environment

This week, the UK government began talks with EDF on the construction of a new nuclear power station in Suffolk. The proposed power station is likely to feature in the government’s “10-point plan” to…

Surface area of world’s largest lake could be up to 23 to 34 per cent smaller by 2100, researchers say in a comment article. Rising temperatures could cause the Caspian Sea to shrink in the coming…

The new iceberg is the size of a small city. The main iceberg is the size of a state. The world's largest iceberg has just broken in two, with a chunk of ice about the size of Queens and the Bronx…

Wood burners triple the level of harmful pollution particles inside homes and should be sold with a health warning, says scientists, who also advise that they should not be used around elderly people…

Sweeping calculation suggests it could be — but how to fix the problem is unclear. One million Black adults in the United States might be treated earlier for kidney disease if doctors were to remove…

Around 1,200 species will lose a quarter of their habitat if little is done to stop the uncontrolled expansion of the food system, research says More than 17,000 species across the world will lose…

Westland petrel fledglings have been hitting the roads, possibly mistaking the lights for bioluminescent fish they feed on. In an attempt to save a rare bird species, a New Zealand village is…

Forecast suggests 2021 is likely to be the seventh successive year where global temperatures are around 1C or more above pre-industrial levels The year 2021 is likely to be one of the hottest on…

Health impact is unknown but scientists say particles may cause long-term damage to foetuses. Microplastic particles have been revealed in the placentas of unborn babies for the first time, which…

Humans are transgressing planetary boundaries on several fronts. In November of 2019, 11,000+ of the world’s foremost climate scientists published a bleak forecast of rising global temperatures that…

2021 is forecasted to be slightly colder worldwide than years previous, according to meteorologists at the United Kingdom Meteorological Office, but will still be one the hottest on record due to…

Unless global food systems are transformed, the world could face severe ecological damage in just a few decades.

A lot has happened since countries met in Paris in 2015 and agreed on an accord to combat climate change. So far, more than 189 countries ratified or otherwise joined the Paris Climate Agreement,…

Four guards fired on unarmed crowd in Baghdad in 2007, killing 14 and sparking outrage over use of private security in war zones. President Donald Trump has pardoned four Blackwater security guards…

The Guardian’s biodiversity editor looks back on a year that put the state of the planet on the agenda in ways no one could have foreseen. The year 2020 was always destined to be a crucial one for…

Beijing has shown how regular objective monitoring can lead to big improvements in air quality.

The average American spends 90% of their time indoors. Unfortunately, indoor air quality ranks as one of the top threats to human health, according to the EPA. Indoor air is commonly 2 to 5 times…

Good news to report: The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped people from recycling. In fact, some people are recycling even more.

Sleep is bliss, but it isn’t always environmentally responsible. Many mattresses contain a toxic brew of chemicals — from flame-retardant chemicals like polybrominated diphenyl ethers to formaldehyde…

Use your microwave 10 minutes less a day and reduce your CO2 emissions by up to 610 pounds a year, depending upon the source of your electricity.       27 Οctober 2020 Earth911