21:00 07 October 2009

Forests owned by local communities store more carbon than those managed by governments, suggesting a flaw in a plan to pay countries to protect forests

18:07 07 October 2009

As the Copenhagen conference on climate change draws closer, a new analysis shows that the pledges made by rich nations will not be enough to avert a dangerous rise in temperatures

18:00 07 October 2009

Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: exploring your mind's twilight zone, why wildfires will change the way we live, and why weedy males sometimes get lucky with the birds

18:00 07 October 2009

Firms that do basic genetic tests to warn of health risks should be clearer about what such forecasts can tell you, says genomics pioneer Craig Venter