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Bolivia is home to nearly a fifth of the world’s tropical glaciers. but they are shrinking at an alarming rate.
Old-growth forests store 78-89% more carbon than managed forests do.
If China sets the international rules for the global green economy it could be in a very strong position. That’s not far off.
Enthusiasm for climate leadership is backsliding beyond the US government, but there are some signs of hope.
Certain birds ingest more plastic waste, which causes them harm while transporting it to different locations.
Moss can absorb pollution caused by traffic and grow in thin soil.
The next big innovations will centre on energy efficiency.
Musicians played an enormous plastic bottle marimba, a wall of tuned glass bottles, discarded flower pots, cooking pans and a washing machine drum.
Deserts seem unforgiving. However, the fragile flowers of cacti are evolving quickly.
Rising heat is making everyday exercise harder, with modelling studies suggesting long-term impacts on activity levels and population health.
As beavers reshape rivers, wetlands become a natural storage system for carbon.
Maximising North Sea production would reduce bills by just £16 to £82 per year, say researchers.
Emerging technologies such as lab-based meat could produce the same quality and quantity of protein on hundreds of times less land.
Energy price spikes will force up the cost of grain imports.
More overtaking may not mean better racing.
Scientists are studying the phenomenon of animals behaving strangely before earthquakes.
Many philosophers have noticed the similarities between environmental damage and the puzzle of the self-torturer.
Plants that convert seawater to drinking water are at the heart of major cities in the Gulf. But they are increasingly becoming military targets.
Financial markets react more strongly to sudden, visible events like storms, even when gradual changes like rising sea levels might be equally devastating.
Through navigating pollution, outdoor swimmers are reminded that the health and wellbeing of our bodies is bound to the quality of our waters.
What is the future for Britain’s sheep? Farmers are choosing to keep fewer animals.
But researchers say the system generates questionable climate benefits, while locking refugees into low-wage labour – new study.
A focus on green energy growth could be a bonus for China’s economy.
Millions of hedgehogs die as they cross the roads, but a discovery is paving the way for a warning that might stop them crossing at dangerous times.