It is not a secret that we humans have been destroying the environment for years. It is now that some of us are trying to make all people aware of the affects that our lack of care has had on the environment and what will happen if we do not make changes now and try to stop the progress of global warming.

"The buzz is: worms may well save the planet." Ecological satire by Goofism founder Mac Bartine.

Researchers have dispelled a popular theory that marine gas hydrates caused a significant release of methane gas into the Earth's atmosphere, triggering a period of global warming at the end of the last ice age.

A look at our responsibility for global warming and some common sense suggestions on how to change our impact.

With Al Gore, Hollywood and other celebrities leading the way, the media have joined the carbon offset excitement excitement, encouraging individuals and companies to offset carbon dioxide emissions.

The Kyoto Protocol was a valiant attempt to develop a comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but the resulting treaty may not achieve its intended goals.

There are a number of options available for producing energy from sustainable sources; these commonly include solar power, wind turbines and tidal power, but there are more unusual solutions on the horizon. Environmental consulting could soon be recommending balloon farms as a way of providing energy for whole communities.

Some top tourist destinations aren't waiting anymore for national governments to take the lead in improving the environment, and they're doing it themselves on a local level.

While most people know how to live life in a comfortable way, it is often not fully understood that the modern westernized lifestyles are not helping the planet’s ecology. These lifestyles are damaging the ecology to such an extent that soon there will no longer be an ecologically sustainable future.

Many of the ice structures like glaciers, ice in mountain areas, and the Arctic icecap are melting. Most of these structures will no longer be in existence by 2025. Much of the Arctic ice has disappeared and many of the glaciers are shrinking.