The use of crop-based biofuels could actually speed up rather than slow down global warming, by fueling the destruction of rainforests.

Global warming in the 21st century is likely to accelerate at a much faster pace and cause more environmental damage than predicted.

FAMILIES affected by the Victoria fires will receive thousands more dollars in a crisis grant scheme to be announced today.

HEARTBROKEN survivors of the Marysville inferno made their tragic homecoming yesterday. The bushfire refugees wept as they returned to the ashes of their homes as police bussed them into the locked-down wasteland where only 12 houses remain standing.

The government is about to lease more than 73 million acres of vulnerable Arctic waters for the kind of oil and gas development that destroys animal habitat and disrupts Native Alaskan communities.

The old forest in Verle will be logged if enough funds are not raised before 19 March 2009. Together we can save this forest. Verle's old growth forest is 82 hectares and located near Gothenburg, Sweden. The forest mainly consists of old pine trees with

FAMILIES who escaped the Marysville inferno with seconds to spare want to thank a mystery policeman who saved 200 lives.

Can just living near greenery be good for your health? I food less nutritious than it used to be? And how can you turn a salt-ridden soil into paradise?

As aerosol pollution is predicted to decrease over the next few decades, unmasking of the greenhouse effect may lead to accelerated global warming.

Destructive wildfires are already common in Australia, and it's not hard to see why climate change would increase their frequency. The driest inhabited continent on the planet, Australia has warmed 0.9°C since 1950