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Allen Nutman (left) and Vickie Bennet (right) with a specimen of 3,700 Myr-old stromatolites from Isua, Greenland. Credit: Yuri Amelin/Nature

World’s Oldest Fossils, From 3.7 Billion Years Ago, Found in Greenland

Sandhya Ramesh 31/08/2016

The structures, built by microbes, were found on a...

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Dhaka Could Be Under Water in a Decade

Rafiqul Islam 20/08/2016

If serious measures are not taken to address Bangladesh's...

Rabab Ali, with her younger brother. Credits: Qazi Ali Athar

Seven-Year-Old Sues Pakistan Government Over Climate Change

Zofeen T. Ebrahim 12/07/2016

Girl claims plans to develop dirty coal deposits will...

A policeman, wearing a mask to protect from severe pollution, secures the area near the Great Hall of the People before the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing

G20 Economies Under Pressure to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Barbara Lewis 29/06/2016

Officials from the UN and the EU, plus 200...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves as he arrives in Greenland with Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen for a tour of the Illulissat Icefjord and Jakobshavn Glacier

Melting Arctic Ice Reveals New Ground, Highlighting Need For New Climate Policy

Lesley Wroughton 20/06/2016

The move towards clean and sustainable energy policies needs...

Residential buildings are seen shrouded in haze in Shenyang

ISRO, Other World Space Agencies Unite to Monitor Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The Conference of Parties climate conference held in Paris...

Peter Gash (L), owner and manager of the Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort, snorkels with Oliver Lanyon and Lewis Marshall, Senior Rangers in the Great Barrier Reef region for the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, during an inspection of the reef's condition in an area called the 'Coral Gardens' located at Lady Elliot Island in Queensland, Australia, June 11, 2015. Credit: Reuters/David Gray/Files

Mass Coral Bleaching Threatens Future of Great Barrier Reef

Colin Packham 31/05/2016

Scientists said UNESCO may reconsider its decision not to...