Scientists create biodegradable plastic stronger than PET
The PET-alternative PDCA is biodegradable and has superior physical properties. A Kobe University team of bioengineers engineered E.…
Companies destroyed Cotswolds habitat of rare endangered animals
It was damaged during ditch clearance workA water vole(Image: PA) Two companies which destroyed the habitat of a…
Sewage in Thames disrupts Olympic swimmers’ pollution challenge
A group of world-class swimmers who swam the Thames this week to raise awareness of river pollution had…
Southampton man lands ‘fish of a lifetime’ from River Itchen
Lee Edmond-Hiett, 43, from Southampton, was fishing near the White Swan on Sunday when he landed the mammoth…
“I didn’t hear the usual grinding of ice”
Jochen Knies stands next to the RV Kronprins Haakon at the North Pole on 2 September. Photo: Henry…
Australia plants a second solar tree — 555 kW and artificial photosynthesis to beat coal and hydrogen
Another solar tree, or rather a solar garden, is being developed in Australia, and this solar garden may…
Bhakra to release more water into Punjab as Pong dam hits full capacity
The BBMB will increase the outflows from the Bhakra Dam by 10,000 cusecs on Thursday afternoon. It will…
Country diary: Nothing more than a cormorant – and that’s fine by me | Coastlines
West Bay harbourside at the end of the school holidays seethes with visitors enjoying a last lick of…
The blind men and the climate scenario elephant
Dr Yue (Nina) Chen Dr Yue (Nina) Chen was chief climate risk officer at US federal banking regulator…
England’s toxic road runoff pollution being ignored, MPs told | Pollution
Toxic, carcinogenic pollution that pours from 25,000 road outflows into rivers in England is being ignored by politicians…
Recycling rates plummet in Birmingham to just 15 per cent as kerbside collections abandoned
A shocking knock-on impact of the bin strikes has been a huge drop in recycling, with the city…
Desalination doesn’t have to be bad for the environment – DW – 09/03/2025
For millennia, humans have sought to make seawater drinkable. Ancient mariners tried distillation by boiling the oceans in which…