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Recycling on a large scale is a Bronze Age invention.
Climate change threatens to cause mass extinctions – but how, exactly? New research suggests male fertility may be the weakest link.
Brazil’s new president wants to sacrifice the environment, but he faces some constraints.
Scientists have discovered new evidence of a drought that finished off the Akkadian Empire 4,000 years ago.
A floating park made from discarded plastic in Rotterdam could spark new thinking on how we manage waste.
We asked climate researchers to peer through the smog and highlight some positive stories from 2018.
Whether plastic or natural, Christmas trees are generally bad for the environment. However, a new chemical process could recycle dead trees into all kinds of useful products.
Farmers are closest to the land and their livestock, and have everything to lose by not taking care of it.
In the UK the equivalent of four million Christmas dinners are wasted every year.
Dystopian fiction is popular, but presenting positive visions of the future in popular culture could help people embrace solutions.
Robins are a much loved Christmas icon, but wind turbines installed in their habitat are affecting their song, with worrying consequences.
The world is waking up to the plastic pollution crisis. Here’s how you can wake up on Christmas morning to a more sustainable holiday.
New research addresses two questions about the supposed ‘pause’ in warming.
Stories of substitution and surrogates are all too common in the wildlife trade, especially when it comes to medicines derived from animal parts.
World elites should pay more attention to young, marginalised or indigenous voices.
Few people could argue that hunting wildlife for trophies is moral, but conservationists have bigger fish to fry to reverse biodiversity loss
Air pollution is bad for our heart and lung health – and a new study says it may be bad for brain health, too.
Human conflict can bring isolation to environments, which helps the local ecology thrive. After the war has ended, the return of nature is a poignant memorial and symbol of peace.
The latest UN climate talks were ultimately hindered by their focus on nation-states, obscuring who is actually responsible for emissions.
Nations may soon be desperate enough about global warming to consider deliberately engineering the world’s climate.
Trump and Bolsonaro may be against any action on climate change, but they are not the norm.
A researcher looking at the social impacts of shale gas developments, explains why there’s much more to the Blackpool tremors than just ground movements.
Only a quarter of Christmas jumpers are reused.
The Gila monster gave humans a treatment for diabetes. What other medical miracles are we losing by failing to protect wildlife and ecosystems?