Windfarms: the bitter fight dividing the UK

Greenland and Antarctica 'have lost four trillion tonnes of ice' in 20 years

"• Landmark study by global team of scientists published • Finds melting polar ice has led to 11mm rise in sea level • Greenland losing ice five times faster than early 1990s"

2012 expected to be ninth warmest year on record

"World Meteorological Organisation data shows average global temperature to date is 14.45C, higher than long-term average"

Lake District park authority 'concerned' over radioactive waste burial

"Widespread concern emerges over proposed nuclear burial plan's effect on long-term interests of West Cumbria"

UN: methane released from melting ice could push climate past tipping point

"Doha conference is warned that climate models do not yet take account of methane in thawing permafrost"