A glaciologist is warning that the Greenland ice sheet is "retreating and thinning extensively" after a year of record-breaking high temperatures.
Earlier this month, NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) announced that November was the warmest such month in its record books — and that 2010 overall may well turn out to be the warmest year ever.
Risk-free "safe haven" accounts guaranteed by the government should be set up as part of a "profound reform of the banking system", a report says. The UK's Future of Banking Commission wants improvements in saver protection and restructuring of banks.
Science writer and broadcaster Sue Nelson is at the world's largest polar science conference, which is taking place in Oslo, Norway from 8-12 June. Experts have gathered to discuss everything polar - from penguins and sea ice to permafrost and Inuit communities.
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The incoming head of the UN climate convention has said rich nations must pledge bigger emission cuts if climate change is to be tackled effectively. But Christiana Figueres said she was confident that leaders would meet the challenge "because humanity has to meet it - we don't …
Simon Hughes has won the contest to be deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats. The Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP saw off a challenge from Tim Farron, taking the votes of 38 of the party's 57 MPs. Mr Hughes replaces Vince Cable, who stood down from the deputy leadership role l …
Oh to be the England football Manager in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
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The time draws near. The questions are being asked (again and again).
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An aid ship intercepted by the Israeli military while trying to break the blockade of Gaza has arrived in the Israeli port of Ashdod. Israel says its soldiers boarded the Irish-owned Rachel Corrie from the sea and did not meet any resistance.
Cleaning up the UK environment from so called 'alien' plants.
Again more violence, more deaths. This time Palestinians and their supporters on board the Turkish ship, the Mavi Mamara carrying supplies to Gaza are shot. Killing those people was wrong.
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I sincerely hope that David Laws can clear his name and come back into front line politics. There is talk that he will resign as an MP. That would be a mistake on his part as he begins to sort out the turmoil in his life.
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As tensions grow with North Korea (DPRK), so the calls for sanctions increase. It is highly likely that North Korea was responsible for sinking the South Korean navy ship the Cheonan on 26th March killing 46 sailors and triggering a furious response from President Lee in Seoul.
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It does feel a little like the heady days of May 1997 with a new energetic Prime Minister in the UK full of bright ideas and popularity ratings risings like the space shuttle on take off.
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Atlantis has docked at the International Space Station on what is expected to be its final voyage. The shuttle is on a 12-day mission to deliver a Russian docking and storage module.
England secured their first victory at an ICC limited-overs tournament with a crushing seven-wicket win against Australia in the World Twenty20 final. Australia slipped to 8-3 after being put in by Paul Collingwood but recovered to post a competitive 147-6, with David Hussey top …
"Now that we're in the kitchen, we have to take the heat," said Rajendra Pachauri. "And we have to recognise that the stakes are very high. So we have to prepare ourselves for criticism, and this is not something we have done in the past."
The head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said the organisation needs to learn from recent criticisms and modernise its workings. But despite making an error over Himalayan glaciers in its landmark 2007 report, the IPCC's basic conclusions remain sound …
In the UK, the Acas conciliation service has made a public offer to both sides in the cabin crew dispute at British Airways. It is concerned about the length of the current dispute between the company and the Unite union and its effect on the travelling public.
Sometimes those who care passionately about the environment let themselves and the cause down by hyperbole that desensitises the public and the media to dramatic changes and deterioration in the natural world.
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British politics has just made a seismic shift in its politics with a surprise and sudden Coalition between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.
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In spite of the European Union stitching together (at last) a rescue package of 750 billion Euros last Sunday, the cold winds presently sweeping parts of Europe is a sign of deep, brutal cuts and higher taxes soon arriving in most countries.
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After the sensational boost to the Lib Dem fortunes following Nick Clegg’s outstanding first TV debate, the opinion polls have followed suit. The BBC Tracker (poll of polls) shows the average today of :- Conservatives 33% Labour 28%
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Well after all the hype and fuss, the Prime Ministerial Debates on TV turned out to be fascinating for the hacks and politicos and vaguely interesting for the rest of the 9 million who tuned in to ITV.
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