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A group of Arctic experts led by Edinburgh University discovered that the effects of climate change are behind an increase in plant height across the tundra over the past 30 years

the rise in global temperatures means previously year-round frozen soil is melting faster than thought

Researchers warned that what was previously assumed to be the "absolute worst case" now appears to be "modest" for what is predicted in some locations

In the beginning there were seven. The North, The Iron Islands, The Vale, The Westerlands, The Stormlands, The Reach, and Dorne, all fiercely protecting their corner of Westeros and all pedalling a claim to the Iron Throne in a game that has become renowned on television sets world-wide. It is ...

The baobab - more commonly known as the 'tree of life' - also hit the headlines after Prince Harry and Megham Markle's love blossomed under one during a holiday.

Tropical cyclones over land have slowed down 20 per cent in the Atlantic, 30 per cent in the western North Pacific and 19 per cent in the Australian region

Good news is hard to come by on ITV's Tyne Tees channel. As industry is drained from the region the negative repercussions on communities in the area is there for all to see. Twenty-five years on from the closure of the last deep pit on the Durham coalfield many provincial ...

A 'dead zone' in the Arabian Sea that is "bigger than Scotland" has been discovered by British scientists. It has no fish, marine plants or other animals because climate change and sewage has sucked out all the oxygen. People who rely on the ocean for food and work are also ...

Glaciers in the Antarctic are being melted from below by a newly discovered process that adds to fears over rising sea levels and climate change. A study revealed a previously undocumented process where melting glacial ice sheets change the ocean in a way that further accelerates the rate of ice ...