THE GREATEST THREAT TO LIFE ON EARTH
There are now regular reports on the causes and effects of climate change,
which need to be recognized and understood, to help guide away from destructive
practices and into sustainable development options.
Active intervention
in the climate - from seeding clouds through the dispersing of various
materials from planes to the creation of large scale solar shields - are
now under more active consideration.
Keeping a watch on the effects of global
warming to help assess the best ways to mitigate the consequences is
essential to making good judgements on how, when and where to create sustainable
developments. Some of the massive engineering schemes to protect existing
developments and facilitate new ones take decades to provide and fortunes
to finance, so poor decisions may be fatal.
Where Australia's sharks go to stay looking sharp
A pampering session at the beauty salon always works wonders for morale - not just for humans, but also for sharks and manta ray fish. Australian scientists have discovered that these large marine creatures regularly congregate at certain spots on the Great Barrier Reef to be groomed by smaller fish.
Dolphin cull film 'lies', says Japan
Pro-whaling officials have reacted angrily to news that a documentary about a gruesome annual dolphin cull in a remote Japanese fishing town has bagged an Academy Award.
Gardeners urged to stop using peat-based compost
The star of the BBC's Gardeners' World has been drafted in by the Government as they try to persuade the public to stop using peat compost.
Michael McCarthy: A literary spell of warm weather
Spring came last week and so did its first notable event, though not in a flowering, an emerging or a singing, but in a publication: Richard Mabey published his essays. It might still be freezing outside, but getting hold of A Brush With Nature in early March was like being given an unseasonable spell of warm weather in which everything in the natural world suddenly bursts into life.
Green car incentives may be a victim of their own success
Government efforts to encourage motorists to buy greener cars are proving so successful they are raising concerns that tax breaks for cleaner vehicles may have to be re-jigged.
Indian leather hub targeted in Ganges clean-up
On the banks of the Ganges in northern India, tanneries that have poured effluent into the holy river for decades are closing.
World's rarest camellia in full bloom
Middlemist's Red - thought to be only one of two in the world ? is blooming in the 19th-century conservatory at Chiswick HousePlant-lovers will have to take it on trust, as its magnificent Georgian home still has the builders in, but one of the rarest flowers in the world is in full bloom.The Middle
How to avoid your own 'climategate' scandal
Leaked emails between climate scientists at the University of East Anglia have caused a furore. Phil Jones on how not to get caught out by freedom of information requestsThe "climategate" scandal involving the University of East Anglia has sent shockwaves through universities, but many academics sti
Alien v predator: moth out to kill Japanese knotweed
Chosen insect feeds on invasive species but not other closely related plants and cropsBiological warfare is to be declared on an alien invader, Japanese knotweed, that swamps gardens and rivers, with the release of an insect to eat the virulent weed.The decision by the Department for Environment, Fo
Support for Rejection of Government Guidance on Wind Turbine Noise
Bradford wind turbine rejected even though it meets government guidelines.
