Environmental Protection
How to protect bats from wind turbines? Put whistles on them
We can teach wind turbines to speak bats’ language so we can prevent harm that we may unintentionally cause.
Study: plants are going extinct at an ‘alarming’ rate
Some 600 plant species have gone extinct since the mid-18th century: it's an extinction rate 500 times above normal.
The UK wants to cut its CO2 emissions to ‘net zero’ by 2050
"We have made huge progress in growing our economy and the jobs market while slashing emissions," Theresa May said.
Protected areas in the US are under severe threat
A series of decisions in 2017 to reduce the size of protected areas are adding up to a massive impact.
Climate change will make Siberia more habitable
A future climate is likely to become more favourable for people to support settlements in much of the region.
Plastic pollution in the seas is worse than we’ve thought
More microplastics accumulate at depths from 200m to 600m than on the surface, which spells more trouble.