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13 12 2021 | 06:30

Help us support those on the frontline of the climate emergency

As poorer nations pay the price for wealthy countries’ pollution, fighting climate injustice is a moral obligation

13 12 2021 | 06:29

Hot news from two billion years ago: plankton actually moved mountains

Our planet’s geology shaped life on Earth. But now scientists reveal it worked the other way around too The mighty forces that created our planet’s mountains in ancient days got some unexpected…

13 12 2021 | 06:28

UK ‘embarrassed’ into funding Mozambique gas project, court hears

The UK was “embarrassed” into funding a huge gas project in Mozambique while considering ending overseas support for fossil fuels, a court has heard.

13 12 2021 | 06:24

Labor calls for ‘grassroots mobilisation’ of religious Australians to tackle climate crisis

Care for creation unites every person in this room, Anthony Albanese tells faith summit

13 12 2021 | 06:23

‘We can’t save everybody’: could biobanking offer Australian animals a last hope against extinction?

As Australia faces an extinction crisis, some conservationists say that, to save some endangered species, we must have a national plan to freeze them On 15 December 2014, inside a repurposed…

13 12 2021 | 06:22

How Durham University turned itself green

Institution jumps 66 places on People and Planet’s annual university sustainability league

13 12 2021 | 06:18

‘Gushing oil and roaring fires’: 30 years on Kuwait is still scarred by catastrophic pollution

Oilwells set alight by Iraqi forces in 1991 were put out within months, but insidious pollution still mars the desert For 10 months in Kuwait, everything was upside down. Daytime was full of…

13 12 2021 | 06:17

Concern over impact of Norfolk Boreas offshore windfarm on seabirds

Project backed by Boris Johnson likely to get go-ahead but is on site that rare birds travel though, campaigners say A major new windfarm project that will power millions of homes is likely to be…

13 12 2021 | 06:11

Hold the beef: McDonald’s avoids the bold step it must take to cut emissions

The company has announced big sustainability initiatives – but absent are the menu changes needed to significantly reduce beef production

10 12 2021 | 10:38

Batman loach returns: fish feared extinct found in Turkey

Scientists working on the Search For The Lost Fishes project have spotted the freshwater Batman River loach, which has not been seen since 1974 A freshwater fish that scientists thought was extinct…

10 12 2021 | 10:35

World’s largest lab-grown steak unveiled by Israeli firm

MeaTech 3D created the 4oz steak using 3D printing with real bovine cells that mature into muscle and fat The largest lab-grown steak yet produced has been unveiled by the Israeli company MeaTech…

10 12 2021 | 10:31

Listen to the fish sing: scientists record ‘mind-blowing’ noises of restored coral reef

Vibrant soundscape shows Indonesian reef devastated by blast fishing is returning to health From whoops to purrs, snaps to grunts, and foghorns to laughs, a cacophony of bizarre fish songs have…

10 12 2021 | 10:27

Deep-sea mining may push hundreds of species to extinction, researchers warn

New research sees two-thirds of mollusc types only found living by hydrothermal vents added to IUCN’s red list of endangered species Almost two-thirds of the hundreds of mollusc species that live…

10 12 2021 | 10:25

Microplastics cause damage to human cells, study shows

Harm included cell death and occurred at levels of plastic eaten by people via their food Microplastics cause damage to human cells in the laboratory at the levels known to be eaten by people via…

10 12 2021 | 10:21

Frosts, heatwaves and wildfires: the climate crisis is hitting the wine industry hard

As the climate crisis intensifies, the wine industry is increasingly vulnerable and growers across the world are scrambling to find solutions

10 12 2021 | 10:18

New US energy standards would reverse Trump’s war on lightbulbs

Trump’s energy department blocked a rule intended to phase out less efficient bulbs. Now Biden plans to move forward, slowly The Biden administration has moved to reverse the depredations endured…

10 12 2021 | 10:03

Tropical forests can regenerate in just 20 years without human interference

Study finds natural regrowth yields better results than human plantings and offers hope for climate recovery Tropical forests can bounce back with surprising rapidity, a new study published today…

09 12 2021 | 09:55

All coral reefs in western Indian Ocean ‘at high risk of collapse in next 50 years’

Reefs from Seychelles to South Africa may become functionally extinct due to global heating and overfishing, study finds All coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean are at high risk of collapse in…

09 12 2021 | 09:46

Defra may approve ‘devastating’ bee-killing pesticide, campaigners fear

Department sources say emergency authorisation of neonicotinoid Cruiser SB likely to be announced The UK government may be about to approve the use of a controversial bee-killing pesticide,…

09 12 2021 | 09:30

‘Your generation got us in this mess’: children of big oil employees discuss the climate crisis with their parents

Two generations of energy workers discuss how their family has responded to the climate emergency What do you do when your family has deep ties to the oil and gas industry, yet all agree that…