Earth’s climate will warm 15 per cent more than we thought
6 December 2017
Climate models have always offered a range of possible temperature rises, but it turns out the ones that best fit what’s happened so far all predict even greater warming
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Waterworlds: How should we protect our most precious resource?
6 December 2017
As new politics of protecting natural resources emerges, what does that mean for water? And who writes the rules? Three new books explore
The sparkling ice hummocks of the world’s biggest lake
6 December 2017
Temperature and pressure differences in the water of Russia’s Lake Baikal cause cracks to form, and great transparent slabs of ice rise off the surface
Japan’s refusal to stop ivory trade undermines bans elsewhere
6 December 2017
Even though other countries are clamping down on illegal ivory, the unconstrained trade in Japan may offer loopholes for criminals to keep selling ivory – fuelling elephant poaching
Sumatran tigers fall 17 per cent and have just two strongholds
5 December 2017
There are now only two viable populations of Sumatran tigers left in the wild, so if the cats are to be saved those areas have to be protected
Environmentalism: mission impossible, or just improbable?
4 December 2017
The latest dire warning from scientist could inspire defeatism. But hope and redoubled effort is a better response
Tasty tomatoes could be sacrificed in drive to cut food waste
30 November 2017
People are up in arms over new UK food labelling guidelines that advise storing tomatoes in the fridge. Does flavour have to lose out to reduce spoilage?
Why setting ‘safe’ limits for environmental damage won’t work
17 November 2017
The boundaries set for human impacts on the planet are deeply flawed and only encourage us to keep pushing towards them, warns Stuart Pimm
