LATEST
Low-carbon future: We can afford to go green
SPECIAL REPORT: 18:00 02 December 2009 | 38 comments
An exclusive study for New Scientist shows that westerners can radically cut carbon emissions and keep their lifestyles
Extreme oil: Scraping the bottom of Earth's barrel
COVER STORY: 18:00 02 December 2009 | 18 comments
The extraordinary lengths we'll have to go to if we want to keep the black stuff flowing
US and China emissions pledges won't stop 2 °C warming
UPFRONT: 12:16 02 December 2009 | 13 comments
Modelling suggests these cuts will not be enough to head off dangerous climate change – Europe may have to take up the slack
Seas could rise 1.4m, warns Antarctic climate review
15:21 01 December 2009 | 45 comments
A review of Antarctic climate change forecasts that by 2100 the world's seas will have risen to levels previously thought too extreme to be realistic
Five eco-crimes we commit every day
FEATURE: 11:32 01 December 2009 | 136 comments
If you really want to save the planet, you should rethink how you clean your clothes – and your bottom
Great and good share hopes and fears for Copenhagen
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: 07:00 30 November 2009 | 46 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 | 15 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 | 28 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 | 54 comments
Fears of the warming effect of fossil fuels have pushed governments to reconsider nuclear power – but could a uranium shortage scupper their plans?
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
