CLIMATE CHANGE

The government first said 207 died in the tragedy but later matched it with 254 deaths reported by the army.

Lakes and forests will also be protected by the ruling, as well as two of India's rivers.

The coastal edges of Greenland's ice caps won't be restored for decades.

The methane could come from rotting inside the trunk or be sucked up from soil microbes near the roots.

A new quantitative analysis has revealed that temperatures, not droughts, increased warfare among the Maya.

A spokeswoman insisted that 'no words or phrases have been banned'.

Trump administration waging war on protections laid out to protect Earth from catastrophe, experts say.

Lagos is expected to face 100 times more heat stress by 2050.

Animals like bison, ox – and even mammoths – can stabilise permafrost temperature and prevent it from thawing.

Eurasia and North America are likely to be among the land areas most affected.

Scott Pruitt says Paris Climate Agreement 'a bad deal' as Obama-era Clean Power Plan faces axe.

Lawyers believe Rex Tillerson used a different account to discuss potentially murky business.

IBTimes UK visits Tete province, where communities have been impacted by El Nino-linked drought.

Gore says chat with president over climate change at Trump Tower was 'extremely interesting'.

Top environmental success stories from the past year to think about when the lights go out.

Sea levels are rising at China's coasts by more than 3mm a year.

During the intense dry period, the water reaching the Dead Sea dropped to just 20% of modern levels.

Ice extent in the Arctic has been decreasing steadily, but Antarctic ice has taken a sudden dip.

Fog and dew provide water to arid ecosystems and could be crucial to understand how climate change will affect deserts.

Understanding this has wide-ranging applications - from blood splatter analysis to climate change.

UK charities warn millions of people, already facing hunger, are at risk of contracting waterborne diseases.