Environmental Protection
Discarded fishing nets are a menace to corals and marine life
Not even some pristine tropical isles are free from the scourge of abandonded fishing nets.
Climate and crops: Farm worker safety is key to future yields
New research draws a direct climate link between farm worker safety, global economic impacts and the ability to feed people.
Your plastic waste may end up befouling a beach far away
"Swimming close to the shore with my family I was constantly fishing out plastic bags," a reporter in Thailand explained.
Is there a climate link to Miami’s condo catastrophe?
Coastal cities across the globe are dealing with land subsidence even as the sea is rising. It may have contributed to Miami's tragedy.
Russia’s vast forests sequester far more carbon than previously thought
Russia's forests have accumulated a large amount of biomass since the collapse of the Soviet Union three decades ago.
Australia ‘must do more’ to protect the Great Barrier Reef
The long-term outlook for the ecosystem of the reef has deteriorated from poor to very poor and climate, UNESCO says.