The latest studies predict adverse or ineffective outcomes of atmospheric geoengineering, and scientists are calling for better governance.

A new ground study confirms a trend in tiny polluting particles rising over India.

A report examines why early warning systems are good at predicting crises but bad at triggering preventive action.

Scientists who used a satellite to detect sound waves from the 2011 earthquake in Japan say space-based earthquake detection is possible, albeit some way off.

ALMA, the world’s largest radio telescope, inaugurated in Chile, will benefit science and technology in the country, say experts.

Dangerous asteroids could go undetected if the Southern Hemisphere's only telescope survey to track them closes in July.

By expanding and interlinking its biodiversity databases India hopes to better inform policymakers.

Data needed for joined-up action on ecosystem protection is lacking, a meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity has heard.

Ghana's first space research centre will aim to rejuvenate research and technology, and inspire a new generation of scientists.

More can be done to use science for peacekeeping and peace-building in conflict zones, scientists say on the International Day of Peace.

A US$7.7 million project aims to protect biodiversity and help manage sustainably the Congo Basin rainforest.

Using satellites and airplanes, scientists have mapped forest carbon stocks in 40 per cent of the Colombian Amazon.

Senegal is stepping up its space research collaboration with Pakistan to increase food security in the drought-hit country.

The 'digital divide' has been replaced by the 'broadband divide', say ICT specialists.

Africa, Brazil and France are coming together to tackle desertification, and have presented their first concrete actions at Rio+20 this week.

A UNESCO remote sensing project to identify underground water in areas hit by drought has started in a region of the Horn of Africa.

South Africa and Australia will both host components of the world's most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array.

A ranking of countries' abilities to monitor forest loss reveals that many are unable to fulfil the terms of REDD+ and need outside support.

There is speculation that Australasia and South Africa, which are vying to host the Square Kilometre Array, may share the role.