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plastic bottles

Earth

Throwaway culture: The truth about recycling

We take it for granted that recycling is the best way to dispose of waste. But is that just greenwash? New Scientist sorts through the trash so that you can make up your mind

Features

mammoth tusk

Life

See the 'tuskers' hunting woolly mammoths in Siberian permafrost

Regulars

Volvo XC90 SUV

Technology

Hailing e-Volvos as imminent saviours of the planet is nonsense

Comment

Melting tundra

Earth

Uninhabitable Earth? In fact, it’s really hard to fry the planet

Analysis

A bowl of fried chicken

Health

Backstreet fried chicken shops must stop using killer trans fat

Comment

fire

Earth

How Aboriginal knowledge can help the world combat wildfires

Features

river, dam

Earth

Dams can lead the way to a better relationship with nature

Leader

dam

Earth

Open the floodgates: Designer deluges could save dammed rivers

Features

Nature and human nature intersect in a crowdsourced exhibition

Earth

Nature and human nature intersect in a crowdsourced exhibition

Culture

A handful of golf-ball-sized hailstones

Earth

More killer hail coming unless we curb global warming

Extreme hail storms can be a threat to life and property. If we carry on polluting the planet we'll have to face more of them, warns physicist Raymond Pierrehumbert

Comment

Earth

Trump's wise monkey environment plan: See no evil, hear no evil

Comment

Earth

Italy’s drying lakes imperil rare shrimp species found only here

News

Earth

The death of King Coal hints we are at a climate turning point

Leader

Earth

Sweden commits to becoming carbon neutral by 2045 with new law

News