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Generic urban landscape design is damaging for people and nature: an ecomimicry approach instead encourages nature to flourish even in cities.
Converting food waste to animal feed – or reducing it altogether by supermarkets working with farmers – could save millions of tonnes of food from being discarded. It could also help raise animal welfare standards.
Dams built in an earlier age are suddenly vulnerable as the climate shifts.
We need a free trade agreement for vegetables – and not much else.
Financial accounts don’t currently factor in environmental problems.
The world’s nuclear power plants are on the frontline of climate change – and not in a good way.
Our team of 40 researchers combined natural and social sciences to assess the plausible limits of future climate change.
What if you could pay to heat your home the same way you pay to stream music? You can with heat-as-a-service.
Autonomous robots hold great promise for the agricultural sector, but it’s vital that the public gets a say in their creation.
Carrion beetles help stabilise the biology of the soil they live in.
How do migrants to the UK explore and experience its natural environment – and how does it connect them to their roots?
Blackfish struck an emotional chord over the plight of a traumatised performing whale, prompting real change.
Natural disaster is a misnomer. Disasters occur due to societal failures, not nature.
Mitigating climate change is more politically popular than adapting to its inevitable effects.
Research suggests our names for birds reflect our changing relationship with the natural world: here’s why that matters
Soot from aeroplane exhausts can linger in the atmosphere, seeding ice clouds which trap heat.
To more effectively communicate about climate change online, follow these simple rules
With an average shelf life of nine years, the coming tsunami of waste EV batteries needs action now.
New data from tropical and subtropical regions suggests insects are declining thanks to dammed rivers
Research shows people don’t take politicians seriously on climate change if they don’t seem fully committed.
We looked at 125,000 protests across Africa and mapped them against Chinese investments.
If the G7 is serious about stopping global warming, it could start by acknowledging who and what is causing it.
Desertification and climate change are threatening ancient sites in the Sahara.
Contracts for exploring the deep sea are due to expire before a safe mining code can be agreed.