This Ancient Cypress Tree Has Lived Through 5 Ice Ages—And Is Still Growing Today
This tree is in the running for the “world’s oldest tree” title. Here’s why it exists, and where…
Study reveals major crisis with more than $1 billion price tag: ‘Eaten up’
A new analysis by the European Central Bank and the University of Mannheim revealed that natural disasters have…
Climate crisis or a warning from God? Iranians desperate for answers as water dries up | Iran
Water, and its absence, has become Iran’s national obsession. In the mosques of northern Tehran the imams have…
Are Australians really paying more for electricity than other countries? | Energy
Everybody knows Australians are paying way more for electricity than they were a few years ago. We used…
Oceans will power the world — The ‘underwater dragon’ delivers 1.2 MW for 1,000 homes
The discovery that oceans will power the world is rather interesting. Thus far, humans have always relied on…
The last frontier of empathy: why we still struggle to see ourselves as animals | Environment
At first light in Massachusetts bay, a North Atlantic right whale threads the shallows with her calf tucked…
Beyond 1.5: Why the global climate target still matters
Two activists, sitting on the floor alongside the grave of Charles Darwin, after they sprayed “1.5 is dead”…
‘We feel we’re fighting a losing battle’: the race to remove millions of plastic beads from Camber Sands | Coastlines
Just past a scrum of dog walkers, about 40 people are urgently combing through the sand on hands…
Flood-hit shop issues closure warning after drain covered in tarmac
Jonathan GeddesGlasgow and west reporter Geraldo’s Geraldo’s has been a fixture in Largs for about 25 years The…
Flood warnings in place as River Ouse in York reaches peak
BBC Weather Watchers/Gryning Weather Watcher Gryning captured York under water on Saturday afternoon River levels in York are…
Anthropogenic enhancement of subsurface soil moisture droughts
Swann, A. L. S., Hoffman, F. M., Koven, C. D. & Randerson, J. T. Plant responses to increasing…
New campaign urges Reading residents to recycle food waste
A local authority is encouraging its residents to recycle “every crust, peel and coffee ground” to help the…