LATEST
California genetic food vote is no victory for science
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: 11:36 15 November 2012
Researchers hailing the Californian vote against proposals for mandatory labelling of genetically modified food are missing the bigger picture, says Michael Le Page
Estimates for future global warming narrowed down
THIS WEEK: 08:00 15 November 2012
How much will Earth warm this century? A study has narrowed the range of likely temperatures
Link between global warming and drought questioned
THIS WEEK: 18:00 14 November 2012
Climate predictions of intensifying drought are based on an oversimplified picture, a new analysis finds
UK pins ash hopes on finding fungus-resistant trees
UPFRONT: 17:15 13 November 2012
The fungal disease killing ash trees in the UK cannot be eradicated, so instead scientists will go looking for trees with natural resistance
Brazil aims to clone endangered animals
17:15 12 November 2012
Eight threatened animal species, including jaguars and maned wolves, are the target of a cloning project in South America
Threatened coral calls in the goby cavalry
19:00 08 November 2012
Faced with encroaching seaweeds, small staghorn corals send out a chemical signal that summons gobies to eat the threat
How Obama can seal his climate change legacy
12:24 07 November 2012
A re-elected Barack Obama says he wants an America "that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet". But how can he get it?
Climate blindness risked as satellites lose their eyes
UPFRONT: 11:31 07 November 2012
By 2020, three-quarters of the US satellite instruments used to monitor Earth's weather and climate could be out of action. We need to launch more, and fast
Coral autopsy reveals Great Barrier Reef collapse
00:01 07 November 2012
The ecosystem was ravaged from the 1920s onwards, coral cores reveal, and European settlers were to blame
Don't let the Big Apple rot
EDITORIAL: 18:21 06 November 2012
After the devastation of superstorm Sandy New York City needs a rescue plan – and it should include abandonment of areas that cannot be protected
Protecting New York City from the next big storm
SPECIAL REPORT: 17:29 06 November 2012
Some favour the erection of massive flood barriers, others prefer a soft approach that would engineer the natural environment, but which would work best?
Sandy aftermath: New York City is rotting at the core
SPECIAL REPORT: 17:27 06 November 2012
Beneath the destruction brought by superstorm Sandy lies a more insidious problem. Rising sea levels are corroding the very foundations of the Big Apple
Lab mice and radar among the scientific victims of Sandy
15:25 06 November 2012
Not content with battering New York and much of the east coast, superstorm Sandy has taken its toll on vital research and equipment
Orang-utans infected by mystery Ebola-like virus
13:23 06 November 2012
The orang-utans of Borneo and Sumatra have antibodies to a host of dangerous African viruses, including Ebola and Marburg
Yosemite's long-lost twin could be resurrected
BRIEFING: 14:47 05 November 2012
A San Francisco ballot could lead to Hetch Hetchy reservoir being drained and restored to a wilderness to match its iconic neighbour
The great thaw: Charting the end of the ice age
COVER STORY: 13:13 05 November 2012
Just 20,000 years ago, ice ruled the planet. So why did it relax its grip? Finally, it looks like the answers are in
Health alert: lethal after-effects of hurricanes
BRIEFING: 18:03 02 November 2012
Sandy could keep harming people long after the floods subside
ECOLOGY
Orca invasion: Killer whales in a warmer world
04:38 02 April 2012
As the sea ice recedes in Hudson Bay, killer whales are moving in for a feast. Are they eating the Inuit people's lunch?
CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate migration is a solution, not desperation
10:37 04 April 2012
Rather than being the final resort, migration is a key tactic in the human response to climate change, argues a leading geographer
