An experimental tidal power scheme is to be launched in Scotland. Underwater turbines which harness the power of the tides to generate electricity will be placed at three sites. ScottishPower

It may have been a dismal summer for most of us, but farmers are celebrating a bumper crop of apples this year. As the British apple season gets under way, farmers across the country are

Ancient lava flows are guiding a better understanding of what generates and controls the Earth's magnetic field - and what may drive it to occasionally reverse direction.

Gray water is the good wastewater generated from sinks, showers, bathtubs and washing machines that can be used to irrigate trees and plants. Make use of it to help us. Sunstroke author David Kagan promotes its use in Doomwatch Legacy.

Brazil's government has been named as the worst illegal logger of Amazon forests by one of its own departments.

New coal-fired power stations shouldn't be built unless they have the technology to filter out damaging greenhouse gases, the Environment Agency has warned. It said new coal-powered stations

The verdant forests that once covered much of Madagascar have been burnt or torn down, replaced by muddy rice paddies and secondary shrubs. This loss of habitat is the primary driver of extinction on Madagascar.

Half of Europe's amphibian species could be wiped out in the next 40 years. Scientists from the Zoological Society of London say that the combined force of climate change, pollution, disease and habitat loss and degradation has left many with "nowhere to

If you're worried about environmental issues, take a look at this list of offenders and make sure you're not contributing to their assault of the environment.

So says Sir David King, former Chief Scientist and advisor to the UK government. We think otherwise...