Environment and Climate Change
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When Will We Have the Last Oil Spill?
Perhaps the first serious shadow to fall on the oil age came in the winter of 1969, after a blowout…
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Why climate change is making autumn shorter
But this culturally significant marker of the passage of time is in serious danger of disappearing. ABC News Recent autumn…
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Europe offered Turkey cash to join Paris climate accord
Turkey’s ratification of the Paris climate agreement this week came after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government was offered a guarantee of…
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Some people are willing to pay more for sustainable seafood – new research
By 2050, our planet’s human population is likely to reach almost ten billion, an extremely challenging number of people to feed…
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California Pipeline Pulled Like ‘Bowstring,’ Coast Guard Says, As Oil Cleanup Continues
Cleanup crews and environmental authorities are racing to contain the devastation linked to a large oil spill off the Southern California…
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The Ship That Became a Bomb
Soon, a vast, decrepit oil tanker in the Red Sea will likely sink, catch fire, or explode. Ed Caesar The…
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Climate change: Is the UK on track to meet its targets?
Net zero is the point at which the country is taking as much of these climate-changing gases out of the…
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WHO says air pollution kills 7 mln a year, toughens guidelines
Urgent action is needed to reduce exposure to air pollution, said the U.N. body, ranking its burden of disease on…
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Climate change: UN warning over nations’ climate plans
That’s the latest blunt assessment of the United Nations. David Shukman BBC Its experts have studied the climate plans of…
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UK trade minister brands Australian climate storm ‘fake news’
LONDON — U.K. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss said reports Britain dropped demands on Australia to sign up to climate…
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Climate change: World now sees twice as many days over 50C
They also now happen in more areas of the world than before, presenting unprecedented challenges to human health and to…
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What ancient Chinese roofs can tell us about climate change
A new study, published in Science Advances by researchers at Nanjing University in China suggests that there may even be…
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Vulnerable countries slam ‘middle class’ activists’ call for climate summit delay
An explosive green group demand on Tuesday to postpone the U.N. COP26 talks was furiously denounced by vulnerable countries for ignoring the…
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How to help one of Australia’s rarest birds save itself from extinction
Once common across its native home in Tasmania’s white gum forests, the pardalote has become endangered through habitat loss. Mike…
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South America’s drought-hit Paraná river at 77-year low
The river is key to commercial shipping and fishing but also provides 40 million people with drinking water. BBC A…
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Living in a sea of trash: Roma fight environmental racism in Romania
Pollution from a nearby landfill is damaging their health, say locals. Vlad Odobescu Deutsche Welle Beside the airport on the…
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