Korean researcher flown out of Antarctica after knife incident at Jang Bogo Station
An Antarctic expeditioner who allegedly threatened colleagues with a large, makeshift knife has been removed from a Korean…
Viridor proposes shutdown of Quantafuel chemical recycling activities
Viridor has proposed shutting down its chemical recycling operations in Northern Europe. The British waste management company argues…
Climate risk is changing where investors put their money – even as NZ relaxes disclosure rules
Across New Zealand and Australia, the impacts of a warming climate have been slowly changing how investors weigh…
Is caring about the climate unmanly?
Mike Smith had been a US fighter pilot for more than a decade when he took what he…
The Chilean town living with the world’s most polluting dump
From afar, Chile’s Tiltil landfill almost resembles just another mountain, but the growing rubbish pile has created a…
Recycled plastics for food use require stronger safeguards, warn UN food security experts
The UN food security agency warns that recycled plastics and alternative packaging materials can help reduce waste, but…
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation rates drop, but El Nino could threaten recovery
SAO PAULO (AP) — The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva frequently touts how it…
Yorkshire’s WallFest launched to protect crumbling boundary wall of ‘world’s first nature reserve’ | Conservation
Over four years in the 1820s, Charles Waterton built a 9ft-high, 3-mile-long wall around the parkland and lake…
More than 800 northern corroboree frogs released into the wild in southern NSW to bolster numbers
More than 800 tiny, technicoloured northern corroboree frogs have been released into the wild in the Brindabella National…
Large-scale PV could intensify water stress in China’s Tarim Basin – pv magazine International
Chinese researchers have found that massive photovoltaic deployment in the Taklamakan Desert could alter regional climate dynamics and…
Oil spill in Gulf likely caused by tanker dump, Iran says
Iran’s top environmental official said on Tuesday that a suspected oil spill in the Gulf near Iran’s Kharg…
Other countries can learn from the UK’s successful shift to fortnightly bin collections
The government has recently introduced simpler rules on recycling in England, planning to end the confusion of different…