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A green criminologist weighs up the evidence.
Our research looked at what did – and didn’t – work in Canada, Australia and Germany.
The salt in the sea has built up over billions of years – but it wouldn’t have got there without freshwater rivers and streams.
A good life for workers and a healthy natural environment aren’t mutually exclusive.
We can’t decarbonise the whole transport sector with just batteries - sustainable fuels are essential.
Proper support for breastfeeding is an environmental imperative.
The conventional channels for scientists to inform and influence policy are not addressing the climate and ecological crises quickly enough.
Research shows previous fires increased child mortality and reduced growth rates.
Net benefits depend on how workers use the long weekend.
Major new ‘State of Nature’ report shows wildlife numbers still falling but conservation measures can work.
Tapping just 3.7% of solar potential in countries in China’s intercontinental infrastructure programme could power the entire region.
Polar regions may be becoming more profitable, but these “benefits” come with far more severe costs.
Scientists have used drones and 3D modelling to work out the weight of Earth’s largest mammals without killing them.
Despite the furore, Franzen is simply being pragmatic: confront the brutal facts but remain hopeful.
These lakes could threaten the future stability of parts of the Antarctic ice sheet.
Attacks on chimpanzees are happening at an alarming rate, within and outside national parks.
Restoring Britain’s woodlands and peatlands isn’t just a utopian dream.
The signs of spring are advancing at different rates - and the consequences for ecosystems could be disastrous.
Nuclear fusion may power post-carbon societies – but it won’t save us from climate change.
Populations of plankton are in decline. If we push this critical foundation of the marine food chain to extinction, we could cripple ecosystems for millions of years.
A combination of flawed science and over-optimism meant experts misinterpreted the data that helped calculate estimates of cod stocks back in 2017.
If nothing is done now, seas could rise a metre by 2100, and four metres by 2300.
Rising sea levels, unstable weather, and a much smaller carbon budget.
The UN body responsible for communicating the science of climate breakdown has released its long-awaited report on how we’re changing our ice and oceans. In a nutshell, the news isn’t good.