5 steps that could end the plastic pollution crisis – and save our ocean
It’s time to think positively about reducing plastics and take effective action to tackle the global problem. This report outlines some tactics.
Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world
This interactive map shows cases of extreme weather around the world and the effect human-caused climate change has had on each.
1,700+ species now at risk from human action, researchers report
A combination of human-related factors, including climate change, population growth, pollution and habitat destruction, are putting an increasing number of species at risk of extinction.
Why extinct species seem to be returning from the dead
Recent discoveries of species believed to be extinct reveal how little we know about the planet's rarest inhabitants, and raises the question of how species are declared extinct in the fi...
These new maps could tell us where in the US is most at risk from drought
Scientists from Duke University have created a free drought map based upon thermal stress data which could help predict where droughts and wildfires will occur.
For the first time, we can measure the human footprint on Antarctica
Far from the baron wasteland you might imagine, Antarctica has been built upon and lived on for decades, and the impact can now be measured.
A chimpanzee cultural collapse is underway, and it’s driven by humans
Chimpanzees now face the daunting task of surviving in a habitat increasingly infested and assaulted by humans, leading to declining population and behavioural variation.
How do we decide if an animal is extinct?
Sightings of thought-to-be-extinct animals like the Fernandina giant tortoise call into question how we define extinction and what the future might hold for some of our rarest animals.
Last summer was Australia's hottest on record - here's what this means
Australia is no stranger to dry summers and the heat is set to continue into autumn.
Heatwaves are destroying ocean ecosystems like wildfires
A new study shows that marine heatwaves — periods when ocean temperatures spike for five days or more — are becoming more frequent and are having devastating effects on entire ecosystems.
Airlines lack clear flight path to lower carbon emissions: researchers
Airlines have a long way to go until their operations fit within the broader climate change targets laid out in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Energy innovation relies on pricing CO2, according to German government advisors
The Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI) said that clean energy technologies and business models could not evolve without a new CO2 economy.