LATEST
Great and good share hopes and fears for Copenhagen
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: 07:00 30 November 2009 | 35 comments
New Scientist asked leading scientists, politicians and business people to tell us if the imminent climate change talks can deliver
Early Snowball Earth may have melted to a mudball
IN BRIEF: 11:00 28 November 2009 | 12 comments
If the icy tropics of 700 million years ago were covered in dust, this could have helped melt the ice
First osmosis power plant goes on stream in Norway
16:50 26 November 2009 | 27 comments
Sited on the banks of the Oslo fjord, it generates electricity using the natural process that keeps plants standing upright and our body cells rigid
Obama offers fixed targets for US emissions cuts
18:44 25 November 2009 | 37 comments
The US president has given a major boost to next month's Copenhagen talks by offering firm targets for cuts in US greenhouse gas emissions
Nuclear fuel: are we heading for a uranium crunch?
THIS WEEK: 18:00 25 November 2009 | 52 comments
Fears of the warming effect of fossil fuels have pushed governments to reconsider nuclear power – but could a uranium shortage scupper their plans?
Eating less meat helps the planet – and your heart
UPFRONT: 14:45 25 November 2009 | 42 comments
Cutting back on the amount of animal produce we consume would help us meet our emissions reduction targets, and make us healthier into the bargain
Climate 'diagnosis' is stark message for politicians
UPFRONT: 13:07 25 November 2009 | 54 comments
The Copenhagen Diagnosis argues that the environment is in a worse state than predicted as recently as 2007 and calls for drastic action
The sweeter side of volcanoes
GALLERY: 12:30 25 November 2009
There is much more to volcanoes than just fireballs and noxious gas – see a different side of them in our gallery
Hacked archive provides fodder for climate sceptics
THIS WEEK: 18:01 24 November 2009 | 461 comments
Climate scientists are reeling from the discovery that someone has hacked into the email archive of one of their most prestigious research centres
World's last bastion of stable ice now thawing
17:27 24 November 2009 | 21 comments
The East Antarctica ice sheet, which was thought to be stable, is losing billions of tonnes of ice a year – climate change may be the culprit
MELTING ARCTIC
Forget polar bears, worry about humans
Climate change is transforming the Arctic so fast that many species could be gone within our lifetimes. But the important thing is to put human self-interest first, says Alun Anderson
FOOD AND DRINK
Four ways to feed the starving billions
By 2025 there will be 9 billion people on Earth, all needing food. We look at the best ways to stave off starvation
