What if we kept the air as clean as it was in lockdown? Here’s what we’d have to gain
Cities could save millions on public health costs and gain major economic benefits.
Cooking actually accounts for a lot of our emissions. Here’s how that could be improved
Changing cooking methods can make a real difference.
Remember Chernobyl? A new waterway could bring nuclear runoff back to the surface
The waterway would fo from Poland to Ukraine and it would be Europe's longest one
Rivers can change colors as time passes, and this is linked to ecosystem health
Some US waterways have become greener and others yellower, but overall many have changed.
Giant iceberg A-68a scrapes seafloor and breaks into two. Its current trajectory is unknown
It's currently drifting towards Georgia, US.
The most important news on the environment, climate and energy of 2020
It's been quite the year.
Poverty line shmoverty line: Backed by AI, researchers want a new way to measure poverty
The 'poverty line' concept is outdated and counterproductive.
Wildfire smoke can carry microbes that cause infectious diseases, researchers find
There's no such thing as 'clean' smoke, microbes can survive in it.
A second wave is looming over Africa. A locust second wave, that is
UN says more funding is required to help the most-affected countries and avoid widespread famine.
Scientists report unusual seismic activity in Antarctica: over 30,000 tremors
The earthquakes range from 0.9 to 5.6 magnitude and took place from August to November.
Amazon’s plastic packaging waste could encircle the globe 500 times
Most of the packaging isn't recycled and ends up in the ocean.
People are increasingly turning to nature to cope with the pandemic and improve their wellbeing
Nature can be an important ally in these trying times.
Japanese researchers open up the Hayabusa 2 capsule — and it’s full of asteroid samples
It's the first time any samples for asteroids have been brought back to Earth
They were looking for a beaked whale. Instead, they may have found a new species
It's unlike any other known species. Still, further testing will be needed to convince everyone.
Pandemic causes 7% plunge in carbon emissions this year — but there’s little cause for joy
It's not much, but it's some good news.
Despite some success stories, we’re still causing a major extinction, IUCN report shows
A few bright spots on a largely bleak picture.
The Paris Agreement, five years on. Can we still avoid a climate crisis?
It was supposed to be a pivotal moment to fight climate change. Things are not so clear.
Denmark just opened a huge vertical farm, and it could be a sign of things to come globally
The lettuce you love so much could soon be produced in a windowless warehouse,
Better make room: Man-made stuff now outweighs all other living things on Earth
It's a symbolic study that suggests we're building too many things and disregarding nature.
No pandemic break for the Arctic, as climate change continues to kick in
2020 ends with higher temperatures and less sea ice