Science & Environment


Ama Dablam, Nepal

The 1,000 metre club of mountains

ByVictoria HeathFeb 14, 2025
Daniel Quinn and colleagues have identified all the peaks on Earth with more than a 1,000-metres prominence
Asian woman wearing PM2.5 dust mask and using phone on the street.

Why are so many non-smokers getting lung cancer in the UK?

ByVictoria HeathFeb 10, 2025
New study reveals 1,100 people in UK are diagnosed with most prevalent form of lung cancer per year due to air pollution
A patient displays one of the many symptoms of arsenic poisoning: skin lesions

The arsenic-contaminated water flowing through Bangladesh and India

ByBryony CottamFeb 10, 2025
Tens of millions of people are still drinking arsenic-contaminated water 30 years after ‘the greatest mass poisoning in history’
Geo explainer: What is a heat dome, and does it differ from a heat wave?

Geo explainer: What is a heat dome, and does it differ from a heat wave?

ByVictoria HeathFeb 7, 2025
Heat domes cropped up across the world in 2024, but what exactly are these weather phenomena & how are they formed?
Church tower of Graun, Vinschgau, Curon, sunken village

Phenomena: Sunken villages

ByGrace GourlayFeb 4, 2025
Discover more about sunken villages across Europe – from Wales to Greece – and how exactly their existence came about
Purple-flowering striga weed causes an estimated US$7-14 billion in losses every year in sub-saharan Africa

How witchweed is being tackled in sub-Saharan Africa’s croplands

ByBryony CottamFeb 3, 2025
Major breakthrough in herbicides to control crop-devastating & parasitic 'witchweed' that has wreaked havoc upon sub-Saharan Africa's crops
Crevasses at Store Glacier, a marine-terminating outlet glacier of the western Greenland Ice Sheet.

Greenland Ice Sheet cracking more amid climate change, new study reveals

ByVictoria HeathFeb 3, 2025
Large-scale study finds crevasse sizes on Greenland ice sheet increasing in size and depth – and may cause more rapid loss of ice from region
Andorra La Vella, Andorra : 2019 August 22 : People Walk in the Comercial Street named Meritxell. Andorra la Vella, Andorra

The top five European countries with the largest population increases

ByVictoria HeathFeb 3, 2025
Discover the European countries with the largest population increases between 1990 and 2023, according to latest UN data
An evening shower over the Needles, Isle of Wight, UK, by Jamie Russell. Main category, third place

The stunning photographs from the Weather Photographer of the Year Awards

ByVictoria HeathJan 31, 2025
From thunderstorms in Texas to Indonesian volcanoes, these images from the Weather Photographer of the Year Awards showcase the natural wonders of our planet
An aerial view taken from a helicopter of the a sewage treatment works in East London. The huge facility on the banks of the river Thames processes waste from a large part of the capital city.

England’s water industry is misleading public and Government, study finds

ByVictoria HeathJan 30, 2025
Major water & sewage companies across England using deception tactics to deflect blame for sewage pollution, new research reveals
A girl carries freshly baked bread through the streets of Cairo’s ‘Garbage City’, where the Zabbaleen, Cairo’s informal garbage collectors, sort and recycle the city’s waste

The coptic recyclers of Cairo’s ‘Garbage City’

The remarkable story of Cairo's Zabbaleen, who turn the city's rubbish into valuable resources in a stunning example of sustainability
Scenic view of the famous rocky Jannu peak in Kanchenjunga Region, Himalayas, Nepal.

Equipment matters: the kit you need for mountaineering

ByTristan KennedyJan 27, 2025
Tristan Kennedy on the mountaineering kit used in a remarkable mountain climb on the north face of Jannu
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