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A new study suggests a radical rejigging of where food is grown. But is such a world even possible?
George Cove stands next to his third solar array.
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The 1909 incident may have cost the industry decades of progress – and the planet huge amounts of damaging carbon emissions.
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Our study shows the UK must prepare for, and respond to, the risks associated with future food shortages.
The expansion of London’s Ulez has caused acrimonious controversy.
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The psychology of disagreement offers insight into why there is such a strong polarisation in opinions surrounding London’s expanded Ulez.
The cultivation of grapes for winemaking is the fastest growing sector of UK agriculture.
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On top of rising greenhouse gas emissions, aerosol pollution which would normally cool Earth has fallen.
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Sodium is a cheap and viable alternative to lithium in batteries for low-medium range EVs.
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By 2050, the chemicals which make craft beers ‘hoppy’ could decrease by a third.
A boat in Kinnego marina surrounded by toxic blue-green algae.
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The largest lake in the UK and Ireland has been blighted by toxic blue-green algae.
The corporate rush to reduce the environmental footprint of their food supply chains poses several challenges for farmers.
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Big name food brands are pursuing decarbonisation – but they are squeezing farmers in the process.
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Recent study investigated how fast genes are being transferred between distantly related species.
Most of us have accumulated a stash of old devices, chargers and cables that sit forgotten in our homes.
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Electronic waste is one of the fastest growing waste streams in the world – there are things you can do to minimise your role in it.
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Let’s just call it something different.
Crop Science Centre, University of Cambridge
Farming has made crop plants reliant on synthetic fertilisers, but we can reactivate their ability to engage with beneficial microorganisms and make them more independent.
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A cross-party consensus is breaking apart.
What are your rights if you want to become a guerrilla gardener?
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Many people are gardening on land that is not theirs – here are some things to consider to avoid getting into trouble.
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Claims of sustainability or low-carbon flying are being challenged in court.
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The iconic tree lived through the Little Ice Age, modern climate change, and an alarming drop in biodiversity.
A new ban prohibits businesses in England from selling some single-use plastic products.
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The new ban will raise awareness about the plastic crisis. But failing to provide viable alternatives may simply displace the problem, instead of addressing it
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The regulator’s guiding principle is still to ‘maximise economic recovery’.
Hemachatus nyangensis in Nyanga National Park, Zimbabwe.
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The Nyanga rinkhals can tell us about our own evolution.
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Like icy thermometers, glaciers overlying volcanoes shift according to temperature changes below.
The purple-striped Jellyfish (Chrysaora colorata)
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Jellyfish have a reputation to stinging wild swimmers and huge population “blooms”. But it’s a mistake to dismiss these animals as ocean pests.
Scotland’s CAVForth self-driving bus service began in May 2023, serving a 14-mile route that crosses the Forth Road Bridge on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
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Amid bus route cuts and rail strikes, can the answer to our future public transport needs be found in the hi-tech prototypes being trialled around the UK?
Many of the buildings in Kharkiv that bats roost in have been destroyed or damaged by shelling.
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Shelling may have led to the killing of 7,000 noctule bats in the city of Kharkiv alone
When Pangea Ultima forms, conditions on Earth will be too inhospitable for most mammals to survive.
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A supercontinent could raise global temperatures to such a degree that it could wipe out mammals.