Environment A hormone makes these plants thrive in the face of stress May 2, 2022 - Updated on January 5, 2023
Environment Fast-acting enzyme can break down plastic in as little as 24 hours April 28, 2022 - Updated on April 29, 2022
Environment Italy launches “operation thermostat” to limit the use of air conditioning April 27, 2022
Climate The current rate of climate change will see Germany’s groundwater levels fall “significantly” by 2100 April 15, 2022
Environment Richer countries are “outsourcing” species extinction in less developed countries April 13, 2022 - Updated on April 14, 2022
Climate Tumble dryers pollute our environment with dangerous microfibers, but there is a solution April 6, 2022
Environment Bitcoin has a greenhouse gas problem. A coding tweak could fix most of it March 29, 2022 - Updated on March 30, 2022
Climate The fourth “mass bleaching” event is ongoing in the Great Barrier Reef, says Australian Government March 25, 2022
Environment Say goodbye to cotton or leather. Your next handbag could be made out of mushroom March 23, 2022
Chemistry A process that converts pollution into valuable materials is one step closer to being feasible March 21, 2022
Environment Re-wetting the land can restore tropical peatlands without affecting farmers March 16, 2022
Environment Plant species that humans don’t need are going towards extinction March 12, 2022 - Updated on January 31, 2023
Environment The jury is out: we don’t know enough about deep-sea mining yet to do it safely March 12, 2022
Environment EU wants to reduce Russian energy dependency. Here’s how they plan to do it March 9, 2022 - Updated on March 10, 2022
Environmental Issues These hard-bodied robots can reproduce, learn and evolve autonomously March 4, 2022
Environment Asian markets are driving sharks to extinction — but European fishermen are selling them fins March 4, 2022
Environment The world’s largest economies promised a pandemic green recovery. They did not deliver March 2, 2022
Environment Global warming could fuel extreme wildfires, making them 30% more common by 2050 February 24, 2022
Environment Roadside trash is becoming a big problem — and we only have ourselves to blame February 9, 2022
Environment Air pollution influences the sex ratio of babies December 2, 2021 - Updated on December 3, 2021
Environment No kids, no problem — Many young adults think it’s ‘morally wrong’ to have children December 1, 2021
Agriculture Turning leaked methane into fishmeal would turn a profit while helping the environment November 29, 2021
Environmental Issues Healthier, more nutritious diets have a lower environmental impact — at least in the UK November 24, 2021
Agriculture Sri Lanka abandons plan to be the world’s first fully organic farming country November 23, 2021
Environment Countries are overusing natural resources faster than is sustainable — even the greener ones November 21, 2021
Environment Could we use plastic to end the ocean’s plastic problem? A new paper says: “Yes!” November 2, 2021