Drought: 5 ways to stop heavy rains washing away parched soil
Soil erosion is a major threat to the resilience of the environment. Here are 5 steps we can take to protect the soil from runoff due to heavy rainfalls.
Why are wildfires getting worse and what can be done to stop them?
Wildfires are becoming more widespread and burning around twice as much tree cover than 20 years ago, according to new data from Global Forest Watch.
Here's how two invasive species have cost the world $16bn - and what can be done about it
Two Invasive species – the brown tree snake and American bullfrog – cost the world $16.3 billion between 1986 and 2020, a Scientific Reports study finds.
What is the climatarian diet, and is it better for the planet than going vegan or vegetarian?
The climatarian diet is designed to be healthy and climate friendly, but still allows you to eat some meat and other foods that generate carbon emissions.
This algorithm can make all the world’s wind farms produce more electricity – for free
Wind farms could boost their output by modelling flows for groups of turbines instead of optimizing control of individual turbines, MIT engineers say.
What is the One Health approach - and how can it help pre-empt future pandemics?
We will have a better chance of suppressing infectious diseases only if we adopt what the WHO calls a One Health approach and integrate predictive modelling and surveillance used in both ...
How drought-hit Kenyan herders stopped lions from raiding their villages
Deforestation and drought are forcing animals to compete with local wildlife in Kenya over dwindling supplies of water and pasture, but a new project is changing that.
After heatwaves comes heavy rain. How will the UK's dry landscape cope?
Large areas of the UK have entered a drought, leaving many praying for rain. But heavy localized downpours coupled with dry soil could cause flash flooding.
Spruce trees have arrived in the Arctic a century earlier than expected. Here's why
Young white spruce trees are expanding north, now growing in the Arctic tundra a century earlier than climate scientists expected, a new study shows.
Here’s why food stores are ditching 'best before' labels
UK supermarkets Waitrose and Marks & Spencer are scrapping ‘best before’ dates on hundreds of items to help cut food waste.
Biochar: The gardener’s friend that could help slow global warming
Scientists believe biochar, a charcoal-like substance, can hold carbon in the soil and help slow the release of harmful greenhouse gases.
How vulnerable are the world's ice sheets to climate change?
The eastern two-thirds of Antarctica is covered by an ice sheet with research showing the risks facing the sheet as a result of climate change.