Tiny conservation heroes: Wild cherry blossoms could save forest landscapes
Researchers have found that symbolic species could be used for the conservation and community-based management of traditional forest landscapes. The team studied how different...
Earth is having its second-warmest year to date, and it's not over yet.
Global temperature departures from average during Sept. 2017.
Image: nasa giss.
By Andrew Freedman2017-10-19 19:13:03 UTC
Planet Earth has had its second-warmest year so far, and in...
Climate resilient microalgae could help restore coral reefs
Coral species exhibit different temperature tolerances. This is in part due to the composition of their microalgae symbionts. With a new method, researchers were...
The Greens would ditch Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant.
Environment
Expert views on the manifestos
Damian Carrington
Guardian experts give their view on the main parties’ public service manifesto pledges. Here, our environment editor looks at...
More children and youth drowning as warming temperatures create unstable lake ice
As winters become milder and lake ice less stable, more children and young adults are falling through the ice and fatally drowning, say researchers....
Al Gore interview: Fixing democracy to combat climate change.
It is more than ten years since Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change to the masses. At its heart, it showed...
Climate change threatens European forests
Well over half of Europe's forests are potentially at risk from windthrow, forest fire and insect attacks.
Tracking seasonal and tidal effects on wastewater pollutants in the River Ganges
A new analysis of the River Ganges in West Bengal, India, highlights how wastewater flowing into the river impacts its water quality, and how...
The case for onboard carbon dioxide capture on long-range vehicles
A research team offers a practical way to make ships CO2 neutral -- or even CO2 negative -- with CO2-capturing solid oxide fuel cells....
Author Correction: Ageing society in developed countries challenges carbon mitigation
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 April 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01359-9Author Correction: Ageing society in developed countries challenges carbon mitigation