Scientists have puzzled over what happens to plastic as it breaks down in the ocean – our new study helps explain the mystery
Think of ocean plastic and you may picture bottles and bags bobbing on the waves, slowly drifting out…
New Report Finds Efforts to Slow Climate Change Are Working—Just Not Fast Enough
In the 10 years since the signing of the Paris Agreement, the backbone of international climate action, humanity…
Leading conservationists just decided that genetically engineering wild animals is OK – sometimes. They’re right | Helen Pilcher
Do you think we should genetically modify wildlife? What if we could make seabirds resistant to the flu…
Storm Melissa on Track to Reach Category 4, Threatens Haiti, Jamaica
Intense rains from Tropical Storm Melissa have killed at least four people in the Caribbean as the storm…
Australia fiddles with fossil gas while the country swelters in record heat. It doesn’t make sense | Bill Hare
Sydney’s record October heat; high winds battering both Melbourne and New Zealand, causing death and destruction; the algal…
India’s Himachal Pradesh confirms thriving snow leopard population of 83
SHIMLA – The second state-wide snow leopard population assessment conducted by the Himachal Pradesh Forest Department’s Wildlife Wing…
EU adopts rules to curb plastic pellet pollution
A volunteer shows plastic pellets collected from a beach in Nigran, Spain, on January 9, 2024. LALO R.…
Galway City Council among five under-performers for enforcing environmental laws
Several local authorities, including Galway City Council, have underperformed when it comes to enforcing environmental laws. Galway City…
Homeowner’s Yard Keeps Getting Flooded By Their Neighbor’s Drainage System, But When He Offers To Pay To Have It Fixed, The Neighbor Still Refuses To Fix The Issue » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock/Reddit Imagine living next to a neighbor whose gutter on their house constantly floods your yard every time…
Environment report author ‘bitterly disappointed’ by Coalition, Greens opposition to government’s reforms
The man Sussan Ley tasked with reviewing Australia’s environment laws says he is “bitterly disappointed” the opposition leader…
UAE Pioneers Gigascale Renewable Energy Project
The United Arab Emirates has broken ground on a combined solar power and battery storage facility designed to…
What’s next for carbon removal?
“Reliable assurance that a project’s declared ton of carbon savings equates to a real ton of emissions removed,…