Tag: Environment
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Amazon rainforest losing ability to regulate climate, scientist warns
Report says logging and burning of Amazon might be connected to worsening droughts – such as the one plaguing São Paulo
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Green news roundup: nuclear waste, trees and swordfish
The week’s top environment news stories and green events• If you’re not already receiving this roundup, sign up here to get the briefing delivered to your inbox
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‘Silent revolution’ in biotech farming is overtaking GM, says Greenpeace
Pressure group accused of hypocrisy by geneticists who say the same science is behind genetic modification and Greenpeace-approved Marker Assisted Selection
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Europe and the ‘why me?’ approach to decarbonisation
A slowdown in the EU’s pace of climate action may inspire unintended reciprocal measures in the runup to the 2015 global climate summit in Paris
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Google Streetview gives glimpse of the world of Jane Goodall’s chimpanzees
A sneak peek into the Gombe national park in Tanzania reveals thick forest, tall waterfalls and chimps in treetops feasting on flies
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2014 on track to be hottest year on record, says US science agency
Global average temperatures in September were highest ever, following warmest year to date since 1998