ENVIRONMENT

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Study allows scientists to predict Arctic minimum sea ice more accurately and further in advance.

The US, Europe, China and India are each sitting under huge pools of ammonia in the atmosphere.

Around 10,000 films were created covering 210 nuclear tests conducted by the US, which are now being digitised.

The island in the South Atlantic Ocean has one of the richest ecosystems on Earth - but it barely survived the last ice age.

Some 62 people have died and 12,000 homes have been destroyed across Peru.

Fisheries fight back as Marine Conservation Society says haddock stocks are below acceptable levels.

The first land on Earth was a bit like Iceland is now, analysis of the ancient crust reveals.

IBTimes UK visits Changara district, where charity World Vision is assisting drought-hit communities.

A tibia belonging to one of these felines was recovered in river deposits.

It may be possible to maintain polar bear harvest in the Arctic without causing more harm to polar bears.

NOx gases are pollutants, but can be used in chemical processes to create nitrogen-containing drugs.

The country's foreign ministry said damages caused to its coral reef could amount to a criminal act.

Up to 28in of snow fell in parts of Ontario, Quebec and the coastal Maritimes region.

Scientists have compared the costs of different swimming styles to dolphins and whales.

During past warming events, some mammals have considerably decreased in size.

A lack of sea ice in the far north is having far-reaching effects on air quality elsewhere in the world.

Global action is urgently needed to save coral reefs.

IBTimes UK visits Mozambique's Tete province, where vulnerable communities have been impacted by lack of water.

Snow, sleet and low overnight temperatures raise fears of black ice for morning motorists and pedestrians.

Cattle grazing on pastures that were on an ecological knife edge could have pushed the Sahara onto the path of desertification.

A state of emergency was declared in New York and New Jersey due to the storm.

Poachers had shot and killed a white rhino and sawed off its horn on 7 March at a wildlife park near Paris.

Ecologically inspired artificial 3D-printed reefs are hoped to be more effective than primitive artificial structures.

A snowstorm grounded more than 5,000 flights, knocked out power to over 100,000 customers, closed schools and prompted warnings to stay off the roads.

Scientists have come up with a way to forecast red tides, which kill marine life and cause health problems in humans.

Over the past 200 years, flow conditions of the Nile have dramatically been altered.

Reconstructing embankments on rivers in Louisiana to let sediment leave could ease the problem of the encroaching sea.

Combination of factors led to one of the worst instances of mangrove dieback ever recorded.