By March this year, the Arctic had shrunk to the smallest size ever recorded but we have an opportunity to reverse these trends when the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization meets this week, says Ranulph Fiennes.

The Irishman whose device for measuring wind became the standard, harboured a deep secret at home, says Robert Hume

FUTURE European fishing regulations will be guided by the principle of sustainability, a yardstick by which the EU is currently lagging behind the US, Australia, New Zealand, and others.

AL GORE last night warned the world must act quickly to slow the melting of the polar ice packs and glaciers before it reaches a critical rate for global warming.