Displaced Coal Miners Turn to Beekeeping
Appalachians reconnect with nature to support their families. Mark Lilly, 59, grew up and still lives in West Virginia. He spent three decades as an…
Nature & Environment
Energy and environment in 2018: A preview
2018 looks set to be a defining year for energy and environment policy in Europe, as important legislative files move towards becoming EU law. In…
7 Links Between the Food on Your Plate and Our Changing Climate
Organic advocates proudly point to improved water quality and better habitat for the birds and bees as a result of their food choices. But what…
As Oceans Warm, the World’s Kelp Forests Begin to Disappear
Kelp forests — luxuriant coastal ecosystems that are home to a wide variety of marine biodiversity — are being wiped out from Tasmania to California,…
7 Reasons We’re Facing a Global Water Crisis
Droughts in Somalia. Water rationing in Rome. Flooding in Jakarta and Harvey-battered Houston. It doesn’t take a hydrologist to realize that there is a growing…
Hydroelectric dams threaten Brazil’s mysterious Pantanal – one of the world’s great wetlands
Lauren Crabb, Coventry University; Anna Laing, University of Sussex; Bronwen Whitney, Northumbria University, Newcastle, and Carlos Saito, University of Brasilia The Pantanal in central South…
Oxford Is Creating a World First Zero Emission Zone by 2035
It’s ‘dangerously high’ there right now. Oxford in the UK wants to become the world’s first carbon emission-free city by 2035, with a plan to…
Sperm whales are starving because their stomachs are full of plastic
Sperm whales are one of the oceans most majestic and largest creatures. They can grow to be up to 59ft and weigh up to 45…
Google Lays Out Plan to Store Green Energy For When It’s Needed Most
SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) – Google’s semi-secret research and development wing has been toying with how to store energy generated by renewable sources like solar…
Scientists scramble to understand the invisible creatures around us before it’s too late
In southwestern Africa, a dozen scientists dig in the dirt. In a week, they’ve transected 100 miles of shifting sand dunes and flat gravel plains…
Meet the villagers who protect biodiversity on the top of the world
It was a chilly February day. Dangwen and his wildlife monitoring team patrolled along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The river was frozen solid,…
How African Countries Can Harness the Huge Potential of Their Oceans
Over the past decade there’s been a steady rise across Africa in the attention given to the responsible use of the oceans to contribute to…
China Has Officially Started Construction on the World’s First “Forest City”
FUTURISTIC GREEN CITY The world’s first “Forest City,” created to fight pollution, is now under construction in Liuzhou, Guangxi Province, China. Designed by Stefano Boeri…
Want to Get “Back to the Land”? You’re Not Alone
Each generation has had one common desire: to live a more honest, ethical life of self-sufficiency and oneness with nature. Over the past century, generations…
Inaction on climate change risks leaving future generations $530 trillion in debt
James Dyke, University of Southampton By continuing to delay significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, we risk handing young people alive today a bill of…
‘It’s so bad for the environment, and it’s our future’
Children from several schools created their own placards and protested outside Parliament today demanding the government ban plastic bags. They were on hand to help…