Browsing: Environment

The Albanese government wants the power to strip companies of any financial gains made from breaking environment laws, as part of a package of landmark reforms…

Iida Turpeinen is the author of Beasts of the Sea, a Finnish novel tracing the fate of a now-extinct species: the sea cow. Similar to dugongs…

Nearly half of the UK’s garden space is paved over, a new study has found.The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has conducted the largest ever audit of…

A 2,000-year-old wetland which is one of England’s most protected habitats has “bulldozers at its gates” after developers said conditions to protect it were blocking the…

Cigarette filters do not work and are a major source of plastic pollution that should be banned by the UK government, experts have said.In an editorial…

The winner of the Photojournalist Story Award categoryA black-tailed rattlesnake outside Fort Davis, Texas, US. For centuries, rattlesnakes have been viewed in vastly different ways across…

If you look at a package of M&Ms, one of the most popular candies in the US, you’ll see some familiar ingredients: sugar, skimmed milk powder,…

The UK’s national security is under severe threat from the climate crisis and the looming collapse of vital natural ecosystems, with food shortages and economic disaster…

October 7, 20252 min read2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That Purify Water, Store Energy and Clean Up the EnvironmentThree scientists, including one from the…

A team of water engineers have spent a month blasting and chiselling a 100-tonne fatberg loose from under the streets of west London.The blockage consisting mainly…