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Fine particles in air pollution contribute to the deaths of 36,000 people each year in the UK.
Bees were struggling in the UK’s very wet summer as rain stopped them finding food.
Towering trees in African tropical mountain forests are a vital, overlooked carbon store threatened by deforestation.
Electric vehicles are poised to take over our roads: so how do we make sure this change doesn’t exacerbate social and energy inequality?
The world recently celebrated the end of leaded petrol, as sales ceased in Algeria.
Soil degradation is a huge challenge for farmers around the world. But new research is showing how farmers can balance crop yields with protecting the environment.
Sealing is a more complicated issue than successful protests against it would suggest.
A new type of petrol is expected to cut carbon dioxide
Less attractive endangered species don’t tend to receive the same public attention as their more beautiful counterparts: new studies show how we might help change that.
New research shows how fracking could pose a threat to surface water quality, with consequences for human and environmental health.
In a region threatened by coastal erosion, a group of school students learned how they could explore change using visual stories and poems.
The increasing prevalence of white LED streetlamps spells worrying population declines for insects like moths.
Biogas is often overlooked as a source of renewable energy, but it could be a solution to dealing with the 9.5 million tonnes of food waste created by the UK every year.
Secondary forests are growing on deforested land in the Amazon – but not enough to offset emissions from logging.
The world is acting on climate change – just not effectively.
As the pandemic pushes healthcare online, it’s time to stop overlooking the environmental impacts.
Food waste is responsible for 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.
New research shows how the Montreal Protocol protected vegetation, helping keep carbon out of the atmosphere.
The UK government claims hydrogen could meet one-third of the country’s energy demand by 2050.
Pop-up spaces can be successful, they just need to be better thought through and created with urban ecology in mind rather than economics.
Fascinating facts about this unusual fish include that it doesn’t swim very well. A marine expert reveals why
Scottish holidaymakers are seeing giant jellyfish brought to UK shores by wind and currents
Boats and companies have been treated as legal persons in the past. Why not an alpaca?
At the bottom of our carbon fears is a big black problem.