An entry for the 2023 ZAP Games, a subvertising competition in the lead up to Black Friday.
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Subvertising campaigns are often funny, but they also aim to make a wider point about the unsustainable excesses of consumerism. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
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Increasing energy costs pose a challenge for everyone, but the impact is most pronounced for those living in deprived areas.
Hevea brasiliensis is grown in the world’s most biodiverse areas.
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Rubber plantations are replacing forests, particularly in tropical regions.
A cargo vessel with Flettner rotors – a modern equivalent to sails.
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Modern mariners can harness trade winds to reduce carbon emissions.
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Media coverage of the dangers of plastic pollution can distract from what is actually needed, says an author.
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Satellites can detect land moving by just a few millimetres, but we can never be sure exactly how or when a slope will slide.
Energy efficient lightbulbs are useful – but more radical actions are available.
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Everyone surveyed opted for the least impactful climate actions, regardless of their level of knowledge or worries.
A jaguar in the jungle of southern Mexico.
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The results could indicate populations of more typical prey in southern Mexico are shrinking.
Olive trees that have died after becoming infected with Xylella fastidiosa .
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The meadow spittlebug can transmit a deadly bacterium – many plants in Britain could be at risk.
Many flame retardant additives have been banned.
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Flame retardants were developed to prevent house fires and help save lives. But they come with some serious health risks.
A volcanic eruption at Litli Hrutur on the Reykjanes peninsula, some 30km south of the capital Reykjavik, Iceland in July 2023.
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Evidence suggests magma is close to the surface in south-west Iceland, prompting evacuations.
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Relative to the long-term average, this autumn has been even hotter than summer.
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Thawing permafrost in the far north is an inviting prospect for invertebrate burrowers.
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New research suggests opponents of climate policies may have misread the UK public.
The aftermath of Storm Daniel in Derna, eastern Libya. September 2023.
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Rich polluters have evaded any notion of compensating poor countries at the UN talks.
UK workers have a high degree of concern about the climate crisis.
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Our survey of UK workers reveals their deep concern about climate change – many want to see action being taken.
The Borgsten Dolphin drilling platform moored in the Scottish port of Invergordon.
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New UK legislation gives the wrong answer to the question of energy security.
Invasive species can capitalise on disturbances like this.
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Non-native species tend to be better at exploiting the disturbance caused by storms, fires or droughts.
There are very few wildcats like this one left in their natural habitat in Scotland.
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And a recent history of wildcat hybridisation.
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More and more motorists are opting for bigger EVs – but there are several environmental concerns to consider.
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This season places environmental issues front and centre more than any BBC nature programme before it.
The Rokeby Venus was slashed by a Suffragette and was chosen by Just Stop Oil for this reason.
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The group of climate activists are drawing on a history of public action to show that what they are doing is not new at all
An oil rig graveyard in Cromarty Firth, Scotland.
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This could be one reason to leave these rigs in the sea.
Fishermen and fisherwomen at a market in Kediri, East Java.
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Sea-level rises and storm surges don’t discriminate, but societal structures do.
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The clock could be ticking for the travel industry unless action is taken to change our travel habits.