On climate change, the world needs a dramatic climax. Instead we're getting a lame dress rehearsal.

Already 85 percent of Sumatra's forests are gone. What is left is vanishing at an alarming rate -- an area the size of 50 football fields disappears every hour, according to Greenpeace and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

The website, http://www.popoffsets.com/ , is urging wealthy people to offset their own CO2 emissions by funding contraception programmes.

The incident was the worst industrial disaster in history.

Sally Hall, a PhD student at the University of Southampton's School of Ocean and Earth Science (SOES) at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) has formally described four new species of king crab, all from the deep sea.

A colony of huge cave spiders are finally heading home after 10 years.

Emissions cuts proposed by the world's leading countries fall far short of what is needed to prevent catastrophic global warming, according to a study released on the eve of the Copenhagen climate change summit.

Everything from recycling, to using a laptop, to breaking out a caulk gun can literally save tons of carbon emissions. To do it right, check out the below 52 ways to lower your carbon footprint in college.

With low carbon seen as the new buzzword for government promotion and backed by Beijing as the new economic growth engine, China is poised for a green leap forward.

Most nations agree on the dangers of climate change and its causes. The question is how to balance the risks and opportunities of curbing carbon emissions and promoting cleaner energy