Climate Change
The IoS weather lists (part 2)
In the second of our two special holiday sections, David Randall guides you through some of the best, the worst, and the weirdest British summers ever.
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Government 'set to miss its own emissions targets'
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
The Government is still producing 2.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year and is not doing enough to meet its own targets on emissions, MPs will warn today.
Kerala: life 'in the bowl'
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
Documenting the potential problems of climate change in southwestern India
New El Niño threatens world with weather woe
Monday, 3 August 2009
Michael McCarthy: It's brewing up to be the second-strongest on record
The IoS weather lists (part 1)
Sunday, 2 August 2009
Is the unfulfilled promise of a 'barbecue summer' getting you down? Then let David Randall take you, in the first of two holiday specials, on a tour of the very best - and worst - of summer weather.
Battle for Europe's last ancient forest
Sunday, 2 August 2009
Climate change, border disputes and the opposition of residents to expansion threaten eastern Poland's unique woodlands.
Grace Boyle: Farmers fight power giants over coal-fired plants
Friday, 31 July 2009
There is a fight going on in the coastal region of Raigad, in the state of Maharashtra.
The Big Question: Why did the Met Office get it so wrong?
Thursday, 30 July 2009
As the summer rapidly turns into a washout, the Met Office has revised its forecast for August.
For barbecue summer, read wellies washout
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
The Met Office is today telling us what every Briton knows: it was wrong to raise summertime hopes.
Why good weather is hard to predict
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
Forecasters warned today of the pitfalls of predicting the weather a long way in advance after the British summer has so far failed to live up to expectations.
Grace Boyle: 'Before, our fish would keep fresh for 4-5 hours. Now, they go dry after only an hour'
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
Sitting cross-legged on the harbour, one hand steadying the prow of his boat, Sahijid’s pink shirt is unbuttoned at the neck, a woven reed hat with a painted blue brim keeping the sun from his eyes. His skin is dark and taut, shiny from years of working at sea.
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