GLOBAL WARMING

'Climategate' - the unauthorized release in late 2009 of stolen e-mails - undermined many weathercasters’ confidence in the conclusions of climate science, at least temporarily, says a new study.

Honda Civic GX has been named the greenest vehicle of 2011, while Chevrolet Volt slipped to the last spot, according to Washington-based American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy.

China must speed up resource tax reforms to fight heavy pollution and also make a priority of energy-saving to stave off risky dependence on foreign supplies, the nation's Vice Premier Li Keqiang said in remarks published on Friday.

Flood and storm-battered northern Australia is likely to suffer more frequent weather extremes, according to a study of coral cores that reveal a centuries-old climate record for the region.

After stirring up a storm with the 'V for Victory, You are the Resistance' campaign, Infowars has now accused the Obama administration of triggering blackouts.

Norway reiterated support on Monday for China to have an observer role in Arctic affairs despite a slump in relations since the award of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to a Chinese dissident.

A group of researchers has found the first direct evidence that a supervolcano eruption in what is now SIberia may have driven the biggest extinction event in the Earth's history.

Canadian researchers say massive volcanic eruptions, burning coal and accelerated greenhouse gas “could literally be the smoking gun” that explains the Earth's most severe extinction event - latest Permian extinction, also known as the Great Dying.

The hard grind of the opening week took its toll on injury-hit Venus Williams and Justine Henin as they departed the Australian Open on Friday but Roger Federer bounded into the last 16 with something to spare.

Melting of Greenland ice sheet set new record in 2010, as some areas in the second largest ice body in the world experienced melting for longer duration last year, says a research conducted by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and City College of New York.

American and Chinese energy companies will sign several commercial agreements next week during Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit to Washington, a U.S. official said on Friday.

After Chinese President Hu Jintao and Barack Obama show the world smiles and handshakes next week, the wait will begin for the next of the feuds that have regularly sapped trust between the two powers.

After Chinese President Hu Jintao and Barack Obama show the world smiles and handshakes next week, the wait will begin for the next of the feuds that have regularly sapped trust between the two powers.

Melting of West Antarctic icesheet as a result of global warming may lead to disappearance of three-fourths of Europe’s alpine glaciers by 2100 and an increase in sea levels by four metres by the year 3000, said a study.

The recent snowstorms in the northeastern U.S. and a similar blizzard last year might make some doubt the climate is changing. The short answer is: no, and in fact some of the people who study climate predicted wetter winters - and more snow, at least for a while.

The snowstorm in the Northeastern U.S. that dropped several inches of snow was the result of a combination of an unusually cool Pacific Ocean and smaller than normal pressure differences between the North and South Atlantic.

The Noah’s Ark replica will be like a reminder to the world to save the planet once more, though this time in a metaphorical ark featuring best environmental policies and practices. It gets initial nod for tax breaks.

After a San Francisco Bay Area resident became the first in the United States to receive the delivery of all electric Leaf, Nissan Motors on Saturday carried out its first Leaf delivery in the Seattle region.

Honda Japan today said that it will start lease sales of the EV-neo electric scooter on December 24, 2010. Designed as urban delivery vehicles, the scooters are seen by Japan's Ministry of Environment as technology development projects for global warming countermeasures.

There’s hope for polar bears, but it depends on human behavior.

Delegates at the UN climate change conference in Cancun have agreed on a deal to curb climate change and fund developing countries on Saturday. Bolivia however, raised objections to the proposals drawn up the host Mexico. The draft comes as respite as the last summit in Copenhagen failed to agree on the best way to cut emissions.