Michael McCarthy
How winds get in a spin and become a destructive force of nature
8 Aralık 2006
Tornadoes are violently rotating columns of air that usually form in the unstable atmosphere of a thunderstorm, when winds of opposite...
Stern rips up the last excuse for doing nothing
31 Ekim 2006
Journalists were bizarrely banned from asking questions at the launch of the Stern Review yesterday, so the question several reporters...
The century of drought
4 Ekim 2006
One third of the planet will be desert by the year 2100, say climate experts in the most dire warning yet of the effects of global warming
The climate disaster is upon us - now
15 Eylül 2006
Predictions from supercomputer models of the earth's atmosphere, about how global warming would progress, were the main drivers of that...
Anger at £200m reduction in environmental budgets
3 Ağustos 2006
Environmentalists have reacted with dismay to the news that wildlife protection, waste management, protection of fisheries, canal repairs...
Forgotten creatures that maintain the fabric of life
26 Mayıs 2006
Everyone knows about the giant panda. Everyone knows about the tiger and the polar bear and how they are threatened with extinction.
How maestro naturalist finally went into battle
24 Mayıs 2006
The people who care for the environment are not scholars and observers, but active defenders. By Michael McCarthy
Spectacular orchids double due to global warming
24 Nisan 2006
It is not only in the icefields and glaciers of the Arctic, visited in a blaze of publicity last week by the Tory leader David Cameron,...
Global warming: Your chance to change the climate
28 Mart 2006
Four senior ministers will, this morning, make one of the most embarrassing admissions of the Labour Government's nine years in office -...
Global warming: passing the 'tipping point'
13 Şubat 2006
A crucial global warming "tipping point" for the Earth, highlighted only last week by the British Government, has already been passed, with...
Climate poses increased threat, admits Blair
31 Ocak 2006
Tony Blair has admitted that the risks of climate change may be more serious than previously thought. The Prime Minister's concern is...
How governments have failed to tackle an £85bn problem
24 Ocak 2006
The Government is contemplating building a new generation of atomic power stations, and the highly radioactive and dangerous waste - mainly...
Environment in crisis: 'We are past the point of no return'
16 Ocak 2006
Thirty years ago, the scientist James Lovelock worked out that the Earth possessed a planetary-scale control system which kept the...
China Crisis: threat to the global environment
19 Ekim 2005
Spectacular growth now biggest threat to environment.
Opposition parties demand action on climate change
12 Ekim 2005
Britain's main opposition parties are uniting today to call for a tough new policy for tackling climate change.
Global warming forces Britain's birds to take flight
19 Ağustos 2005
The Scottish crossbill may be going; the black kite may be coming. Climate change appears to be widely affecting Britain's wild birds, a...
Fruits of global warming for UK
8 Ağustos 2005
It's the year of the apricot. In the remorseless march of global warming, a small golden fruit may make 2005 one of the most significant...
Waiting in the wings: the other leaders who must take a giant leap for the planet
5 Temmuz 2005
The leaders of the world's biggest developing countries, led by China's President, Hu Jintao, will be at Gleneagles this week to begin a...
The vanishing flowers of Britain: one in five species faces extinction
9 Mayıs 2005
One in five of Britain's wild flower species is threatened with extinction, according to the most detailed analysis to date of the British...
Climate change poses threat to food supply, scientists say
28 Nisan 2005
Worldwide production of essential crops such as wheat, rice, maize and soya beans is likely to be hit much harder by global warming than...
New diseases arise as environments destroyed, says UN
22 Şubat 2005
Changes to the environment that are sweeping the planet are bringing about a rise in infectious diseases, the United Nations Environment...
Greenhouse gas 'threatens marine life'
4 Şubat 2005
Gigantic changes to the oceans, leading to the extinction of marine life from cod to coral reefs, are likely because of the main greenhouse...
Global Warming: Scientists Reveal Timetable
4 Şubat 2005
A detailed timetable of the destruction and distress that global warming is likely to cause the world was unveiled yesterday.
