Senior figures in the UK government were aware of these discussions by the late 1960s, while the very first environment white paper, in May 1970, mentions carbon dioxide build-up as a possible problem ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The island nation of Tuvalu is losing land to sea-level rise, and its farms and water supplies are under threat from salt water.

Melting glaciers, coastal areas wiped off the map and regular 40C heat in Europe. Climate experts warn the gloomy predictions of long term environmental change are no longer the future - they are ...

Satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Melissa churning northwest through the Caribbean Sea. The Category 5 hurricane is a recent example of ...

The world has “seriously underestimated” the rate of global warmingand its impact on the economy, as scientists call for an urgent “recovery plan”. A new report from the Institute and Faculty of ...

Climate crisis could cause global financial crash as economic models fail to capture risk - Researchers say governments and ...

Melting glaciers, coastal areas wiped off the map and regular 40C heat in Europe. Climate experts warn the gloomy predictions of long term environmental change are no longer the future - they are ...