World needs ‘rapid climate cooling’ as 2℃ overshoot now likely

Jun 29, 2022 | Opinion

International community must prioritize researching and developing an overshoot risk management plan or risk irreversible catastrophic damage to the biophysical and physiochemical systems that support human civilization, argues Graeme Taylor.

Finding alien life in universe is now ‘only a matter of time’

Sep 30, 2023 | Articles

Many astronomers are no longer asking whether there is life elsewhere in the Universe. Many are optimistic of detecting life signs on a faraway world within our lifetimes – possibly in the next few years.

The First Nations nature reserve that became a model for the world

Sep 28, 2023 | Articles

Thirty years ago, when the people of Haida Gwaii blockaded logging roads in British Columbia, few foresaw the result – the remarkable Gwaii Haanas agreement that has reshaped how to manage contested areas.

The plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world

Sep 28, 2023 | Articles

When a microbe was found munching on a plastic bottle in a rubbish dump, it promised a recycling revolution. Now scientists are attempting to turbocharge those powers in a bid to solve our waste crisis. But will it work?

Science is now revealing Neanderthal genetic legacy

Sep 25, 2023 | Articles

Using the rapidly improving ability to piece together fragments of ancient DNA, scientists are finding that traits inherited from our ancient cousins are still with us now, affecting our fertility, our immune systems, even how our bodies handled COVID-19.

Justice for Neanderthals!

Sep 18, 2023 | History, Opinion

They were long derided as knuckle-draggers, but new discoveries are setting the record straight. As we rethink the nature of the Neanderthals, we could also learn something about our own humanity.

Distant exoplanet could have water ocean and hint of life

Sep 11, 2023 | News

Scientists at NASA have announced the existence of a possible rare water ocean on a giant exoplanet scores of light years away and also a chemical hint of a sign of potential life.

The people of Ecuador just made climate justice history

Aug 31, 2023 | Opinion, Politics & Human Rights

Voters in Ecuador won a huge battle with the oil industry – proving that we can’t save the planet without robust democracy.

Burning Man attendees roadblocked by climate activists

Aug 28, 2023 | News

Climate activists temporarily halted the influx of eager festivalgoers, blocking the road with a 28-foot trailer and causing a bumper-to-bumper traffic jam for over an hour. They clashed with outraged Burning Man attendees as well as Nevada rangers.

Climate crisis made Canada wildfires twice as likely

Aug 22, 2023 | News

The conditions that caused Canada’s extreme spate of wildfires this year, which resulted in parts of Canada and the US being blanketed in toxic smoke, were made at least twice as likely due to the human-caused climate crisis, scientists have found.

The polycrisis

Aug 17, 2023 | Articles, Opinion

Is this the word we need to describe unprecedented convergences of ecological, political, and economic strife?

England’s river habitats blighted by sewage and pollution

Aug 12, 2023 | News

More than 90% of freshwater habitats on England’s most precious rivers are in unfavourable condition, blighted by farming pollution, raw sewage, and water abstraction.

Leaders meet for key summit on Amazon deforestation

Aug 8, 2023 | News

Heads of governments from the Amazon region are meeting to discuss how to protect the crucial rainforest. Illegal deforestation has marred the region for years. Scientists fear it could be reaching a tipping point.

David Suzuki: ‘Despair is a luxury we can’t afford’

Aug 5, 2023 | Opinion

The celebrated science broadcaster and environmental activist says we have to stop elevating the economy and politics over the state of our world.

Antarctic sea ice stays at historic lows

Jul 29, 2023 | Articles

Some scientists fear the ‘shocking’ shift is the beginning of a global heating-linked collapse of the ice that could have alarming knock-on effects.

Vegan diet massively cuts environmental damage, study shows

Jul 20, 2023 | News

Detailed analysis finds plant diets lead to 75% less climate-heating emissions, water pollution, and land use than meat-rich ones.

Scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come

Jul 19, 2023 | News

James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says the world is shifting towards a superheated climate not seen in the past million years.