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The most comprehensive glacier assessment yet reveals that glacier melt was responsible for 27mm of sea level rise between 1961 and 2016. Ice loss from glaciers is now the second biggest contributor to rising sea levels after warming water. If glaciers continue to melt at current rates, most — including many in central Asia, central Europe, western Canada and the USA — will vanish during the second half of this century.

An extensive field investigation discovered that 38% of soils in southwest England show signs of enhanced surface water runoff due to soil degradation. The study also revealed which types of fields and soils are linked to the most or least degradation.

Greenland’s four major glaciers could contribute 19 to 30 mm to sea level rise by 2200, according to a new study. The researchers developed a sophisticated model which provides new insight into the effects of climate change on Greenland’s glaciers, by capturing the complex processes involved in their movement and melt.

Soil and plants store around 5% of the world’s carbon, but carbon storage in some soils is in decline. Recent research has found that climate change accounted for 9–22% of carbon declines in organic soils in semi-natural habitats throughout England and Wales from 1978–2003. The researchers say monitoring soils rich in carbon should be a priority to ensure that more carbon is not released to reinforce climate change.

Glaciers are sensitive indicators of climate change. This study focused on hanging glaciers in the French Alps, where warming is increasing the risk of glaciers collapsing. The authors applied a state-of-the-art numerical model to a particularly hazardous glacier in Mont Blanc to simulate how it will respond to climate change. The results suggest the glacier may become unstable in the current century, posing a risk to the inhabitants of the valley below.

A large proportion of ships are recycled on the beaches of developing countries in Asia. This study considered shipbreaking in Bangladesh, using critical scenario analysis to explore different futures for the industry and its workers. The paper suggests that a radical shift in socioeconomic and political structures is needed to enable environmentally sound practices while retaining employment opportunities for local people.

Industrial emissions of black carbon were responsible for the retreat of the glaciers in the European Alps that marked the end of the so-called ‘Little Ice Age’, according to a new study. The researchers explain how black carbon deposits could have caused glaciers to melt more rapidly from the mid-19th century and suggest that human activities were already having a visible influence on the climate before the effects of carbon dioxide were evident.

A co-ordinated medical intervention that saw a distressed Jessica Marais rushed to a Sydney hospital by ambulance last weekend raises an important question: what can be done when repeat rehab fails?

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Driving up the long curved path up to The Grove always feels like a treat, and none more so than on last Friday evening when I was invited to try the hotel’s newly refurbished restaurant.

Citroen's new Seetroen glasses promise to ease your motion sickness within 10 minutes.

As the Arctic warms, meltwater lakes on the Greenland ice sheet are draining to sea more frequently — potentially lubricating the slide of the ice sheet into

Pine Island Glacier holds back part of the massive West Antarctic Ice Sheet, whose thinning ice is contributing to sea level rise.

After trying several methods to remove the label glue from the bottles, I finally found the winner.

Award-winning gin and vodka created with attention to sustainable detail at every step of the way.

Actors join other others in urging President Obama to stay true to his commitment to reduce nuclear weapons during this year's G8 summit.

For the first time, organizers moved the first 3 stages of the Tour de France across the English Channel.

The just-unveiled glass-bottomed walkways at Tower Bridge offer a dazzling new way to see the city. And, yes, ladies can wear skirts without fear.

Let your hair down and party like it's 1899 in a converted Victorian sea fort off of the Isle of Wight.

Beyond making way for ducklings, the new lanes are also meant to help humans slow down and be more polite.

Preservationists suspect warmer-than-normal weather is to blame for the pests' proliferation.

Divers enjoy a swim alongside a human-sized jellyfish near Cornwall, England.

More evidence of global warming in Peru, as Huacan glacier collapses into lake.

Assembled on site in just 2 days with the aid of screwdrivers, this boxy plywood beauty is designed to last at least 150 years.

Frozen remains found in Swiss glacier of couple who disappeared 75 years ago while hiking in the Alps.

Working with the nonprofit Solar Aid, students earn enough to bring electric light to a school in Kenya

The wildfire in the Florida Everglades has spread to 32,000 acres, and officials are using all the resources they can to contain it.

In an unexpected offshoot of the local food movement, distilleries are embracing farming.

Break out the whisky and the haggis for this celebration of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns.

Stealing bar glasses to keep as a souvenir goes way back and plays a key role in the mint julep, Kentucky Derby relationship.

Anyone in the U.S. can buy Google Glass starting at 9 a.m. ET on April 15 through the Explorer program – but spaces are limited.

Carefully managed fire is used as a tool to protect wildlands from invasive plants and other threats.

This huge wetland ecosystem is running out of freshwater, and conservation efforts may not be moving fast enough.

Scientists have developed a glass that changes from opaque to transparent and can be adjusted for different wavelengths of light.

A factory ghost caused 3,000 garment workers to riot in Bangladesh. The workers' behavior is called mass hysteria

Swans and cygnets along the river Thames are rounded up, counted and examined in an annual, historic swan-upping ceremony every July.

Naomie Harris' 100% biodegradable Oscars gown, which took 120 hours to make, will be on display at the Hampton Court Palace in London.

Trees in Vermont and New Hampshire are becoming stressed and are producing less syrup.

Eclipse glasses distributed to the homeless, plus where to donate your old eclipse glasses if you don't plan on reusing them.

Automaker networks are vulnerable to guys with laptops, and it's not an isolated problem.

Despite inherent flaws, House in the Tree is a fanciful fir-based escape.

It's just like camping ... but with free WiFi and Malin + Goetz shampoo.

They're stylish, they're strong, and they support design-based recovery in disaster-stricken areas. What more could you ask for in a pair of specs?

Star Count 2019 engages stargazers in England and draws attention to the growing threat of light pollution.

Are all the alternative packages green or are some of them greenwashed?

Judah Tyreman lost rocks and fossils worth thousands, but thanks to the Internet, he'll replace them and even add some more.

Coca-Cola teams up with Tokyo-based design studio Nendo to release a collection of gorgeous recycled glass tableware dubbed, most fittingly, Bottleware.

Minister says natural disasters in his home country are evidence of climate change.