Former vice president Al Gore will launch one of the most ambitious and costly public advocacy campaigns in US history in a bid to change the way Americans think about climate change, according to reports.
From the threat of global warming to the decline of endangered species, environmental issues are now at the forefront of the human agenda - and not a second too soon. As the global environmental movement gathers pace, MSN UK News brings you all the latest news, views and analysis from the green frontline in this special report. You'll also find plenty of practical ways in which you can make a difference, from buying locally produced food to ensuring your love life is environmentally friendly.
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Sometimes enlightening, sometimes shocking, snapshots of our rapidly changing world have been captured on camera. From toxic rubbish mountains to flooded rice fields, they illustrate what we have lost to climate change – and what it still at stake.
When Quint delivered his famously chilling monologue in Jaws, few could have predicted that sharks – once the tertiary predators of the sea – were, for the first time in 400 million years, about to become prey.
They may not be cute or cuddly, but these weird and wonderful amphibians have an important place in evolutionary history and are now in urgent need of protection.
Two of the rarest monkeys in the world are being hand-reared by zoo keepers after being rejected by their parents. The tiny pied tamarin siblings – natives of the Amazon rainforest – have been receiving round-the-clock care since they were born on December 31.
The government has given the go-ahead to a new generation of nuclear power stations in a bid to secure the UK's energy supplies and help tackle climate change. Here, two experts go head-to-head on this divisive issue.
Melting sea ice and overfishing have triggered a dangerously rapid decline in penguin populations on the Antarctic peninsula – a direct result of global warming, warns a new report from the WWF.
This tiny 1kg bundle of fur and teeth is the potential saviour of a critically endangered species of tiger. The male South China tiger cub was born at a reserve in South Africa's Free State and is the first to be bred outside China.
The twin forces of climate change and crippling poverty are fusing in the lives of the world’s poorest people – a deadly combination, warns a new report from Christian Aid. The realities of our rapidly evolving environment, from drought in Africa to flooding in Asia, are pushing already precarious lives ever closer to the edge.
Knut the playful polar bear, who achieved global stardom after his mother Tosca – a traumatised circus bear from East Germany – rejected him at birth in December 2006, is celebrating his first birthday in Berlin.
Black snow slick with deadly toxins, blankets of choking coal dust and acrid carcinogenic air: welcome to life in the world’s most polluted places. The world's top ten most severely polluted places span seven countries and affect more than 12 million people.
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They outlived the dinosaurs and are the stuff of maritime legend, but now sharks – the tertiary predators of the sea – have found themselves under threat. More than 40% of shark species in the Mediterranean, along with rays, are on the cusp of being wiped out, according to a new report.
From the smallest bear on the planet to the giant panda, six out of the world’s eight species are now considered globally threatened as populations – particularly in Asia and South America – continue to decline.
Mankind’s closest living relatives – apes, monkeys, lemurs and other primates – are under unprecedented threat of extinction from the destruction of tropical forests, illegal wildlife trade and commercial bushmeat hunting, according to a new report.
Britain’s marine environment is on its knees, according to a new report. Conservation experts from around the UK have compiled a list of 15 marine areas urgently in need of protection, each considered vital for the preservation of at least one species of marine animal or plant. MSN Environment investigates.
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