In the latest environmental ranking of leading electronics companies Greenpeace claimed that Microsoft and Nintendo were taking too long to phase out toxic chemicals from their game consoles.

Ecologists pay too much attention to increasingly rare "pristine" ecosystems while ignoring the overwhelming influence of humans on the environment, say researchers from McGill University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).

Leaders of 16 Asian nations including China and India have signed a pact on the environment, pledging action on climate change and forest cover, and promoting the use of nuclear energy.

From the deck of the research ship Weatherbird II, a California company hopes to prove a controversial theory that putting iron dust in the ocean can produce enough plankton to help save the Earth.

An international commission designed to protect the bluefin tuna has effectively increased the fishing quota for 2008, environmental group Greenpeace said, claiming the move was unsustainable.

The European Union's environment commissioner has hailed the latest report of the world's top scientific authority on climate change, and called for a radical new pact to tackle global warming.

Scientists and government representatives are poised to set up a global panel to deal with Earth's biodiversity crisis.

Early school success seems to depend largely on children entering school ready to learn, and many policy initiatives have highlighted the importance of preparing children for school entry. A new study finds that children’s environment plays a major role in their readiness for school, suggesting that intervention could help boost readiness in at-risk youngsters.

Some alternative vehicle fuels such as liquid coal can cause more harmful greenhouse gas emissions than polluters such as petrol or diesel, scientists warned in a US study.

What is the fundamental creative force behind life on Earth" It's a question that has vexed mankind for millennia, and thanks to theory and almost a year's worth of number-crunching on a supercomputer, Rice University physicist and bioengineer Michael Deem thinks he has the answer: A changing environment may organize the structure of genetic information itself.

According to an assessment by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), the largest international conservation network, six of the world's eight species of bear are threatened with extinction.

The United Nations' top climate scientists have gathered in the Spanish port city of Valencia to boil down their landmark report on global warming into a summary version for policy-makers.