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Efforts to engineer Britain’s rivers over the past 75 years have only made flooding worse.
Massive cyclone that hit India and Bangladesh could have been so much worse.
Poverty and inequality affect the likelihood of your home overheating during heatwaves.
A repeat of 2019’s disastrous fire season is possible in 2020, and it would have dire consequences.
We calculated what would happen if petrol cars were replaced overnight with Teslas and Nissan Leafs.
How Zambian farmers won the right to pursue claims in UK courts – and why UK polluters should be worried
Garden bird feeders and water baths could be hotspots for infectious disease transmission.
Carbon offsetting is better regulated than it once was, but it’s no solution to the climate crisis.
In the villages of central Gujurat, humans and wildlife are forced to share the same spaces – with varying consequences.
Massive study looked at more than half a million trees in 813 forests across the tropics.
While most corals turn ghostly white when they bleach, some turn neon purple. Scientists were baffled – until now.
There’s 33 times more gold in the average handset than in the equivalent amount of ore. Yet the vast majority is never recovered.
Global quarantine is not a long-term solution – we still have a lot of work ahead.
‘Wet-bulb’ temperature records show that deadly thresholds for heat and humidity are arriving faster than anticipated.
New research sheds light on the unsung heroes of pollination.
One aquarium in Japan has asked the public to make video calls to captive garden eels so they don’t forget about human visitors.
Illegal wild animal meat is found in cities right across the world and poses a very real threat of infecting people.
Storks – those harbingers of new life – are breeding in Britain again.
As governments race to revive economic growth, expect a bonfire of green tape.
More than one million weather observations were made by aircraft each day in 2019. Since the pandemic started, these have dropped by 90%.
Dogs can behave like teenagers too. But it’s just a passing phase – and the quality of the dog-owner relationship matters.
Yes, poor air quality is bad for your health – but beware simplistic correlations with COVID-19.
Road networks are emptying during lockdown. What does it mean for wildlife now and in the future?
Used PPE needs to be incinerated for safety reasons, but once this pandemic is over we should consider more sustainable options.