Forests store an estimated 300 billion tons of carbon, or the equivalent of 40 times the world's total annual greenhouse-gas emissions -- emissions that cause global warming. Destroy the trees and you release that carbon into the atmosphere ...

Most experts agree that we are losing upwards of 80,000 acres of tropical rainforest daily ... Along with this loss and degradation, we are losing some 135 plant, animal and insect species every day--or some 50,000 species a year--as the forests fall.

A new report has warned that up to 250,000 homes around Australia will be inundated due to climate change by the turn of the century. Report site: http://www.climatechange.gov.au/en/publications/co astline/climate-change-risks-to-australias-coasts. aspx

New modelling shows that a better than even chance of avoiding 2 degree warming is still possible but only if agreement is reached and implemented within the next twelve months, researchers from Victoria University have warned.

An estimated $4 million worth of hay has spontaneously combusted, animals at the zoo are being sprayed with water and politicians are clashing over water restrictions - Adelaide's heatwave is getting to everyone. Authorities are also concerned about healt

"Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world's resources. A vegetarian diet is better." Direct emissions of methane from cows and pigs is a significant source of greenhouse gases.

North America's primary forests have a big role in preventing climate change. They need our protection...

This Saturday, thousands of people around the world will come together in 181 countries, at more than 4,500 different events, to speak out for climate change. The International Day of Climate Action is organized by 350.org ...

The PRP has just released a new online, interactive booklet that describes how rainforests are on the front line in the fight against climate change and explains how a new form of international collaboration could help to reduce tropical deforestation,

Curtailing tropical deforestation is vital to U.S. national interests as a cost-effective means to slow climate change, argues a new report issued by the bipartisan Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests.