El Niño linked to widespread crop failures
The El Niño climate cycle has been responsible for widespread simultaneous crop failure in different regions of the world, a study has found, putting pressure…
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Yemen’s forests another casualty of war amid fuel crisis
By Adel Aldaghbashy [Sanaa] The four-year conflict in Yemen which has pushed huge swathes of the population close to famine has also left the country…
Ukraine’s Donbas bears the brunt of toxic armed conflict
Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region is an area with a fairly favourable climate, home to high plant biodiversity. In spring, several species of feather, sheep fescue…
Here are 6 big ideas to help the environment
Sometimes the news about our environment can feel a little monotonous. We read the same old headlines about how important the environment is, how the…
How much fuel does it take to power the world?
It’s currently billions of tonnes of fossil fuels every year. With new (or existing!) technologies, we could literally change the world. “In terms of weapons, the…
End of the road for traditional vehicles? Here are the facts
Matthew Watkins, Nottingham Trent University New sales of petrol and diesel cars will be banned by 2040 in the UK, which has since been joined…
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…
Will blazing a low-carbon path pay off for California?
President Trump has made it clear he intends to dismantle the Obama administration’s policies for reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. But California Governor Jerry Brown…
Now that Christmas is over, what are you going to do with your tree?
How time flies. But as the festive season draws to a close there is one thing left to sort out: what to do with the…
The number one thing we can do to protect earth’s oceans
May 23, 2016 — When New England fishers complained of working harder and harder to catch fewer and fewer fish, Spencer Baird assembled a scientific…