en 60 /weatherandenvironment/news/story/46922.html?rss=1 Hopes of a respite from the awful August weather in the UK have been dashed by weather forecasters. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/42981.html?rss=1 Prepare for more floods - in ways we are not used to - that's the message from experts at Durham University who have studied rainfall and river flow patterns over 250 years. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/32142.html?rss=1 Taking off layer after layer, getting ever closer to the treasured prize which you can feel beneath your fingers, until you can't contain yourself any longer and in your excitement you rip it open... /weatherandenvironment/news/story/31802.html?rss=1 Check out our ten quick and easy ways to cut back on your carbon emissions. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/29362.html?rss=1 Despite modern opinion that the world must reduce its carbon emissions, legislation on energy restrictions may have an adverse affect on the economy and consumers. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/23202.html?rss=1 This summer looks set to have been the wettest in the UK since records began in 1914, figures from the Met Office suggest. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/15602.html?rss=1 A third of Europe's most climate polluting power stations are in the UK, a new report from the WWF has found. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/15542.html?rss=1 The south Devon town of Modbury has become the first plastic-bag-free place in the UK. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/10622.html?rss=1 Some of the world's greatest natural wonders face destruction if the climate continues to warm at the current rate, a WWF study has warned. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/10422.html?rss=1 More consideration must be given to the links between climate change and air quality pollutants, a report has concluded. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/7562.html?rss=1 The UK has experienced its second warmest winter on record, figures from the Met Office suggest. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/7522.html?rss=1 Twelve major corporations are on course to eliminate at least ten million tons of carbon emissions annually by 2010. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/7502.html?rss=1 London Mayor Ken Livingstone has called on all Londoners and businesses to join forces in the battle against climate change. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/6802.html?rss=1 2006 was the fifth warmest year in the past century, American scientists have found. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/4202.html?rss=1 The year 2007 is likely to be the hottest on record around the world, meteorologists have warned. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/3770.html?rss=1 There is a clear link between the weather and the number and types of crimes that are taking place in the Netherlands, a study says. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/3707.html?rss=1 Major tissue and toilet paper manufacturers are failing to sell environmentally friendly products, conservationists have warned. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/3641.html?rss=1 High hourly levels of air pollution more than double the risk of one type of stroke, according to a Japanese report. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/3602.html?rss=1 Heatwaves in Europe are likely to become much hotter and much more frequent during the course of this century, a study suggests. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/3564.html?rss=1 Extreme rainfall events have become more frequent and intense over a 40-year period in many parts of the UK, research shows. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/3513.html?rss=1 July 2006 was the hottest month across the UK since records began in 1914, official figures show. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/3512.html?rss=1 Public health officials should pay particular attention to the elderly, diabetics and African Americans on days with extreme heat, a US study has warned. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/3480.html?rss=1 There have been more deaths in France as a result of a severe heatwave in which temperatures have risen above 35C (95F). /weatherandenvironment/news/story/3479.html?rss=1 Forecasters have predicted that the coming winter in the UK will be much wetter than the last. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/3399.html?rss=1 The old, young and chronically ill have been warned to take care as parts of England are expected to be sweltering in a heatwave lasting at least until Wednesday.