Experts call on governments to start conserving water in face of climate change, pollution and over-useThe majority of the 9 billion people on Earth will live with severe pressure on fresh water within the space of two generations as climate change, pollution and over-use of resources take their toll, 500 scientists have warned.The world's water…
Forecast global temperature rise of 4C a calamity for large swaths of planet even if predicted extremes are not reachedSome of the most extreme predictions of global warming are unlikely to materialise, new scientific research has suggested, but the world is still likely to be in for a temperature rise of double that regarded as…
Scientist whose discovery of the depletion of the ozone layer sparked global action to phase out dangerous chemicalsJoe Farman, who has died aged 82, was the leader of a small group of scientists who made one of the most important discoveries in recent history. In 1985, they published a landmark paper on the ozone layer,…
Prince uses speech at St James's Palace to single out 'confirmed sceptics' and environmentally unfriendly businessesThe Prince of Wales has criticised "corporate lobbyists" and climate change sceptics for turning the earth into a "dying patient", in his most outspoken attack yet on the world's failure to tackle global warming, made shortly before he is to…
Energy and climate change secretary will use a major speech at Clarence House to promise stronger action on global warmingEd Davey, the energy and climate change secretary, is to use a major speech at Clarence House on Wednesday afternoon to fight back against the increasingly vocal climate change scepticism among other parts of the coalition.His…
