The majority of the world’s population live in countries that are dependent on, at least to some extent, imported food, according to a new study published on 17 April in
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The groundbreaking documentary Food Evolution offered the general public a science-based introduction to crop biotechnology, revealing how activists attack it and debunking some of the more pernicious myths about GMOs
The current international health crisis could lead to a much-welcomed fall in global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, however, while a boon for the climate in the short-term, the slowdown in
On 26th February, the European Commission is due to present its biodiversity strategy, anticipating the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15)
As soon as the slightest criticism is made of the popular orthodoxy of beliefs about the climate, its author will systematically be designated a denier. If, in addition, that criticism
Vegetable oil-based biofuels, in particular, those produced from palm oil, are increasingly used as alternatives to fossil fuels, despite rising controversy over their sustainability. This has promoted to the continuous
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that may be contributing far more to climate change than previously thought. In a new paper published on 19 February in Nature, the authors
One woman’s trash is another man’s gold, or so the old saying goes. Now, scientists have found a way to turn any carbon-based trash — from food scraps to plastics
Timber buildings could store anywhere between 10 million tonnes of carbon per year to 700 million tonnes, according to a new paper published on 27 January in Nature Sustainability. With
In 2019, the oceans reached higher temperatures than at any other point in recorded human history, according to a new analysis published on 13 January in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences