Relentless UK heatwaves turn ‘green and pleasant land’ brown | Drought
Half of England and the whole of Wales are officially in drought and July is set to be…
‘We’re a bit late on the case, but we are on the case’: Author Fred Pearce on the rise of renewables, a defused population bomb, and letting nature find its own way
Climate change’s impacts are being felt everywhere, from health and food security to extreme weather, sea level rise…
Property of week: Luxurious CT Tudor with home theater and pool
The home demonstrates the many wonderful things that a talented architect starting with a blank sheet of paper…
Canada’s economy grew 0.3% in May, coming in above expectations
Open this photo in gallery: A container is unloaded in Delta, B.C., on Thursday. Statistics Canada’s advance estimate…
Impact of climate change may be equivalent to 3.3 million years of transformations in tropical vegetation
The tropics cover less than one-third of the Earth’s surface, but are home to more than half of…
Bangladesh shipbreakers push back against stricter environmental standards
Bangladesh’s shipbreaking industry faces a pivotal treaty dispute. The country’s interim government last year decided that both…
Impacts of pollution on the soil microbiome
Rodríguez-Eugenio, N., McLaughlin, M. & Pennock, D. Soil Pollution: A Hidden Reality (FAO, 2018). Montanerella, L. et al.…
The U.S. dumped 2 million tires into the ocean to build an artificial reef in 1970. Decades later, officials are still trying to clean up the environmental disaster
Humans have been tossing objects in the ocean with the knowledge that once on the seabed they provide…
Wildfires rage in Greece; firefighters battle blazes in France, Spain
Greek firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire in the area of Porto Germeno, some 70 kilometres (45 miles)…
Icelandic coast guards seize Paul Watson Foundation anti-whaling ship and its 21 crew
LONDON (AP) — Icelandic coast guards and special forces seized a ship operated by a group founded by…
Meet Roy Kim, the 13-year-old Oregon student who designed a chamber that turns moisture in the air into water for drought-hit farms
“Do what you can do tomorrow, today,” says Roy Kim, a 13-year-old Oregon student who has solved the…
Heatwave scorching western US ups risk of hazardous fire conditions | US weather
A heatwave scorching the western US region has elevated the risk of hazardous fire conditions particularly in parts…