James Field
Sofa conservation
Jan 15, 2018
Published in
Wildlife
How many elephants can you see? How many orang-utans are in that tree? New conservation projects are hoping the answers to these questions can help protect endangered species around the world
E-waste rises in damning report
Dec 21, 2017
Published in
Development
Only 20 per cent of electronic waste is being recycled globally. As incomes rise and prices fall, predictions for the future are looking grim
Seabirds in danger in updated Red List
Jan 17, 2018
Published in
Wildlife
Overfishing and climate change are edging seabirds such as the Black-legged Kittiwake and Cape Gannet ever closer to extinction
UN commits to end ocean plastics
Dec 14, 2017
Published in
Oceans
The UN has committed to completely stopping plastic waste from entering the ocean
The UK has a new highest mountain
Dec 14, 2017
Published in
Mountains
Trivia fans take note, Mount Hope in the British Antarctic Territory has recently been re-measured and found to out-reach the previous highest peak by a comfortable 50 metres
An end to flat growth for CO2
Jan 03, 2018
Published in
Climate
A series of worrying reports by the Global Carbon Project has revealed that after three years of flat growth, global fossil fuel emissions are once again on the rise
Last chance for the vaquita
Dec 08, 2017
Published in
Wildlife
The world’s most endangered marine mammal has just been thrown a long overdue lifeline
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