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A living bridge in northeastern India.

Phenomena: living bridges

ByGrace GourlayJul 29, 2026
Discover more about living bridges – bridges built from the aerial roots of rubber fig trees in the hills of northeast India
Clouds in sky

Geoengineering may be able to reduce the effects of the current Super El Niño

ByKhadeejah MasudJul 29, 2026
A solar geoengineering technology that dims sunlight to brighten the clouds may help reduce the impacts of weather events like Super El Niño
Andy Burnham on newspapera

Why Burnham’s ‘No. 10 North’ is about more than politics

ByDoug SpechtJul 29, 2026
With the advent of more and more heatwaves, climate pressures could make devolved government a necessity rather than a choice
Huge selection of different used clothes for men, women and children on the rack in a second hand shop or thrift store. Concept of waste problem in fashion industry.

58,000 tonnes of microfibres from textile production leak into the environment annually

ByVictoria HeathJul 29, 2026
More than 92,000 tonnes of microfibres are lost during production every year, with 63 per cent reaching the environment
Firefighters tackling a wildfire

Geo explainer: What are fire clouds?

ByVictoria HeathJul 28, 2026
Discover more about pyrocumulonimbus – or fire clouds – and how climate change is making them more widespread
Longyearbyen seed vault

Inside Svalbard: where the world’s seeds are preserved

ByKhadeejah MasudJul 24, 2026

One of the most remote locations in the world, Svalbard’s Seed Vault safeguards global food security by storing 1.4 million…

Andy Burnham giving a speech

Which environmental issues does Andy Burnham need to tackle first?

ByVictoria HeathJul 24, 2026
From Thames Water to tackling bottom trawling, discover the major environmental issues Burnham must address when he takes power
Open water swimming

Equipment matters: open-water swimming

ByVictoria HeathJul 24, 2026

As heatwaves become more frequent, open-water swimming is more tempting than ever. Tristan Kennedy looks at how to enjoy it…

A crowded street in Lisbon full of tourists

Which countries have more tourists than locals?

ByVictoria HeathJul 23, 2026
From Monaco to Albania, discover the nations that have more tourists than residents – and how exactly such a difference is impacting life there
York street, ghost tour

Why York’s ghost tours are rewriting the city’s hidden history

ByAndrew BrooksJul 23, 2026
Ghost tours, witchcraft and themed attractions turn marginalised histories into spectacle – creating a cityscape haunted as much by commerce as by the dead
Forty per cent of the cut flowers sold in the EU come from Kenya

How Kenya’s flower industry is becoming more sustainable

ByVictoria HeathJul 23, 2026
After years of criticism over water use, pollution and working conditions, the cut flower industry in Kenya is trying to show it can have a greener future
Damage from bottom trawling in Chilean waters still visible more than 25 years later, study finds

Damage from bottom trawling in Chilean waters still visible more than 25 years later, study finds

ByVictoria HeathJul 23, 2026

New research shows how biodiversity has not yet recovered on Chilean seamounts despite more than two decades since bottom trawling…

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