The world's Governments may not be able to reach international targets for saving plant and animal species and their habitats because there are no reliable measurements of the rate at which they are disappearing, the Royal Society warned today (15th October 2002).
University of St Andrews scientists have teamed up with French experts this week, to explore a remote Scottish sea loch for secrets of climate change.
To coincide with World Environment Day, the University of St Andrews and Conoco today launched the fifth St Andrews Prize for the Environment, the UK's leading international environmental prize.
Scots biologists have been awarded over £1 million to explain how plants, animals and microbes respond to changing environments, whether they have been introduced by accident or intentionally.
PICTURE CAPTION: Coral Skeletons can be up to 100,000 years old.
Geoscientists in Scotland have found evidence against the controversial theory that the Earth was completely frozen for periods of many millions of years.
Students at Scotland's oldest University are plugging into green energy following a deal to use Green Source, the new ScottishPower brand name for green energy.
What can be done to protect the earth from the consequences of environmental catastrophes? And how can we protect ourselves and future generations from them?
Experts from the lab and the land are joining forces to improve the understanding of climate history.