Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa: how they stack up on reusing waste
The global economy still largely follows a simple pattern: extract natural resources, manufacture products, use them and then…
Birds avoid wind turbines painted like venomous snakes
Wind turbines are a net positive for a sustainable society, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have an…
Enhanced response of extreme compound events to cumulative CO2 emissions
Zscheischler, J. et al. A typology of compound weather and climate events. Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. 1, 333–347…
The Chilean town living with the world’s most polluting dump
From afar, Chile’s Tiltil landfill almost resembles just another mountain, but the growing rubbish pile has created a…
Brazil’s Atlantic forest records lowest deforestation in 40 years | Brazil
Brazil’s Atlantic forest, the country’s most threatened biome, last year recorded its lowest level of deforestation since monitoring…
Korean researcher flown out of Antarctica after knife incident at Jang Bogo Station
An Antarctic expeditioner who allegedly threatened colleagues with a large, makeshift knife has been removed from a Korean…
Recycled plastics for food use require stronger safeguards, warn UN food security experts
The UN food security agency warns that recycled plastics and alternative packaging materials can help reduce waste, but…
Viridor proposes shutdown of Quantafuel chemical recycling activities
Viridor has proposed shutting down its chemical recycling operations in Northern Europe. The British waste management company argues…
Climate risk is changing where investors put their money – even as NZ relaxes disclosure rules
Across New Zealand and Australia, the impacts of a warming climate have been slowly changing how investors weigh…
More than 800 northern corroboree frogs released into the wild in southern NSW to bolster numbers
More than 800 tiny, technicoloured northern corroboree frogs have been released into the wild in the Brindabella National…
Yorkshire’s WallFest launched to protect crumbling boundary wall of ‘world’s first nature reserve’ | Conservation
Over four years in the 1820s, Charles Waterton built a 9ft-high, 3-mile-long wall around the parkland and lake…
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation rates drop, but El Nino could threaten recovery
SAO PAULO (AP) — The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva frequently touts how it…