There’s no more avoiding it: we’re in a climate crisis of existential proportions. It’s there every day on the news for us to see. Wildfires, droughts, super-storms, melting ice-caps, shifting jet-…
Glue-like substances secreted by bacteria are sticking tiny particles of plastic together in the ocean to form larger masses.
As part of the NERC-funded RealRiskNano project, scientists from Heriot-…
New rules on the internal electricity market, part of the Clean Energy Package (CEP), will soon be adopted. Volume, time pressure, complexity, and political weight took a toll on legislative quality…
Going out for a festive meal this Valentine’s Day? You’re not alone. On this holiday and others, restaurants see big business.
That’s good news for the restaurant industry, but big business can…
A new report has found that implementing a 1p tax on clothing items could reduce the fast fashion movement across the UK.
The report, commissioned by the Environmental Audit Committee, recommends…
This conference welcomes academics, researchers, practitioners and innovators from different disciplines, for knowledge exchange and networking. It will offer a forum for academics and researchers to…
The Annual Meeting of the AAG is quite possibly the largest geography conference in the world, with over 8,500 geographers converging from the U.S., Canada, and nearly 60 other countries in a typical…
Wallace Broecker, a climate scientist who brought the term "global warming" into the public and scientific lexicon, died on Monday. He was 87.
Broecker, a professor in the department of earth and…
A new report has outlined how the food industry can save money while reducing food waste.
The new report, co-authored by WRAP and the World Resources Institute on behalf of Champions 12.3,…
The UK Government has launched a number of consultations to target the growing plastic pollution problem.
The Government has launched its consultation on introducing a world-leading tax on plastic…
It is clear that climate is changing, and there is a human component on top of the naturally varying system. Most climate scientists understand this, and most logical people do too. The 4th National…
When I tell people that I am a forest specialist, they sometimes assume my work is forest first, people second. But the really exciting part of my job is that better forests make better communities…
A new report by Policy Connect has found that urgent action needs to be taken by the Government to reduce the growing plastic pollution in the UK.
Between 2010 and 2017 the UK exported 4.15 million…
Waitrose and Partners have launched a £1 million fund which will be used to target plastic pollution.
The initiative is aimed at awarding money to projects that can demonstrate an impact on plastic…
Bali have announced plans to implement a tourist tax which targets plastic pollution.
The Jakarta Post has reported that Bali have drafted a bylaw on tourist contributions for the environment and…
The last time the atmosphere contained as much carbon dioxide as it does now, dinosaurs roamed what was then a verdant landscape. The earth’s lushness was at least partly caused by the abundance of…
In a new report by the Environmental Audit Committee, MPs have urged for immediate action to protect the oceans from plastic pollution.
The report states that 40 per cent of oceans are currently…
For something so small, microplastics have created big confusion. Depending on the source, microplastics are the secret to perfect skin, the world’s greatest environmental threat, or already illegal…
The Guardian’s print edition will no longer be sold in plastic packaging, becoming the first national newspaper to switch to biodegradable wrapping.
The Saturday edition of the paper contains a…
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