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If you want to live like a local when on holiday, you should defecate like one.
Using real apes and monkeys as actors in film and TV encourages people to see them as pets.
Nuclear bomb tests potentially mark the start of a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene.
The fossil fuel era won’t last forever. And a new set of countries will find their reserves of lithium, copper and rare earth metals are in high demand.
To save the orangutans we must both protect their forests and stop any hunting and killing within them.
The history of the rubber ‘boom’ reveals why.
New research finds small drones on short deliveries use less carbon than the equivalent vehicles.
The ‘canaries of the sea’ are sending a worrying message about the health of our oceans.
Forest fires emit twice as much carbon in the Brazilian Amazon as deforestation, according to new research.
The European Investment Bank’s funding of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline will harm the climate and makes little financial sense.
Promises to consult with indigenous groups are routinely ignored as Peru eyes up the natural resources found in its rainforests.
No country manages to balance sustainability with meeting basic human needs – but Vietnam comes closest.
It was the Seine’s rise and fall, in response to heavy rain, that inspired our current understanding of river systems.
New research shows the size of man-made earthquakes is linked to how deep industry wastewater is injected into the ground.
Food is just food … or is it?
Our work with the BBC’s Animals With Cameras showed one family of meerkats had excavated a huge tangle of tunnels.
Parents only want the best for their children, but caring for the environment doesn’t happen overnight.
A neoliberal development plan threatens the biological and cultural integrity of Peru’s Amazon rainforests.
If researchers shared their data, we could take a big step towards saving the world’s coral reefs.
Across the world, authoritarian regimes are taking oil from its rightful owners – the people.
China has built a skyscraper-sized purification tower. But it will only clean perhaps 0.01% of the air in the ‘atmospheric box’ sat over a city.
Research can be spun, within hours, into a story of past failure. In fact, it’s a case of continuous improvement.
The science is clear but to improve plastic literacy, we need the arts. Here’s why.
A scheme in Wales to introduce personal carbon accounts could point the way to reduce emissions.