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The amount of plastic washing up on the shores of remote South Atlantic islands is 10 times greater than it was a decade ago, according to new research from the British Antarctic Survey. Plastic...
Growing and harvesting bioenergy crops – corn for ethanol or trees to fuel power plants, for example – is a poor use of land, which is a precious resource in the fight against climate...
Fishing, deep-sea mining and patenting the genes of marine life could soon be subject to new international regulations. John Dyer reports. Diplomats kicked off negotiations at the United Nations Intergovernmental Conference on Sustainable Use...
Between April and August this year, Switzerland and central Europe experienced the driest summer season since 1864. Especially the forest seems to suffer from this dry spell: As early as August, trees began to...
Oysters are more than a tasty, nutritious food. They’re also a key tool in cleaning ocean water, preventing erosion and rebuilding ravaged ecosystems. John Dyer reports from Boston. In the 19th century, oysters were...
French hospitality giant AccorHotels has announced that it is now using urban food gardens at 600 of its locations worldwide, 26 of which are in the UK. The move is part of the company’s...
The world’s biggest colony of king penguins in the National Nature Reserve of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands has shrunk by 88 per cent, according to new research. The cause may be environmental....
Five native tree species on Palmyra Atoll have seen a 5,000 per cent increase in seedlings five years after rats were removed. The island south of Hawaii is an important habitat for numerous rare...
Mounting levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide pose a previously unrecognized threat to monarch butterflies, new research has revealed. CO2 reduces the medicinal properties of milkweed plants that protect the iconic insects from disease. Monarch...
Although more than 16 percent of all national waters are now protected, many ecoregions and countries are not included. The current reserve system is just as expensive as it is inefficient, as Dr. Kerstin...
Artificial lighting at night could be a reason for declining insect populations. Scientists should pay greater attention to this factor when exploring the causes of insect population declines in the future. Climate change, pesticides...
Environmental threats are putting bumblebee queens under pressure, according to new research. Exposure to insecticides and a poor diet negatively impacted the health and work of the already dwindling pollinator group. Once bumblebee queens...
Traditional insecticides are killers: they not only kill pests, they also endanger bees and other beneficial insects, as well as affecting biodiversity in soils, lakes, rivers and seas. A team from the Technical University...
Join us in caring for the world´s oceans! This Friday, 8 June 2018, is dedicated to just that. As you are probably aware, there are many threats to marine habitats that affect both plants...
Puffin numbers on Britain’s remote Farne Islands may have fallen by an average of 12 per cent, according to the National Trust. The struggling seabird population could have dropped by as much as 42...
A new report published in Science reveals that limiting warming to the ultimate goal of the Paris Agreement would avoid half the risks associated with warming of 2C for plants and animals, and two...
New research has found dramatic ecosystem shifts in the Arctic due to climate change. The high Arctic is warming faster than any other region on earth. There are explicit links between climate change and...
Tanzania has launched its largest ever elephant collaring effort to protect its dwindling elephant population. Numbers have fallen by almost 90 per cent over the last 40 years. The population of elephants in the...
Australia wants to open up some of its marine protected areas to commercial fishing. According to conservation groups, the government’s new plans could strip more than 35 hectares of protected ocean and would have...
Excess CO2 in the atmosphere is making oceans more acidic. Some studies show that’s bad news for fish, including commercially important species. But not all fish respond the same way, as Nancy Bazilchuck reports...
