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The pandemic has exposed how vulnerable we are to unexpected climate shocks.
Zoonotic diseases can emerge closer to home than you realise.
If the pandemic is a sort of climate ‘stress-test’, the world is failing it.
As lockdowns have came into effect around the world, air pollution has plummeted.
Many people in the Global South will find themselves poorer, hungrier, and much closer to exploitable wildlife.
Closing the climbing season will provide valuable time for recovery from the effects of intensive tourism, but will prove difficult for those working in the industry.
That smell you detect after it rains is part of a chemical language between bacteria and animals.
If wildlife trade is forced underground it could become an even bigger threat to public health, fuel black market prices, and accelerate exploitation and extinction of species in the wild.
By not talking about climate change, especially the powerful emotions it can provoke, misinformation and eco-anxiety may take root.
Domestic gardens offer an oasis for urban wildlife, and are a sight for sore eyes during lockdown.
There are twice as many tigers in the US as there are in the wild.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has called for fewer cars and better public transport.
With wild boar in Barcelona and coyotes in San Francisco, the lockdown has transformed concrete jungles worldwide.
The transport sector could look very different after the pandemic.
The wet and low-lying East Siberian Arctic is likely to be a major methane source in the coming decades.
People can still learn a great deal about these mammals while keeping a safe distance.
When colonisers invaded the Americas, they brought with them waves of new diseases. This legacy continues to impact Indigenous communities.
Three ways coronavirus is already impacting Britain’s energy systems.
Earthquakes happen over seconds to minutes. Slow slip events on the other hand can last for weeks or months.
A new method of using camera traps has brought good and bad news for conservationists.
More than two billion people live without reliable access to clean water.
Extinction Rebellion impostors have called humans ‘a disease’.
Larger homes with fewer occupants have a bigger energy and heating demand.
Here’s how spinning metal can smooth out the spikes in renewable electricity generation.