Choking China: The struggle to clear Beijing's air
As pollution levels return to normal in China's capital after a record-breaking month of smog, what can be done to banish the smog?
New Scientist
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Sifting climate facts from speculation
It was a dramatic declaration: glaciers across much of the Himalayas may be gone by 2035. When New Scientist heard this comment from a leading Indian glaciologist, we reported it. That was in 1999. The claim later appeared in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's most recent report - and it turns out that our article is the primary published source. (Editorial)
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Battle for climate data approaches tipping point
Behind the "climategate" headlines, there are real struggles over access to climate records.
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Low-carbon future: We can afford to go green
An exclusive study for New Scientist shows that we can radically cut carbon emissions and keep our lifestyles: a report.
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Five eco-crimes we commit every day
Amid all the talk of caps, targets and trading, it is easy to forget who is ultimately responsible for the mess we find ourselves in. I have long argued that climate change begins at home. Each of us in the developed world has played our part in creating this problem and, while there is no doubt that coordinated global action is needed to tackle it, we can each be part of the solution.
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Great and good share hopes and fears for Copenhagen
New Scientist asked leading scientists, politicians and business people to tell us if the imminent climate change talks can deliver.
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African conflicts spurred by warming
Africa is poised to experience a surge in civil wars, causing nearly 400,000 additional battle deaths by 2030
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Hacked archive provides fodder for climate sceptics
Climate scientists are reeling from the discovery that someone has hacked into the email archive of one of their most prestigious research centres, the Climate Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia, UK, custodian of the most respected global temperature record.
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Nuclear fuel: are we heading for a uranium crunch?
As the world prepares for the largest investment in nuclear power in decades, owners of uranium mines last week raised the prospect of fuel shortages. To make things worse, the reliability of estimates of the amount of uranium that can be economically mined has also been questioned.
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Melting Arctic: Forget polar bears, worry about humans
Climate change is transforming the Arctic so fast that many species could be gone within our lifetimes. But the important thing is to put human self-interest first, says Alun Anderson.
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Bangladesh mass poisoning mystery solved
Researchers say they have discovered why arsenic turns up in lethal quantities in wells across Bangladesh