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01 01 2022 | 12:54

Companies race to stem flood of microplastic fibres into the oceans

New products range from washing machine filters and balls to fabrics made from kelp and orange peel From filters to bags to balls, the number of products aimed at stopping the torrent of…

01 01 2022 | 12:48

‘Waste colonialism’: world grapples with west’s unwanted plastic

Germany and UK are big exporters of plastic, much of which lies rotting in ports in Turkey, Vietnam and other countries

01 01 2022 | 12:41

‘We’ll get it done. Come hell, high water or Covid’: Can 2022 be a super year for nature?

Biodiversity talks in Kunming are likely to be delayed again, but the world urgently needs a Paris-style agreement for nature

01 01 2022 | 12:26

Telling people to ‘follow the science’ won’t save the planet. But they will fight for justice

The climate emergency has clear themes with heroes and villains. Describing it this way is how to build a movement The biggest success of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long campaign to push…

01 01 2022 | 12:23

I’m a climate scientist. Don’t Look Up captures the madness I see every day

The movie Don’t Look Up is satire. But speaking as a climate scientist doing everything I can to wake people up and avoid planetary destruction, it’s also the most accurate film about society’s…

01 01 2022 | 12:16

Alok Sharma: Cop26 must not become ‘bunch of meaningless promises’

Climate summit president makes clear UK net zero agenda is responsibility of all government colleagues Tackling the climate crisis must be a whole government effort or risk the Cop26 climate summit…

01 01 2022 | 12:08

‘It parodies our inaction’: Don’t Look Up, an allegory of the climate crisis, lauded by activists

Adam McKay’s end-of-the-world film is a ‘powerful’ depiction of society’s response to scientific warnings, campaigners say Don’t Look Up, the latest celluloid offering from the writer-director Adam…

01 01 2022 | 12:02

‘Extraordinary is no longer extraordinary’: US scientists on a year of climate disasters

In the summer, we spoke to four experts about the record-breaking heatwave that scorched the western US and Canada. As the year ends they share their hopes and fears for the future The American…

01 01 2022 | 11:52

The climate victories of 2021 that put fossil fuels in check

From local activism to shareholder rebellions, here’s what climate advocates accomplished over the last year.

01 01 2022 | 11:47

Floods, fires, freezes: how 2021 made Joe Biden a climate crisis president

The US president has made at least five disaster tours in the past year as his administration has tried to pass sweeping climate policies, with mixed success

01 01 2022 | 11:39

Horizon scan: the opportunities and threats facing Earth’s biodiversity

From floating solar farms and volcanic cement to deep-sea mining and asexual reproduction, 15 things to watch

01 01 2022 | 11:32

Before Australia’s climate wars: when a Coalition cabinet leaned towards positive action

Cabinet papers 2001: Despite fierce battles between senior Coalition members, work had begun in 2001 on a national energy policy John Howard still describes himself as “climate change agnostic” even…

27 12 2021 | 14:40

Engineering the future: meet the Africa prize shortlist innovators

Turning invasive plants into a force for good and powering healthcare with solar – here are three of the 2022 nominees From a solar-powered crib that treats jaundiced babies to fibre made from…

27 12 2021 | 10:15

Sharks in the Thames and renewable energy records: Ten positive environment stories from 2021

‘Lost’ species were rediscovered, rewilding projects flourished and progress was made in climate talks From the accelerating extinction of species worldwide to wildfires in Siberia and record-…

27 12 2021 | 10:00

Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet under current global warming trends could cause sea levels to rise by as much as 17 FEET by the end of the millennium, study warns

When Busted sang about having been to the year 3000 — where 'not much has changed, but they lived underwater' — who'd have suspected it might be prophetic?

27 12 2021 | 09:55

Climate change: Huge toll of extreme weather disasters in 2021

Weather events, linked to a changing climate, brought misery to millions around the world in 2021 according to a new report.

26 12 2021 | 17:30

Could crushed rocks absorb enough carbon to curb global warming?

A little-examined form of geoengineering takes what rocks normally do—lock up carbon—and spreads it through the oceans. Canary IslandsBefore sunrise in a quiet village in Gran Canaria, an island…

26 12 2021 | 17:21

Burning wood for energy is a 'scandal' that will worsen global warming, group of 50 MPs tell energy minister

Burning wood to create power is a ‘scandal’, 50 MPs warn the energy minister in a letter today. The letter – which has cross-party support – marks a major shift in political opinion over the burning…

26 12 2021 | 17:10

How 2021's floods and heat waves are signs of what's to come

In 2021, extremely rare weather disasters became alarmingly common. In Tennessee, cities were deluged with 17 inches of rain over two days. Dozens of people drowned in basement apartments and cars…

26 12 2021 | 17:01

Wales coalmine extension may soon be approved despite Cop26 pledges

Conditional licence granted in 2016 at Aberpergwm has led to row between Whitehall and devolved administration Plans for the expansion of an underground coalmine in Wales could be approved…