Earth and Environment

• BRIEFING: US nuclear recycling faces the axe

  Department of Energy cancels reprocessing project.

  2 July 2009

• Snapshot: Vanishing meadows

  The dire state of seagrass.

  1 July 2009

• Budget request tackles habitat changes - Premium content

  US wildlife agency bids to revitalize research with focus on effects of global warming.

  1 July 2009

• UK Met Office hit by cuts to climate project - Premium content

  Defence ministry slashes programme budget by a quarter.

  1 July 2009

• IN BRIEF: Key polar research centres sign up to cooperative deal - Premium content

  1 July 2009

• IN BRIEF: Soundbites: Talking climate targets

  1 July 2009

• IN BRIEF: Heritage alert for Central American reef

  1 July 2009

• Nuclear energy: The hybrid returns - Premium content

  Slotting a fusion reactor into the heart of a nuclear fission plant could accelerate the development of waste-free nuclear energy. So why are all the designs still on paper, asks Ed Gerstner.

  1 July 2009

• Atmospheric science: Climate's smoky spectre - Premium content

  With their focus on greenhouse gases, atmospheric scientists have largely overlooked lowly soot particles. But black carbon is now a hot topic among researchers and politicians. Jeff Tollefson investigates.

  1 July 2009

• Australian carbon trading scheme delayed

  Senators push back passage of greenhouse gas bill.

  30 June 2009