Global boom in livestock farming since 2006 is piling pressure on nature, report finds | Farming
The number of mammals and poultry farmed worldwide has increased by half in the last two decades, research…
AC saves lives. It also created a nation that can’t survive without it.
It was not the postcard-worthy aesthetics that prompted Greek islanders to first drench their cliffside-carved homes, churches, and…
Too ugly, too noisy, too… American? France’s great air con debate
Paris — As France enters another heatwave, it’s barely recovered from the last one. Scorching temperatures return this week,…
Antarctica Froze Millions of Years Before the Arctic. We May Finally Know Why
Some 34 million years ago, when Earth was significantly warmer than it is today, Antarctica froze over. It…
Women are left picking up the pieces in heatwave disruption | Inequality
Your report (‘We feel like the peasants’: women and low-income families bear brunt of heatwave, 26 June) highlights…
Why worms (and microbes) are catching on as a manure pollution solution
“I think we’re going to enable a larger-scale use and adoption of it that could be meaningful to…
Extreme heat on Independence Day will be America’s new normal, experts say : NPR
People cope with extreme heat along the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Amid Farahi/AFP via Getty…
Fishing for DNA – how a cup of river water can reveal secrets about human health, pollution and biodiversity
The DNA in a single cup of water can track wildlife, monitor pollution and survey pathogens in waterways…
Washington records world’s worst air quality for a city after 850,000 Fourth of July fireworks | Washington DC
Washington DC residents breathed in “unhealthy” air for hours after a 40-minute Independence Day fireworks show over the…
Record wildfires in Europe show failure to adapt carries a mounting cost | Wildfires
When storm after storm battered the Mediterranean at the start of the year, drowning fields and sending water…
‘Frankenstein organisms’ and ‘crystal supercells’ are among 31 new species discovered after marine biologists sent a robot into one of the least-explored parts of the ocean off Brazil
Some of the creatures had the appearance of being assembled rather than formed by growth. Other creatures were…
Wildflower meadow returned without planting a single seed
A patch of farmland left to its own devices for over a decade has quietly transformed into a…