Al Gore: The return of climate science’s preacher man
11 August 2017
Climate denialism seems to loom large, but after 10 years delivering his message globally, Al Gore believes we’re on the road to salvation
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Church floodlights are driving away the bats that roost there
8 August 2017
Churches are often floodlit at night to show off their architecture – but the lights are preventing bats from roosting in the ancient buildings
Is our environmental future better than we thought?
2 August 2017
Two possible visions of our future are competing for our attention: an Anthropocene desert of homogenised mongrels and a virtual supercontinent teeming with new species
Large carnivores have lost more than 90 per cent of their range
11 July 2017
The hunting grounds of lions, tigers and the red and Ethiopian wolves have shrunk dramatically in the past 500 years, but a few species aren't doing as badly
Ozone layer recovery will be delayed by chemical leaks
27 June 2017
Leaks of a common chemical used in paints and for manufacturing are harming the ozone layer and could delay recovery of the ozone hole until 2095
Living with climate change: What's the worst that can happen?
21 June 2017
If Earth reaches dangerous tipping points like the Antarctic glaciers melting, we'll have to engineer our way out of the crisis. It's difficult to gauge how far we are from either of those things
Living with climate change: Convincing the sceptics
21 June 2017
Global warming is real, and global warming is here. Whether old-school conservative or free-market radical, here's how to convince the doubters of the facts
World’s largest annual wildlife drowning boosts river ecosystem
19 June 2017
Thousands of wildebeest drown as they cross the Mara river in Kenya on their yearly migration – creating a boon for the river’s ecosystem
Billion-dollar dams are making water shortages, not solving them
15 June 2017
Dams are mitigating climate change impacts for certain populations, but the overall effect of such interventions may be increased drought
Inventor hero was a one-man environmental disaster
7 June 2017
From poisonous cars to the destruction of the ozone layer, Thomas Midgley almost single-handedly invented a global environmental crisis, finds Fred Pearce
