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- The asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago caused dramatic climate change, which could mean we are underestimating how much the planet will warm in the coming centuries
- Last week we learned a chemical that harms the ozone layer is being emitted in Asia – and now it seems sloppy recycling might be partly to blame
- A ban on using polluting wet wood isn’t nearly enough to halt the rise in dangerous particulates from trendy wood burners
- Salvaged plastics imitate bizarre and beautiful sea life Tue, 22 May 18, 5:00pmDeceptive artwork created by photographing a few examples collected around the world of the 5 trillion bits of plastic that pollute our oceans and shorelines
- Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene Tue, 22 May 18, 6:00amThe biomass of living organisms on the planet has halved since human civilisation began, and humans now outweigh all wild mammals tenfold
- Chinese giant salamanders may already be virtually extinct Tue, 22 May 18, 4:05amResearchers spent four years looking for Chinese giant salamanders and only found 24 – and that’s not even the worst bit of news
- The volcanic eruption on Hawaii is now making an acidic fog Tue, 22 May 18, 1:35amAs lava from Kilauea plunges into the Pacific Ocean, clouds of hot acidic steam are being blasted off – and the eruption shows no signs of slowing down
- Plastic waste is a problem – but some solutions are even worse Mon, 21 May 18, 8:00pmPlastics have done wonders for hygiene and human health. We need to fix the waste problem – but don’t throw out the baby with the bath tub
- A third of ‘protected’ nature zones are quietly being ruined Fri, 18 May 18, 5:00amThe world’s nations have set up 200,000 protected areas in which nature is supposed to flourish, but in many cases the protection is pretty much theoretical
- Someone is wrecking the ozone layer again. They must be stopped Fri, 18 May 18, 3:47amFor the health of our planet, and ourselves, we must find and foil those who breach crucial environmental treaties, says Lesley Evans Ogden
- Drones plus AI help to spot sick trees and plants in time Thu, 17 May 18, 9:45pmDrones fitted with multispectral cameras are scanning forests for beetle attack, and orchards and vineyards for signs of disease before it’s too late
- Harsh: Europe’s cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived Thu, 17 May 18, 9:45pmCannabis – the source of the drug marijuana – virtually disappeared from Europe just as farmers arrived, so they didn’t get the chance to grow it for another 4500 years
- Lizards keep evolving toxic green blood and we don’t know why Thu, 17 May 18, 5:00amAll the green-blooded lizards in the world live in New Guinea, but it turns out the trait has evolved there independently at least four times
- Biodegradable plastic: Waste that eats itself Thu, 17 May 18, 2:00amPlastics that degrade on disposal already exist, and are getting better. But they won't solve the plastic trash problem on their own – and here's why
- Fixing planet plastic: How we’ll really solve our waste problem Wed, 16 May 18, 10:00pmFrom bag bans to bacterial mulchers, many solutions are touted for the plastic waste crisis. Find out which work – and which don't – in our definitive guide
- Fertiliser feeds us but trashes the climate – now there’s a fix Wed, 16 May 18, 2:00amThe way we make ammonia for fertilizer was developed a century ago and produces more than 1 per cent of all carbon emissions. Now we may have a replacement
- Hawaii’s erupting volcano may blast out ‘10-tonne cannonballs’ Wed, 16 May 18, 12:45amAs Kilauea continues erupting, lava is mixing with water, creating steam that could trigger massive explosions and throw large rocks up to a kilometre away
- The tides are getting stronger thanks to the shifting continents Tue, 15 May 18, 10:30pmThe ocean tides are the strongest they have been for millions of years, and they will get stronger for several million years to come – because of the position of the continents
- Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought Tue, 15 May 18, 6:00amA possible future that climatologists treat as the worst of the worst, because it would produce huge greenhouse gas emissions, might lead to even more emissions than believed
- Rich nations restore their own forests but trash those elsewhere Tue, 15 May 18, 5:00amAs countries get richer, they start replanting their forests – but this is not a big environmental gain because they “export” the deforestation to poor countries
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