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Footprints get people thinking about their own impact, but for water the analogy simply doesn’t work.
Labour should not accept nuclear power as an inevitable part of its climate policies.
PCBs were phased out three decades ago. But they’re still lingering in the ocean.
These substances can generate air pollution particles.
Serious heat is a serious threat, and people must get better at talking about it.
Planting trees is a popular way for companies to clean up their image. Unfortunately, it may cause more problems than it solves.
The warming of the oceans means that the plants and organisms used as warning systems for pollution are being rendered ineffective.
The UK was part of the EU’s collective pledge of emissions cuts ahead of Paris.
Solar roadways have been promoted as a way to fight climate change, put people to work and make driving safer. But on closer inspection the reality is less than impressive.
Saving the rhino means tackling demand for its horn.
AI can definitely help us monitor floods and could perhaps even deliver more accurate early-warning messages in the near future.
Mosquitoes are transferring microplastics eaten in water into birds and other non-marine animals.
An ‘ex-hurricane’ will hit the UK and Ireland for the second consecutive year.
As both beneficiary and victim of EU policies, yellowhammers are apt symbols for Brexit’s divisions.
Relocation from risky areas is the only safe response.
The US government is set to make it easier for oil and gas firms to leak methane into the atmosphere.
All too often the media buzz is centred around the managed honeybee, at the expense of other wild bee species.
These ‘snailfish’ look too fragile to exist several miles below the waves.
Scientists have calculated the ‘water footprint’ of different diets across the UK, France and Germany.
Confrontation between French and British scallop fishers is a warning about the resource conflicts of the future.
Vertical farms grow more food but use much more energy, so let’s consider other kinds of urban agriculture.
Scientists have modelled the effects of huge hypothetical energy projects in the desert.
The case for pragmatism, not dogma.
Rainforests may have played far more of a role in shaping human evolution than previously thought.