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To forecast an unprecedented flood is harder still, and to protect effectively against such a flood hardest of all. Yet the serious flood damage in Cockermouth and other parts of Cumbria over the past few days ought nevertheless to be...

Crucial decisions will be taken soon in Copenhagen about limiting and reducing the impacts of climate change now and in the future. Climate scientists from the UK and across the world are in overwhelming agreement about the evidence of climate...

National Center for Atmospheric Research, in Colorado _ said in an interview Sunday that hackers cherry-picked from the stolen data and distributed selected documents to try to undermine scientific consensus on man-made climate change. Britain's University of East Anglia said...

The tiny fig-wasp that measures hardly 1.5 millimeters is a world record holder among insects. Research has shown that it can travel upto 100 miles in two days!! The previous recorded distance travelled by any insect carrying pollen was just...

A single ocean once covered much of the northern half of Mars, supplied with water from a belt of rain-fed rivers, new research suggests. Scientists have produced a map showing that Martian valley networks are more than twice as extensive...

The Conservatives will tomorrow make an ambitious pitch to win the environmental vote with a raft of measures including plans to pay the public to recycle and a promise to cut government emissions by 10% within 12 months of taking...

A British entrepreneur has created a machine that can kill a lobster humanely in less than one second - by electrocution. The machine, which can also be used to kill crabs and other crustacea, can end a lobster's life in...

Torrential downpours claimed a second victim yesterday in Devon as emergency medical supplies and food parcels were sent to communities marooned by floods in Cumbria, and rescue teams searched the swollen river Usk in Wales for a missing woman.

A massive cleanup operation was under way in Cumbria, England, after a foot of rain smashed bridges and left craters in roads, officials said. The town of Cockermouth, on the River Cocker, was particularly devastated, said emergency officials, who set...

The researchers, however, contend the e-mails have been taken out of context and merely reflect an honest exchange of ideas. University officials confirmed the data breach, which involves more than 1,000 e-mails and 3,000 documents, but said they could not...