Most recent stories

• German universities bow to public pressure over GM crops

  Plug is pulled on maize research.

  14 May 2008

• Sediment cores reveal Antarctica's warmer past

  ANDRILL project discovers that life at the pole wasn#25;t so chilly 16 million years ago.

  24 April 2008

• Are the IPCC scenarios 'unachievable'?

  Claim that the challenge of cutting emissions has been underestimated is debated.

  02 April 2008

• Climate challenge underestimated?

  Technology will not automatically come to our aid, experts warn.

  02 April 2008

• Water: Purification with a pinch of salt

  Climate change, growing populations and political concerns are prompting governments and investors from California to China to take a fresh look at desalination. Quirin Schiermeier wades in.

  19 March 2008

• 'Rain-making' bacteria found around the world

  Some microbes are frequent flyers in clouds.

  28 February 2008

• Rainforest logging threatens sea turtles

  Displaced logs on beaches are preventing endangered turtles from nesting.

  27 February 2008

• Stormy weather

  Experts still divided on the link between climate change and hurricanes.

  30 January 2008

• Funding freeze shakes Russia's prodigals

  Academy pulls the plug on research programme.

  30 January 2008

• Europe spells out action plan for emissions targets

  Heavy industry set to pay for allowances under carbon-trading scheme.

  30 January 2008