Call comes at event hosted by UK government, which is under pressure over planned coalmine in Cumbria.
All planned coal projects around the world must be cancelled to end the “deadly addiction” to…
People urged to be on the lookout for subadult crocs 'about 5km upstream towards Robertson and 5km downstream towards Swellendam'
Traps have been set in the Breede River after an unknown number of…
Some scientists fear that meltwater from Greenland may be affecting ocean currents that help regulate far-reaching weather patterns.
A northern branch of the Gulf Stream — the vast ocean current…
The cats and dogs lie as if asleep, in individual graves. Many wore collars or other adornments, and they had been cared for through injury and old age, like today’s pets. But the last person to bury…
Several times in recent years, migrants trying to cross between Djibouti and Yemen have been thrown into the sea.
Smugglers threw 80 migrants into the sea between the Horn of Africa and the…
Construction will start later this year, and the concept may expand to other countries.
The school was designed by Studio Mortazavi, an architecture firm based in San Francisco and Lisbon, in…
Aquatic Murals for a Cause
Beautiful images of aquatic life can be seen painted on the facades of 13 houses in Porto Mosquito, a fishing village 20km from Praia the capital of Cape Verde.
Inspired…
Scientists are monitoring pets, livestock and wildlife to work out where SARS-CoV-2 could hide, and whether it could resurge.
It was the news Sophie Gryseels had been dreading for months. Almost a…
We must address the needs of rural communities in Africa to help solve the continent’s human-elephant conflict.
When we think of elephants, we may think: gentle giants, majestic, noble creatures.…
Pundits and politicians have been quick to point fingers over the debacle in Texas that left millions without power or clean water during February’s deep freeze. Many have blamed the state’s …
From Greta Thunberg to Sir David Attenborough, the headline-grabbing climate change activists and environmentalists of today are predominantly white. But like many areas of society, those whose…
The Independent speaks to Prof Hayhoe as she is appointed chief scientist of the Nature Conservancy, one of the world’s largest environmental organisations.
More effort must be made to represent…
OCEAN WINDS (OW, a Joint Venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE) and TERNA ENERGY have signed a collaboration agreement to co-develop floating offshore wind projects in the Greek seas.
OW and…
The exclusion of women is a global emergency, but pandemic recovery offers a chance to chart a new and equal path.
As the world marks International Women’s Day tomorrow in the midst of a global…
Greenhouse gas stored in country’s marine world heritage sites about same as four years of national emissions.
Three of Australia’s world heritage-listed marine sites have more than 2bn tonnes of…
The Aviation Environment Federation, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Green Alliance, Possible and Transport & Environment have written an open letter directly to Boris Johnson to urge the UK…
Announcing Climate Risk Labs: A global community of experts advancing ground-breaking research and radical strategies for climate risk management.
Riskthinking.AI has launched ClimateRiskLabs.org, a…
The European Central Bank is strongly considering disclosing climate risks in its bond programs and will now focus on collecting the data that will help achieve that, according to officials familiar…
Kipeto Energy Plc (KEP), today announced it has connected Kipeto wind farm to the national grid and will start generating power in the next week.
KEP has connected a 17km (220KV) high voltage…