Authorities in the French capital of Paris are forcing drivers to slow down, setting a speed limit on almost all the city's roads, in a bid to reduce pollution and improve road safety.
Read articleIndeed, by the end of the century they could become threatening to civilisation if emissions are allowed to continue at their present rate.
Read articlePoliticians around world continue to respond to report from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Read articleA shutdown would have devastating global impacts and must not be allowed to happen, researchers say
Read articleWildfires are raging in countries including Greece and Turkey, where thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes and on Tuesday a fire threatened to reach a coal-fired power plant.
Read articleThe founder of the world's biggest plant-based meat firm says a tax on meat could get people to cut their consumption of animal-based products
Read articleCarbon emissions, ocean acidification, Amazon clearing all hurtling toward new records
Read articleInsects have declined by 75% in the past 50 years – and the consequences may soon be catastrophic. Biologist Dave Goulson reveals the vital services they perform
Read articleResearchers suggest net increase would mostly occur in renewables sector, with decline in fossil fuels
Read articleUntil recently, climate change had been talked about as a future threat. Its frontlines were portrayed as remote places like the Arctic, where polar bears are running out of sea ice to hunt from. Sea level rise and extreme drought was a problem for the developing world.
Read articleCutting emissions more urgent than ever, say scientists, with forest producing more than a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year
Read articleMinnesota pet owners warned not to release fish into wild, where they wreak havoc on native species
Read articleResearchers blame poaching and hunting far beyond quotas after species dropped from endangered list
Read articleCountry looks to export excess manure from intensive pig and poultry farms to combat rising pollution and emissions
Read articlePangolins -- four-legged mammals with sloth-like claws, anteater-like snouts, and armour of diamond-shaped scales -- are thought to be the most trafficked mammal in the world. Some species are on the brink of extinction.
Read articleBeekeeping is one of the oldest industries in existence, but it faces numerous threats. A number of tech firms hope to help the honey bee have a brighter future.
Read articleWith that unprecedented level of knowledge came responsibility, she said – the oceans were in the poorest health since humans started exploiting them, denuded of fish, filled with plastic debris, tainted with chemical pollution and acidified by the carbon dioxide still being poured into the air.
Read article"The Bubble Barrier" was developed as a simple way to stop plastic pollution flowing from waterways into the ocean. An air compressor sends air through a perforated tube running diagonally across the bottom of the canal, creating a stream of bubbles that traps waste and guides it to a catchment system.
Read articleG7 countries will lose $5tn a year by 2050 if temperatures rise by 2.6C
Read articleAs UK prepares for environment push at G7 summit, letter asks richest to make climate charitable focus
Read articleAnimals will be used to tread in seeds of small-flowered catchfly at Donkey Sanctuary rewilding project
Read articleHairdressers from UK and Ireland sign up to initiative to protect environment and power National Grid
Read articleCargill, Bunge and Cofco sourced beans from companies allegedly supplied by a farmer fined for destroying swathes of rainforest
Read articleFood-growing areas will see drastic changes to rainfall and temperatures if global heating continues at current rate
Read articleWhy exterminate the wolves? To make the country safe for cattle and sheep; more productive for deer, elk, caribou and moose. To better fill hunters’ freezers with winter meat. To sell the pelts.
Read articleChildren and young adults around the world are demanding action from governments on global heating and the ecological crisis
Read articleMore than 12,000 deaths have already been attributed to glacial lake outburst floods worldwide
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