Norway signs deforestation deal with Indonesia
Norway has signed a climate deal worth USD 1 billion with Indonesia which will see Jakarta agree to a two-year ban on new permits to fell the country’...
An open letter on climate change
The following is an open letter on climate change sent from Anthony Giddens and Martin Rees to leading media sources in over 50 countries:
Greenland’s icebergs get GPS trackers
Five icebergs off the coast of Greenland have been fitted with satellite trackers so their movements can be monitored online. Knut Solberg, a Norwegia...
Greenland’s bedrock to aid climate change predictions
Scientists say ice core samples from Greenland could help predict the impact of global warming, as they reach the country’s bedrock after five years o...
Finland’s forests working hard as carbon sink
Finland’s forests are absorbing double the amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they were 20 years ago. Wooded areas in the country can n...
Stoltenberg succeeds Gordon Brown as UN climate group co-chair
Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will assume the role of co-chair of a United Nations climate change focus group. Stoltenberg takes over...
Mammoths developed genes to deal with climate change say scientists
The Woolly Mammoth was able to thrive in the Ice Age thanks to a series of genetic mutations, according to a study in the most recent issue of Nature ...
Greenland thaw causing greenhouse gases
A new study has revealed that nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas 298-times more powerful than carbon dioxide, is being released by thawing permafrost in ...