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Images Of New Bleaching On Great Barrier Reef Heighten Fears Of Coral Death

The embattled Great Barrier Reef could face yet more severe coral bleaching in the coming month, with areas badly hit by last year’s event at risk of death. Images ta...

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Urban Butterfly Declines 69% Compared To 45% Drop In Countryside

Butterflies have vanished from towns and cities more rapidly than from the countryside over the past two decades, according to a new study. Industrial agriculture has long ...

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Millions Of Premature Births Could Be Linked To Air Pollution, Study Finds

Air pollution could be a contributing factor in millions of premature births around the world each year, a new report has found. Nearly 15 million babies are born annually ...

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Solar-Powered Trains Are Closer To Reality Than We Might Think

How can we connect solar photovoltaics (PV) directly to railways to power electric trains? That’s the question my charity 10:10 and researchers at Imperial College&rs...

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'Extraordinary' Levels Of Pollutants Found In 10km Deep Mariana Trench

Presence of manmade chemicals in most remote place on planet shows nowhere is safe from human impact, say scientists Scientists have discovered “extraordinary” ...

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Quinoa Could Solve The World's Looming Food Shortage, Say Scientists Who Cracked The Plant's Gene Code

It has become a byword for metropolitan, health-conscious dining, but new research suggests quinoa could be destined for a far more important future. Scientists believe the...

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Tipping Point: Revealing The Cities Where Exercise Does More Harm Than Good

In at least 15 cities, air pollution has now become so bad that the danger to health of just 30 minutes of cycling outweighs the benefits of exercise altogether, according ...

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Chembur School Students Create Their Very Own Terrace Garden

Having a green thumb is a blessing in today’s world. It may not be as common anymore, since city life keeps everyone on their toes, but Our Lady of Perpetual Succour ...

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Hundreds Of Whales Die In Mass Stranding On New Zealand Beach

Rescuers are trying to save dozens of whales after a mass stranding on a New Zealand beach thought to be the largest in decades. The Department of Conservation (DOC) discov...

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On Top Of Everything Else, Climate Change Helps West Nile Disease To Spread

In case there weren't enough reasons to be freaked out about climate change, here's another one: a new study shows it can make it easier for West Nile disease to spread. Su...

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