Less plastic, more awareness: the European Union’s challenge
The European Union has made a bold decision in banning certain single-use plastic products. But this is just the first step in a long journey.
Bird thought to have been extinct for 172 years sighted in Borneo
A “breathtaking” discovery has been made in Borneo with the sighting of a black-browed Akalat, an endemic bird species, for the first time in 172 years.
Through the eyes of the people. The EU Parliament’s environmental campaign in Italy
From celebrities to students striking for the climate, we all dream of a better planet. The European Parliament in Italy wants us to share our aspirations.
Israel’s coast polluted by hundreds of tonnes of tar in major oil spill
Hundreds of tonnes of oil have poured out onto Israel’s Mediterranean coast. Experts believe it’s one of the country’s worst ecological disasters.
How a starfish can help us understand climate change
A small starfish living in Norwegian waters is changing with the climate and is being studied to better understand the impact of global warming.
Global warming may have contributed to the emergence of coronavirus
A study indicates that the zoonotic origins of coronavirus may have been favoured by global warming’s impact on the conditions for bat habitats.
Whales are starving to death due to rising ocean temperatures
The decline in grey and humpback whales in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans has been traced to food shortages caused by rising ocean temperatures.
What 2020 taught us about the climate crisis
We must take advantage of opportunities for change to stop the climate crisis from becoming so serious that it drives us towards collective erasure.
On the streets of Washington on Joe Biden’s inauguration day. Chronicles from a deserted city
Next stop Washington D.C. A report from the streets of the United States capital on the day of President Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Two new embryos created to save the northern white rhino from extinction
Only two northern white rhinos remain, and both are females, but scientists have created two new embryos to save the species, for a total of five.