Science & Environment


Copepod (Zooplankton) are a group of small crustaceans found in the marine and freshwater habitat

Tiny zooplankton play a major role in carbon storage, new study finds

ByVictoria HeathJun 27, 2025
Migration of these microscopic animals – known as a 'seasonal migrant pump' – supports carbon sequestration in the Southern Ocean
Mining of Potash near Canyon Lands Utah in the desert

Geo explainer: What is potash – and why does the world want it?

ByVictoria HeathJun 24, 2025
Discover more about potash: the mighty group of minerals and chemicals supporting food production across the planet
Ocean waves produce two to three times the world’s total energy needs

How to harness the waves: from halting tsunamis to clean energy

ByBryony CottamJun 17, 2025
Scientists have discovered a way to tap into the ocean’s vast, untouched energy reserves – but should they?
Climate justice in action: 25 years of the Ashden Awards

Climate justice in action: 25 years of the Ashden Awards

ByBryony CottamJun 12, 2025
On the 25th anniversary of the Ashden Awards for climate solutions, we look at past and present winners from around the world
Deforestation in Glencoe

Scotland’s ecocide bill could set a global legal precedent

Scotland’s proposed ecocide law could make mass environmental destruction a crime – and serve as a model for international legal reform
Glaciologist Ricardo Jaña of the Chilean Antarctica Institute, research chief at the Union Glacier Joint Scientific Polar Station

Life, science and climate urgency on Antarctica’s Union Glacier

James  Witlow  Delano travels to Union Glacier to join scientists revealing how subtle shifts in ice and bedrock, are uncovering the planet’s climate future
The untamed Vjosa River in Albania

Can Europe’s last wild river remain free?

ByBryony CottamMay 21, 2025
A landmark conservation success is under pressure as Albania’s Vjosa River faces fresh challenges from tourism development
UK against trawling in protected seas in wake of Attenborough film

UK against trawling in protected seas in wake of Attenborough film

ByBryony CottamMay 13, 2025
Poll reveals overwhelming public demand for a ban on destructive bottom trawling in UK marine protected areas
Stortsjon Lake supplies water to 60,000 people

Could this tranquil spot in Sweden become home to a uranium mine?

ByVictoria HeathApr 14, 2025
Radical new government set to allow multinational companies to build vast open-pit uranium min in Sweden, powering a planned 10 new nuclear reactors
Thermometer in green pharmacy screen sign displays extremely hot temperature of 42 degrees Celsius during heatwave in summer in Belgium

How ice melt and ‘double jet streams’ are making Europe hotter…

ByVictoria HeathApr 8, 2025
As Europe records its hottest-ever March, discover several reasons behind the continent's rising temperatures and its heatwaves...
Aerial Of Mine In Northern Ontario Canada In Autumn

Geo explainer: Why is cobalt mining so controversial?

ByVictoria HeathApr 7, 2025
Discover more about the practice of cobalt mining in the DRC & the vast repercussions such activities have...
A man paddles his water taxi down the Buriganga River, which flows through the heart of Dhaka

Turning the tide on Bangladesh’s plastic pollution

ByStuart ButlerMar 26, 2025
Can Bangladesh’s new government save the rivers on which the country depends?
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