Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Climate
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“Sometimes it is almost impossible not to feel hopeless and broken,” says the climate scientist Ruth Cerezo-Mota. “After all the flooding, fires, and droughts of the last three years worldwide,…
Hundreds of the world’s leading climate scientists expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) above preindustrial levels this century, blasting past internationally agreed targets and causing catastrophic…
This I’m afraid is greenwashing. We have to dramatically cut meat consumption. Farming cattle is particularly inefficient so must be a focus. I don’t want to, but Ive stopped eating…
This survey is very important. We need to carry farmers with us as we tackle global warming. The National Farmers Union cites extreme wet weather and post-Brexit phasing-out of EU…
As Ely in Cambridgeshire celebrates its annual Eel Festival this weekend, what is the future of the now critically endangered fish that provided the city with its name? Eels are…
Heat waves are rising not just on land. Globally, marine heat waves are registering a growing trend. A recent study titled Future Projections for the Tropical Indian Ocean has found…
A new study reveals that cooperation by bumblebees isn’t simply a result of accumulated individual efforts. Rather, these miniature-brained creatures are not just hard-working pollinators, but also show signs of…
Oil and gas equipment intended to cut methane emissions is preventing scientists from accurately detecting greenhouse gases and pollutants, a satellite image investigation has revealed. Energy companies operating in countries…
Forest mammals live in a multidimensional space which they negotiate in myriad, ingenious ways. Many of them operate as much in the vertical dimension as in the horizontal, yet only…
According to French government sources, nine EU countries will meet in Brussels at the start of the week to discuss the impact of the UK’s decision to ban bottom fishing…
A team of researchers led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig University (UL), and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) has investigated the motivation and…
Thousands of trees have been planted on a fell after it was bought by a community interest company that plans to turn it into a nature reserve. Sally Phillips bought…
Mangroves are one of most important ecosystems on the world’s coasts. They absorb the impact of storms, prevent erosion, provide food and safety for fish and other animals and can…
Hill farming will end in Wales in time as eating habits evolve. We must continue to drive that evolution and look after the farmers at the same time. Time is…
After three years of fiery eruptions, experts are now confident that Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula has entered a new fiery phase. A fiery beast has awoken from centuries of slumber. The…
Enlightened Dutch farmer, John Arink farms sustainably with no fertiliser and heritage Frisian Dutch cows. He runs a calf love program. Calves feed naturally from their mothers. A farmer who…
Here we reveal the carbon footprint of our major travel methods. The most striking revelation is how very inefficient and polluting it is to travel alone in a big fuel…
Moving away from physical field and farm boundaries is an interesting concept. See excerpt below: Grazing sheep are being fitted with collars to help them create nesting environments for threatened…
The warming avoided by planting CO2-absorbing forests could be around 15 to 30 per cent lower than previously estimated due to feedbacks such as dark trees reflecting less sunlight. Our…
8 more satellite-tagged hen harriers vanish – Natural England ‘forgets’ to mention them in latest press release On Saturday, Natural England published a press release providing details about this year’s…