How scientists debunked one of conservation’s most influential statistics

Sep 13, 2024 | Science

The factoid about biodiversity and Indigenous peoples spread around the world, but scientists say bad data can undermine the very causes it claims to support.

Europe’s farming lobbies recognize need to eat less meat

Sep 4, 2024 | News

Dialogue with green groups results in agreement on “urgent, ambitious, and feasible” reforms in agriculture.

Fossil fuel transition back in draft UN pact after outcry

Aug 30, 2024 | News

Governments have reinstated a commitment to transition away from fossil fuels in the draft of a new United Nations pact due to be adopted next month, following widespread condemnation over its previous removal.

Stonehenge megalith came from Scotland, not Wales, study finds

Aug 14, 2024 | History

Monument’s largest “bluestone” was transported about 750 km – a discovery researchers say rewrites relationships between Neolithic populations.

Birthrates are plummeting. Can governments turn the tide?

Aug 10, 2024 | Articles

Nations are deploying baby bonuses, subsidized childcare, and parental leave to try to reverse a rapidly declining fertility rate – largely to no avail.

Greening the desert: is Sisi’s grand plan using up all of Egypt’s water?

Jul 30, 2024 | Articles

The ‘Future of Egypt’ envisages turning tracts of desert into farmland to grow crops for export. But with sky-high food price inflation and a water deficit, critics doubt it is viable.

Climate leader? Canada is doubling down on oil

Jul 25, 2024 | Articles

Despite climate-friendly plans, the federal government’s controversial decision to take over the Trans Mountain pipeline made it one of world’s biggest promoters of fossil fuel projects.

Could geo-engineering help save the planet?

Jul 21, 2024 | Science

If we can’t control rising global temperatures by drastically cutting carbon emissions, could something called geo-engineering be a way to cool the planet?

Signs of two gases in clouds of Venus could indicate life

Jul 17, 2024 | News, Science

Separate teams of scientists find evidence of phosphine and ammonia, potential biomarkers on planet whose surface reaches 450C.

How Lucy changed our understanding of evolution

Jun 30, 2024 | Science

In 1974 the fossilized bones of Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old hominin, were discovered in Ethiopia. How has this remarkable skeleton changed our understanding of evolution?

What southern Ontario’s nature is worth

Jun 26, 2024 | Articles

Talk of a green economy might evoke images of solar panels and carbon capture. But work to conserve and restore ecosystems is already driving economic activity.

Harmful ozone-layer gases falling faster than expected

Jun 11, 2024 | News

International efforts to protect the ozone layer have been a “huge global success”, scientists have said, after revealing that damaging gases in the atmosphere were declining faster than expected.

Planetary Health Diet reduces risk of dying from disease

Jun 10, 2024 | News

A diet promoting plant-based protein to help the environment now has a more human argument: It may lower your risk of dying from several major diseases.

New Zealand Māori population hits million mark

Jun 6, 2024 | News

Once regarded as ‘dying out’, Māori families celebrate population milestone and share their hopes for the future in a changing New Zealand.

Her blazing world

May 28, 2024 | History

Margaret Cavendish’s boldness and bravery set 17th-century society alight, but is she a feminist poster-girl for our times?

Greenpeace blocks planting of ‘lifesaving’ golden rice

May 25, 2024 | News, Science

Scientists have warned that a court decision to block the growing of the genetically modified crop golden rice in the Philippines could have catastrophic consequences. Tens of thousands of children could die in the wake of the ruling, they argue.