‘Loophole’ will let UK continue to ship plastic waste to poorer countries
Post-Brexit regulation doesn’t match new EU rules to tackle ocean pollution, despite UK being Europe’s largest plastic waste producer.
Seabird patrols to self-healing buildings: The 15 conservation stories to watch in 2021
In their latest scan of emerging global biological conservation issues, experts assess the 15 most urgent risks society needs to address.
250 million coastal dwellers will face rising floods
Once again, researchers confirm that coastal dwellers can expect worse floods, more often and more expensively. The post 250 million coastal dwellers will face rising floods...
Waste plastic cascade could triple in 20 years
In a throwaway world, some discards are forever. New research measures the crisis of the world’s waste plastic.
World’s nuclear fusion dream takes a leap forward
Nuclear fusion is the most ambitious project in the world, recreating on Earth the complex heat-producing reactions of the sun in the hope of making...
Food shortage may finish polar bears by 2100
How long polar bears can survive depends on how long they can last without food. And that may be: not long enough. The post Food...