Protecting forests is an essential strategy in the fight against climate change that has not received the attention it deserves. Trees capture and store massive amounts of carbon. And unlike some…
Why did it take sauropods 15 million years to cross the supercontinent of pangea?
Why did it take sauropods - the family of dinosaurs which includes the very biggest creatures ever to have walked…
It's all about taking risks: you don't need to take them when you're rich.
Few topics are as polarizing as wealth. Everyone has an idea of how it should be spread and what’s not right in society,…
Africa's fairy circles in grasslands are formed by a plant that releases a toxic sap into the soil when it dies, a new study reveals.
This poisonous sap, which is used by local bushmen to dip the…
Advice to the Biden administration as it seeks to account for mounting losses from storms, wildfires and other climate impacts.
One of the first executive orders US President Joe Biden signed in…
Americans often take electricity for granted – until the lights go out. The recent cold wave and storm in Texas have placed considerable focus on the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT,…
Community forest projects have seen a surge in volunteers keen to reduce CO2 emissions by creating new woodlands.
The UK may be in the grip of a winter lockdown but in one village on the edge of the…
The sub-zero temperatures causing blackouts across the southern U.S. are connected to climate change.
The Earth’s poles are warming faster than anywhere on the planet. While the consequences of that…
Cryptocurrency now uses nearly as much electricity as Argentina but analysts claim technology will soon be mostly powered by renewable energy
In little over a decade, bitcoin has risen from a fringe…
President says the time is finally right for international agreement to tackle biodiversity loss and global heating.
When it comes to the environment, few countries rival Costa Rica in terms of…
The year 2050 has been predicted by some to be a bleak year for the ocean. Experts say that by 2050 there may be more plastic than fish in the sea, or perhaps only plastic left.
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The central U.S. has freezes, heat waves, windstorms, droughts and floods. All of these events…
Greenhouse gas emissions from material production rose by 120 per cent from 1995 to 2015, research says.
The production of raw materials such as steel and cement is having an increasingly large…
Exclusive: Ángel Gurría says action on environmental crises must be defining focus of wealthy countries after Covid.
The environment, climate change and the protection of nature must be the defining…
As vaccine roll-out continues to grow across Europe, it is time for national jurisdictions to look their long-term economic recovery. While businesses in the short-term will require funding to keep…
A century after the global shipping fleet ran largely on coal, the world’s largest shipping line is taking a historic step toward not using fossil fuels for propulsion.
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