Desalination, the process of removing salt from seawater, offers a way to produce freshwater
As climate change intensifies droughts, disrupts rainfall patterns and fuels wildfires, more regions are turning to the sea…
Fears for Ningaloo Reef after ex-cyclone decimates region amid coral spawning season
The sheer number of marine life carcasses washed ashore by ex-tropical Cyclone Narelle has shocked many, but it…
‘Vulnerable and extremely precious’: Italy ramps up coastal protection as erosion worsens
Italy has more than 8,000 kilometres of coastline, ranging from long sweeps of sandy beach to striking rock…
Inside the struggle to build Europe’s largest solar farm as €916 million project hit with delays
Published on 03/04/2026 – 10:00 GMT+2 Plans to build what would become Europe’s largest solar farm have been…
Australian grey-headed flying fox economic and ecological value of poo revealed
Bats are often thought of as smelly, ugly and noisy, but a study has revealed their poo could…
China Is Trying to Grow New Forests in This Notorious Mega-Desert. It’s Working
Scientists have described it as a “biological void” or a “hyperarid environment.” Across China, locals know it as…
‘Shrinking-swelling’ phenomenon is putting 12m French homes at risk. Is climate change to blame?
Published on 02/04/2026 – 10:02 GMT+2 Rupturing pipes, distorted doors and windows, and huge cracks on your home.…
Warm winters mean there’s more nitrate pollution in drinking water
When pollution gets bad enough in the rivers supplying Iowa’s largest city with drinking water, it costs Des…
Oceans are darkening all over the planet – what’s going on?
At dusk, the greatest migration of biomass on Earth unfolds through the oceans in near silence, largely unnoticed.…
BRICS 2026 Vision: Using innovative technology for water security
India assumed the BRICS presidency on January 1, 2026 at a time of profound global churn. The international…
Is global population pushing Earth to the breaking point? Scientists warn of a growing planetary crisis |
While the notion that we might be approaching Earth’s maximum, or its breaking point, has previously been associated…
Fears for superb fairy-wrens as experts studying Canberra population predict extinction within decades
The superb fairy-wren is likely to become extinct in the next 30-40 years, according to new research based…