Nowhere to move: How climate change became the property market’s biggest nightmare
Climate change-fuelled risks have now become a “crucial factor in home-buying decisions” for more than 80 per cent…
Which animal could replace humans as Earth’s dominant species?
The idea of life continuing on Earth without humans is difficult to fathom. Though our species has only…
The “Plastic King” who assembled a four-storey castle out of 40,000 recycled bottles
Once upon a time, a Canadian man seeking to cleanse the world from useless waste, electrified the people…
Watt reforms leave door wide open to environmental carnage
The carnage of nature will continue in Australia. Nothing much has changed. The brief media frenzy about Anthony…
Self-destructing plastic achieved with built-in ‘on/off’ switch
Researchers from Rutgers University have figured out a way to make plastics that can be programmed to self-destruct.…
Nine eco-minded gifts for Americans that actually make a difference | Gift ideas from the Filter US
Here is the uncomfortable truth about gift-giving: many fun-to-unwrap baubles get used twice, shoved in a drawer, and…
‘[Our] coffee future is on the line’
A Coffee Watch report links the “massive deforestation” in Brazil to coffee farming, and experts warn that consumers…
NASA Just Recorded the First High-Res Imagery of a Tsunami From Space
The mental picture of a tsunami is usually a giant wall of water building across the ocean and…
HCM City races to find urgent solutions to worsening air pollution
Doctors at major hospitals said the number of patients with respiratory illnesses typically rises on days with poor…
Lithosphere | The Saturday Paper
I’m told humans can only genuinely experience a natural environment by staying still for at least 10 minutes.…
Ottawa begins to consider the possibility of a Quebec referendum
The Parti Québécois’s dominance in the polls for nearly two years and its leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s promise…
Namibia loses bid to overturn ban on rhino horn trade at Cites conference in Samarkand
Navin Singh KhadkaEnvironment correspondent, BBC World Service Getty Images Namibia pioneered dehorning of rhinos to deal with their…