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After violence in Africa and protests in Egypt, Serbia and Pakistan, the UN are to urge action on the rising cost of foodThe UN has called an urgent meeting on rising global food prices in an attempt to head off a repeat of the 2008 crisis that sparked riots around the world.Seven people, including

Scottish shellfish firm is to move south to the warmer waters of Lyme Bay, where it aims to produce up to 10,000 tonnes a yearPlans for the largest offshore mussel farm in Europe, to be set up in Lyme Bay, were announced today.The company behind the project hopes it will produce up to 10,000 tonnes

? ExxonMobil discussed politics of BP takeover with the White House? BP's value had once dropped by more than $100bn, since 20 April BP said today that it was a fortnight away from finally sealing the rogue well in the Gulf of Mexico - potentially triggering bids from rivals for a company whose mar

The internet giant's New York headquarters have fallen prey to a city-wide outbreak of bed bugsThey are reddish-brown, smaller than an apple seed, have a taste for human blood and when they bite they itch like hell. And now the onward march of the common bedbug has extended into cyberspace.The searc

The world's most established fisheries certifier is failing on its promises as rapidly as it gains prominence, according to leading fisheries experts.

Reports benchmarking progress on noise management have been published.

Research suggests deposition of particle pollution could be high around wind turibines.

Record and upload sounds to the British Library UK Soundmap.

These stunning images from August include Moscow covered in smoke, heavy rains in Pakistan and plankton blooms changing the colour of the North Atlantic ocean

The Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh explains in his new book how a Buddhist approach could benefit ecology? Zen and the art of protecting the planetThere is something extraordinarily child-like about the 84-year-old Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh.To portray him out of context could make him appear

It is time to go blackberry picking, and I have already got stained fingers from this black, juicy, wild fruit which I enjoy gathering and then turning into puddings. The ripe wheat in the fields has been cut down and is now being carted away, leaving confused rabbits and field mice in bewilderment

The star of an Oscar-winning film about dolphin hunting in Japan delivered a petition to the country's US embassy calling for an end to the practice. The petition was signed by 1.7 million people from 151 countries.

Thirteen workers flee drilling platform but oil company denies spillFresh fears about drilling in the Gulf of Mexico were raised today when fire forced workers to abandon an oil and gas platform, just six months after the BP explosion that created an environmental disaster in the region.The company,

Scientists say desertification of the mountain grasslands of the Tibetan plateau is accelerating climate changeLike generations of Tibetan nomads before him, Phuntsok Dorje makes a living raising yaks and other livestock on the vast alpine grasslands that provide a thatch on the roof of the world.Bu

Reducing funding for household generation of renewable energy will jeopardise job creation and energy security, Huhne is toldA coalition of green, countryside and housing groups has warned energy secretary Chris Huhne not to cut subsidies for green electricity and heating as part of the government's

Bosses to be quizzed over safety failures that led to 33 miners being trapped, as engineers begin drilling rescue shaftThe owners of Chile's San Esteban mining company faced questions yesterday from a government committee about safety failures which led to the accident that has trapped 33 miners und

Coral reefs are sensitive to climate change and track sea level. New observations show that an extensive coral reef existed in the southern Pacific Ocean thousands of years ago. Researchers used multi-beam sonar, coring, and dating to examine a relict reef discovered in water about 20-25 meters (65-82 feet) deep around Lord Howe Island in the southern Pacific Ocean.