A UN-led panel of nearly 100 countries is to draw up new guidelines to prevent some of the environmental damage and human rights abuses associated…
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New EU nature law will fail without farmers, scientists warn
The EU’s nature restoration law will only work if it is enacted in partnership with farmers, a group of leading scientists has said, after months…
View More New EU nature law will fail without farmers, scientists warnNoise from traffic stunts growth of baby birds, study finds
Noise pollution from traffic stunts growth in baby birds, even while inside the egg, research has found. Unhatched birds and hatchlings that are exposed to…
View More Noise from traffic stunts growth of baby birds, study finds‘Privileged access’: pro-plastic lobbyists at UN pollution talks increase by a third
The number of fossil fuel and petrochemical industry lobbyists has increased by more than a third at UN talks to agree the first global treaty…
View More ‘Privileged access’: pro-plastic lobbyists at UN pollution talks increase by a thirdFrom birds, to cattle, to … us? Could bird flu be the next pandemic? – podcast
As bird flu is confirmed in 33 cattle herds across eight US states, Ian Sample talks to virologist Dr Ed Hutchinson of Glasgow University about…
View More From birds, to cattle, to … us? Could bird flu be the next pandemic? – podcastMosquito-borne diseases spreading in Europe due to climate crisis, says expert
Mosquito-borne diseases are spreading across the globe, and particularly in Europe, due to climate breakdown, an expert has said. The insects spread illnesses such as…
View More Mosquito-borne diseases spreading in Europe due to climate crisis, says expertDoctors condemn suspension of retired GP over UK climate protests
Doctors groups are calling for urgent consideration of the rules for medical professionals who take peaceful direct action on the climate crisis, which they say…
View More Doctors condemn suspension of retired GP over UK climate protests‘An enigma’: scientists finally learn what giant prehistoric shark looked like
Fossil experts say they have gained unprecedented insights into a type of enormous prehistoric shark, after finding complete skeletons of the creatures. The specimens, discovered…
View More ‘An enigma’: scientists finally learn what giant prehistoric shark looked likeVoyager 1 transmitting data again after Nasa remotely fixes 46-year-old probe
Earth’s most distant spacecraft, Voyager 1, has started communicating properly again with Nasa after engineers worked for months to remotely fix the 46-year-old probe. Nasa’s…
View More Voyager 1 transmitting data again after Nasa remotely fixes 46-year-old probe‘I felt this was an abuse of power’: Trudi Warner’s climate fight with the UK government
Two days before Trudi Warner faced court under threat of a contempt of court prosecution, she fell off her bike and ruptured the tendons in…
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