Wildfires: why media coverage doesn’t always make the climate connection
The front page of the Times on July 25 carried a photograph of three people sitting under a…
Raw sewage is being dumped off the Isles of Scilly – and no one will be prosecuted
Untreated sewage has been dumped into the ocean surrounding the Isles of Scilly in water that is home…
Buffalo City’s ‘dead zone’: SAHRC exposes extreme pollution in Eastern Cape waters
Buffalo City’s West Bank Wastewater Treatment Facility recorded E. coli about 6 000 times above safe limits. Buffalo…
Opinion | 112 Degrees in Paris, Flames Near Bordeaux. France Can’t Go On Like This.
This summer has unleashed a special kind of hell on France: not just several heat waves with temperatures…
Fly-tipping hotspots throughout Ipswich town centre
With fly-tipping becoming more of a prominent issue, I headed to a few of these spots to speak…
Ships stuck in strait of Hormuz pose ‘super-spreader’ biodiversity threat, scientists warn | Strait of Hormuz
The closure of the strait of Hormuz has created conditions for an extreme global biodiversity threat, with scientists…
As Trump threatens wildfire smoke tariffs, Canada looks to reduce fire risk
While U.S. President Donald Trump threatens tariffs over wildfire smoke drifting south, Canadian fire experts say large forest…
Drilling for Oil the Old-Fashioned Way in ‘Little Texas,’ Indonesia
The old red truck’s engine was jury-rigged to control a pump tied to a three-legged tower cobbled together…
Past fires suggest effects of Europe and North America wildfires may linger for years | Wildfires
A spate of ferocious wildfires across North America and Europe, worsened by the climate crisis, has incinerated homes…
A pangolin collected in 1836 sat unnoticed in a museum for nearly 190 years until its DNA revealed a new species | World News
A nearly 190-year-old pangolin specimen sitting on a museum shelf in London has helped scientists confirm the existence…
A 17-year-old student proposed a hybrid nuclear energy system that could reduce an Antarctic base’s carbon emissions by 3,254 tons annually
Image Credit: Cooperativa Ciencia A 17-year-old Chilean high school student, María Javiera Valenzuela, is drawing attention for proposing…
Analysis: Wind and solar power overtake fossil fuels in Germany for first time ever
More of Germany’s electricity came from wind and solar power than fossil fuels for the first time ever…