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Spider-inspired double-sided tape could leave stitches in the past

Researchers took inspiration on spiders for this new solution

Tree-planting campaign raises $8 million in five days

Project Team Trees seeks to plant 20 million trees by 2020

South Africa is repaving its roads with recycled plastic milk bottles

A company developed a technology to fix the roads and deal with plastic waste

Plastic-hunting barge cleans up world's rivers

The aim of the project is to clean 1.000 of the world's most polluted rivers

Recycling plastic could become easier thanks to this new technology

A factory in France has created a process to recycle any plastic into any other plastic

Immune system could be altered for years after a wildfire

Tiny particles penetrate into the lungs and the bloodstream

Sea level rise could endanger three times more people than previously expected

About 110 million worldwide live below the high-tide level.

A unique tree could help soils remain fertile in the Amazon

The inga tree can grow in very poor soil and improve it

Growing demand for private jets challenges climate action

Companies and millionaires are expected to buy 8.000 new jets over the next decade

The healthiest food may also be the most sustainable one

A wider use of healthier diets could reduce the environmental impacts of agriculture

Wind power has the potential to supply the world's electricity needs 18 times over

Behind the growth of wind energy there’s the growing awareness of the climate crisis and political responses to environmental concerns, the report said.

Carbon capture could be worse than initially thought, study shows

Using carbon capture only reduces a small fraction of the emissions

Germany's Oktoberfest generated 10 times more methane emissions than Boston

The event emitted as much methane as Boston in the same period

Why Exxon is on trial in the US

The company is accused of lying to its investors over the future of the climate

E. coli superbugs linked to poor hygiene and not contaminated food

E. coli may cause food poisoning, urinary tract infections, or intestinal infections.

Coca-Cola labeled once more as worst plastic polluter

Global audit found the company responsible for over 11,000 pieces of plastic collected during a full day cleanup.

Forest fires put the Amazon close to its tipping point

In two years, the rainforest could start becoming a savannah

Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs triggered a sharp rise in ocean acidity

Researchers found that the extinction event from 66 million years ago coincided with a sharp drop in the pH levels of the oceans—which indicates a rise in ocean acidity.

New flame retardants are as toxic as the ones they intended to replace

They can lead to serious health harms in kids and adults

Organic farming could actually be worst for global warming

It would requiere more land to produce the same amount of food

Fossil fuel companies campaigned to raise doubt about climate crisis

Report shows strategies used by companies to confuse public on climate crisis

As glaciers melt, new islands are discovered in the Arctic

Russian navy finds five new islands previously hidden by glaciers

Careful design and placement of wind turbines can minimize the threat to birds

The size of the turbine and the length of the blades are key to reduce the impacts

Driven by solar, renewables are set to expand by 50% in 5 years

Global renewable energy capacity will rise by 50% in five years’ time

LEGO goes prehistoric with new dinosaur fossil set

The set lets you build three dinosaur skeleton models

Environmental progress from electric vehicles hampered by growing SUV sales

More people are choosing to buy larger and more polluting cars

California becomes the first US state to ban animal fur products

The law will apply in 2023, as well as another initiative that bans animals in circus performances

Green economy expands in the US, overtaking fossil fuel industry

Over nine million people currently work in the green economy in the US

Climate change is affecting the Arctic ecosystem due to extreme weather events

Extreme snowfall is threatening Arctic animals.

Renewables are gradually overtaking fossil fuels in the UK, report shows

Electricity generated from clean energy is beating out fossil fuel plants -- for the first time in 120 years.

Algal blooms are getting worse on a global scale, research shows

Intensity of algal blooms has increased over the past three decades

Antarctica is being melted from the inside-out by hidden rivers

They run below the Antarctic shelves and destabilize and melt them

Humans could have salamander-like ability to regrow cartilage

Study opens door to new treatments for joint injuries and diseases.

Japan braces for steep rain and wind due to Hagibis

The storm is set to make landfall on Saturday

Can Greta Thunberg win the Nobel Peace Prize?

She is the favorite candidate for bookmakers, but experts show doubts.

These 30 cities are leading the way in climate action -- their emissions are already dropping

As countries lack ambition, cities take the lead in reducing their emissions.

These twenty companies are behind a third of mankind's greenhouse gas emissions

These companies have a moral responsibility to account for these emissions.

Can recycle help the environment? Not for half of UK adults

Many Britons are woefully unaware of the importance of recycling.

Madrid wants to get rid of parakeets, now threatening native species

They were once cherished as a quirk of the city -- but some claim they've become a real problem.

Hagibis storm intensifies and becomes strongest on Earth

It's exceptionally rare for a storm to intensify so quickly.

The Maya had a larger environmental footprint than initially thought

As the Maya empire thrived, its environmental footprint also grew.

China's coal power plants are getting cleaner, study shows

There are some good news from China, but it's not all rosy.

45,000 years old quartz tools found in a cave in Sri Lanka

The discovery suggests humanity spread more diversely than was thought.

Sea level could rise 20 meters if global warming exceeds 2ºC, study finds

As the planet gets warmer due to the rising temperatures, one of the main concerns is sea-level rise.

UK wildlife is in decline with no sign of improving

The findings come ahead of environmental protests next week in London.

Air pollution can increase violent crime rates, study finds

Particle matter and other noxious fumes might make people more aggressive.

Human emissions are 100 times greater than those of volcanoes, study shows

That's a lot of CO2.

There's a newly found responsible for ocean plastic waste -- merchant ships

Despite initially thought to come from land, most plastic debris in the sea can be linked to merchant ships, according to a new study which analyzed plastic bottles and containers from the past three decades. Researchers looked at the waste that arrived at the coast of Inaccessible Island – an isolated, uninhabited island in the […]

Colonizing Mars could be accelerated with microbes, study suggests

The idea challenges the strict no-contamination guidelines that NASA and all space programs have closely adhered to for decades.

The link between the music you listen to and your personality isn't exactly clear

Despite they are frequently associated with rebellion, music genres such as rap and heavy metal don’t appear to be linked to dysfunctional personality features in American adults.