Climate and human activity may damage world’s largest tropical peatlands, new study finds

January 30th, 2018 New research has discovered that both climate change and human activity have the potential to “significantly damage” the world’s largest tropical peatland...

Just Eat it: A Food Waste Story

January 30th, 2018 Get ready to rethink your fridge as a new food waste documentary reveals how your household habits could be the cause of...

Why don’t foreign investors take fright more often?

Currency moves can wipe out the returns from bond markets. But investors seem not to care

The EU got less electricity from coal than renewables in 2017

For the first time, the European Union generated more electricity from wind, solar and biomass than from coal in 2017, according to new analysis...

Rainforests: Scientists concerned climate change is altering the tropical life cycle

Climate change could be causing shifts to the natural cycle of life in the tropical rainforest, scientists have suggested. A rise in global temperatures may...

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