Travellers name the cities where they felt ‘unwelcome’ – including popular areas in Japan and France
Travellers are dishing out the cities where they felt ‘unwelcome’ as tourists – from ‘rude’ locals and ‘unfriendly’…
One green shoot at a time: the women restoring mangrove forests in the oil-ravaged Niger delta | Global development
A toxic landscape was familiar to Martha Agbani when she was growing up – the smell of crude…
Jeff Bezos pledged $10 billion to fight climate change in 2020; 6 years later, his Earth Fund is putting more than $25 million into Pacific ocean conservation |
The Pacific is becoming a major focus of Jeff Bezos’ environmental philanthropy, with the Bezos Earth Fund announcing…
The Colorado River is shrinking. What happens next? | Colorado river crisis
It was 42C (108F) degrees as we motored across Nevada’s Lake Mead in our rented pontoon boat. Colby…
‘Clogging up landfills’: Victorian Labor Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas slammed over 18kg promotional e-waste dump
A Victorian Labor MP has been slammed for dumping 18kg of promotional e-waste, with a recycling centre accusing…
West Coast oil pipeline becomes 1st project designated in national interest
A proposed pipeline carrying one million barrels of oil a day from Alberta to the B.C. coast has…
A giant ‘pulse wave’ is about to slam into California – here’s how it will impact the West Coast
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How the new Great British Grid could help households benefit from abundant and cheap renewable power
Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s proposal to create a new Great British Grid has put a spotlight on one…
Our research measures the real cost of coal mines to people and planet
The longer it takes to transition away from fossil fuels such as coal, the more costs accrue as…
Over 1,100 Unknown Marine Species Were Just Discovered, and the List Keeps Growing
Among their finds: the elusive “ghost shark” chimaera, discovered in Australia’s Coral Sea and described as a distant…
3 iconic animals show the value of the US Endangered Species Act – and the harm in stripping it away
It used to be considered against the law in America to starve a member of an endangered species…
Importance, drivers and trends of inland water greenhouse gas emissions
Lauerwald, R. et al. Inland water greenhouse gas budgets for RECCAP2: 2. Regionalization and homogenization of estimates. Glob.…