nov 2008

Green Group Disappointed With Judge Blocking Environmentally Friendly Taxis for New York

A preliminary injunction blocking a rule requiring New York City taxicabs to get a minimum 25 miles-per-gallon starting tomorrow is a mistake, according to Environmental Defense Fund

2 Nov 2008

African Nations Can Turn Resource Demand Driving Deforestation into Successful Sustainability

African nations could turn the demand for their natural resources currently driving deforestation and other destruction into a force for higher returns from sustainable development, WWF has said

2 Nov 2008

Living Fossil Tree Shows Scientists How Rain Forests Respond to Climate Change

A "living fossil" tree species is helping a University of Michigan researcher understand how tropical forests responded to past climate change and how they may react to global warming in the future

2 Nov 2008

Chinese Economy Being Burnt by The Cost of Coal

A new report, The True Cost of Coal, outlines the external costs to China of using coal by including the costs of air and water pollution, ecosystem degradation, damage to infrastructure, human injuries and loss of life, and takes into account the distortion of government regulation

2 Nov 2008

Prince Charles' Visit Spotlights Forests and the Oil Industry Working Hand in Hand in Borneo

You cannot produce liquid natural gas without water. In Brunei the peat forests filter water that would otherwise be unmanageable. Without this water supply from the forest, the oil and gas industry in this part of the world would stop within 24 hours

2 Nov 2008