Environment

Tiny crystals could help predict volcanic eruptions

25 Jan 2018

Scientists find oxidised iron deep within the Earth's interior

24 Jan 2018

PM outlines 3 top challenges at Davos: climate, terror, protectionism

24 Jan 2018

While singling out climate change as the biggest threat the world faces, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his inaugural remarks at Davos also criticised artificial distinctions between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ terrorists

Heat loss from the Earth triggers ice sheet slide towards the sea

24 Jan 2018

Climate engineering, once started, would have severe impacts if stopped

23 Jan 2018

Climate change linked to more flowery forests, FSU study shows

22 Jan 2018

Bio-renewable process could help 'green' plastic

22 Jan 2018

Bio-renewable process could help 'green' plastic

22 Jan 2018

Coca-Cola vows to recycle 100% of its containers by 2030

22 Jan 2018

The world’s largest total beverage company, which creates massive garbage around the world, intends to back a World Without Waste with a multi-year investment to implement their new recycling goal

2017 was the warmest year on record for the global ocean

19 Jan 2018

Mothers and young struggle as Arctic warms

19 Jan 2018

Your microwave oven could be as polluting as your car!

18 Jan 2018

Microwaves in Britain generate as much carbon dioxide as 1.3 million cars, while across the European Union, the emissions equal almost seven million cars, scientists have concluded

China’s new air purification tower deemed a success

17 Jan 2018

The experimental air purification tower, claimed to be the world's biggest air purifier by its operators, has brought a noticeable improvement in air quality, according to the scientists leading the project

Unexpected environmental source of methane discovered

17 Jan 2018

Nature has more than one way to make methane, say Utah State University biochemists

17 Jan 2018

A fossil fuel technology that doesn’t pollute

15 Jan 2018

UK prime minister Theresa May unveils Environmental Plan in speech in west London

13 Jan 2018

Worldwide importance of honey bees for natural habitats captured in new report

13 Jan 2018

An unprecedented study integrating data from around the globe has shown that honey bees are the world's most important single species of pollinator in natural ecosystems and a key contributor to natural ecosystem functions

Earthquakes as a driver for the deep-ocean carbon cycle

12 Jan 2018

Trump hints US could return to Paris climate accord

11 Jan 2018

Why did the passenger pigeon die out?

11 Jan 2018

The last passenger pigeon died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914. Reseach shows that humans caused the extinction of the species, by indiscriminate hunting and denuding the forests the species needed to survive

DNA evidence is putting rhino poachers behind bars, study shows

09 Jan 2018

New study reveals strong El Niño events cause large changes in Antarctic ice shelves

09 Jan 2018

A new studyreveals that strong El Nino events can cause significant ice loss in some Antarctic ice shelves while the opposite may occur during strong La Nina events