According to the 2018 annual Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) report released on 19 February, the majority of European firms recognise climate-related risks but over half do not have greenhouse gas
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Dams are frequently criticised for their environmental impact. But are they all bad? A new commentary published on 19 February in Nature argues, “dams that are well planned, constructed and
Protesters led by Extinction Rebellion disrupted the third day of London Fashion Week, Sunday 17 February, to challenge a fashion industry which they believe is promoting so-called “fast fashion” characterised
A new analysis published on 15 February in Science suggests that species identified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List as being threatened from trade can
A recent study published on 13 February in Proceedings of the Royal Society A describes a novel device for generating energy from the sea by converting wave energy into electricity.
A paper published on 11 February in Nature Geoscience has reported new estimates of the ice thickness distribution and the volume of present-day glaciers around the world (1). Based on
A new paper slated for publication in the April edition of the journal Biological Conservation has predicted that over 40 per cent of insect species are at risk of extinction over
New observations of ocean circulation patterns in the North Atlantic may help predict future climate impacts
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Initial findings of an international project designed to study the link between water mass transformation at high latitudes and the meridional overturning circulation in the North Atlantic (AMOC) were published
A new plastics ban proposed by the European Chemicals Agency (Echa) could potentially prevent 400,000 tonnes of additional plastic pollution in 20 years. The draft law is targeting the unnecessary
For the first time, an international team of researchers from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis near Vienna, Austria have shown a causal link between climatic change, conflict, and