The Earth got so hot last month that scientists described temperatures as “astronomical”, “staggering”, and “strange”. They warned that the climate might have moved into a new, hotter neighbourhood.

This photo has been doing the rounds online for the last couple of days. It might look like a photo of a dead fish washed up on the shore until you notice what’s crowded around it. Yes they are grizzly bears.

A US court hearing on the fate of 18 beluga whales captured in Russia is set to pit federal regulators against the Georgia aquarium seeking to bring them to the United States.

Earth dialled the heat up in June, smashing warm temperature records for both the month and the first half of the year.

Last month was the hottest October on record across the world, US meteorologists say.

Police officers are being told to lighten up — with smiles-

Scientists are using fisheye lenses under water to create 360-degree maps of reefs and other underwater wonders.

Two incredibly cute burrowing owls have been revealed at Blair Drummond Safari Park. Their names? Ant and Dec.

"I was struck by lightning! What have you done today?"

The globe is on a hot streak, setting a heat record in June for the second month in a row.

Driven by exceptionally warm ocean waters, Earth smashed a record for heat in May and is likely to keep on breaking high temperature marks, US experts say.

Hmmm, I don't remember ordering a €250,000 drone from the US government

Scientists are worried about the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and how fast it continues to build without showing any sign of slowing, writes James Warner

One of the strongest solar storms in years engulfed Earth early yesterday but scientists say the planet may have lucked out.

The US federal government proposed listing two seals that depend on sea ice as threatened species because of the projected loss of ice from climate warming.

US federal scientists said they found damage to deep sea corals and other marine life several miles from where BP’s blown-out well spewed millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

THE giant Gulf of Mexico oil slick was last night closing in on the pristine Florida coast, as deep sea robotic submarines hit a new snag in BP’s latest bid to contain the spill.

OIL from BP’s out-of-control Gulf of Mexico oil spill could threaten the Mississippi and Alabama coasts this week, US forecasters said yesterday, as public anger surged over the nation’s worst environmental disaster.

US President Barack Obama yesterday warned of “massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster” as a giant oil slick from the Gulf of Mexico threatens environmental and economic catastrophe.

A new oil leak was discovered at the site of the wrecked drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, with an estimated five times more oil spilling into the water every day than previously thought, the US Coastguard said today.

A top US government scientist has performed a U-turn on climate change, saying global warming is not responsible for the recent increase in Atlantic hurricanes.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the last two tsunami detection buoys have been placed, completing the US tsunami warning network.

Most of Ireland experienced the warmest year on record during 2007 and also some of the most chaotic weather, forecasters revealed today.

THE UN’s top climate change official says the EU has sent a “very encouraging” signal to developing countries by committing itself to bold measures against global warming.

This winter in the northern hemisphere was the warmest on record, the US government said in the latest report focusing on changing climate.

Human-caused global warming is visible in the air, water and melting ice and destined to get much worse in the future, an authoritative world report will warn.

SCIENTISTS in the US are deadlocked over the severity of the next sunspot cycle, which could produce powerful solar storms that can disrupt communication systems on Earth.

Scientists in the US are deadlocked over the severity of the next sunspot cycle, which could produce powerful solar storms that can disrupt communication systems on Earth.

Two US government agencies are investigating whether the Bush administration tried to block government scientists from speaking freely about global warming and censor their research, a senator says.

A US government agency blocked the release of a report that suggests global warming is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes, the journal Nature reported.

Worldwide, it was the warmest September on record, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said today.

US and Austrian lawyers have filed a lawsuit demanding Thailand, US forecasters and the French Accor group answer accusations they failed in a duty to warn populations hit by December’s tsunami disaster, a lawyer said yesterday.

The tsunami that killed more than 150,000 around the Indian Ocean was caught by a series of radar satellites, allowing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists to develop measurements of the wave in mid-ocean.

THE United States is moving on several fronts toward a global tsunami warning system following the Asian catastrophe.

The United States is moving on several fronts toward a global tsunami warning system following the Asian catastrophe.

LEADERS from countries devastated by the St Stephen's Day tsunami and major donor nations are gearing up for a major conference tomorrow to iron out problems in coordinating an unprecedented €1.5 billion global relief operation.

Scientists believe an undersea volcano has been erupting for several days in the Pacific 130 miles off the US coast.