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We need to know who gets what, and how money is used once it is allocated.
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A criminologist spoke to anti-gas pipeline activists.
Bycatch is a serious problem within commercial fishing.
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Tackling bycatch in large-scale fishing can make our seafood habit more sustainable
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We shouldn’t allow disingenuous uses of net zero to discredit the concept as a whole.
Net zero a great idea, in principle, but not in practice.
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The audio version of an in-depth article rounding on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to “greenwash” their lack of commitment to solving global warming.
HMS Severn, one of two offshore patrol vessels the UK government has sent to Jersey (archive photo).
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The symbolic importance of fishing has politicised a rather technical dispute about licensing requirements.
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Transport is only a small part of your food’s carbon footprint.
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A future of heat and strife or humanity’s finest hour – our response to climate change today will define the 21st century.
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Invisible to the eye, the microbial life in the air around us can vary depending on our environment.
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Climate hypocrisy matters for governments – but not individuals.
An ironworks in Durgapur, India.
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Countries cannot be expected to all tread the same path to net zero emissions.
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Why do nuclear plants produce radioactive water – and what happens when that water gets into the ocean?
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We value bees for the jobs they do for the environment and us – why is the same not true of wasps?
Sandhill Crane with adopted Canada Goose gosling.
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Biologists are puzzled by evidence of animals that care for those from other social groups or even species.
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Banning short-haul flights should be just the first step on the path to greener transport systems.
Cotton plants growing on a no-till field in Arkansas, US.
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Drilling instead of tilling the soil to plant seeds could help the ground store more carbon.
Meerkats on high alert.
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Tracking species over their lifetimes can reveal their climate adaptation secrets.
In 2014, scientists studying the soil in Central Park were surprised at the vibrancy of the microbial life they discovered.
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The earth our towns and cities are built on is teeming with potential. It is under threat too
An assortment of legumes.
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Legumes have a superpower: they can convert nitrogen in the air into a form plants can use to grow.
A tropical rainforest in South America.
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Even if they can’t save us from climate change, society still depends on forests.
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It may seem a long way away, but meeting targets in 2035 demands taking action today.
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Prominent academics, including a former IPCC chair, round on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to ‘greenwash’ their lack of commitment to solving global warming.
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Plus how to interpret the outcome of the pre-COP26 summit.
Red mason bee just hatched out of its cocoon.
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First ever feeding experiments reveal that solitary bees need to carb-load – and can be picky when it comes to dieting.
The black cherries of Coffea stenophylla .
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Stenophylla’s black cherries have brightened prospects for a coffee supply that can withstand rising disease, pests and droughts.