Environment

Lately, much of the news about the Arctic has been bleak. The far north is warming three to…

Plastic that might have been buried in a landfill, washed onto a beach, or carried down a river…

Add clear plastic water bottles to the list of items to keep clear of outdoor air conditioner units,…

Mutare, Zimbabwe – New homesteads cling to the slopes of Zimbabwe’s Eastern Highlands, a fertile mountain region that…

MEXICO CITY — In March, a pair of Ecuadorean fishing boats in the Pacific burst into flames, forcing both crews…

A mysterious Utah earthquake recorded in 1979 has been confirmed as part of a rare type of deep-mantle…

A chance observation of unusually dark icebergs in the Arctic has led scientists to an unexpected discovery on…

Trees take carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into wood, storing it for decades. This is…

A sunflower grow near a coal-fired power plant in Niederaussem, Germany.Bernd Lauter via Getty Get your news from…

Letters Reader is ‘chuffed to bits with the conversion’ Switching to ethanol ‘saves me a great deal of…

At the entrance to Wyperfeld national park, in north-west Victoria, more than a dozen pink cockatoos are sprinkled…

What happens when Bear-dar spots a bear? The radar system detects and tracks motion on the landscape. If…

This successful Arctic fishing treaty has kept Russia, China, the US and others working together for 5 years – it could be a model for future diplomacy