Environmental Protection
Water companies are major sources of microplastics in the UK’s rivers
Water companies must stop releasing untreated sewage and wastewater into rivers during periods of dry weather, an expert says.
Gabon, Costa Rica call for new UN protocol on wildlife trade
Presidents Bongo and Alvarado want an illegal wildlife trade protocol that's equal to existing UN measures on munitions or human trafficking.
To save coral reefs, we’ll need to cut global emissions fast
The good news is that 63% of all reefs in an emissions scenario will still be able to grow by 2100.
From Canada to Mongolia several forests have grown back
Forests here and there have regrown in large patches covering an overall area the size of France.
How to roll back the global trade in wildlife? Pay poor countries, scientists say
The global trade network is more highly connected under conditions of greater international wealth inequality.
The future of Antarctica, and much of the planet, will hang in the balance in coming decades
"If the world warms up at the current rate we will see the Antarctic system start to get away from us around 2060.”