We finally have the tools to build a net-zero world
1 September 2021
Today, many of the technologies required to decarbonise society are ready to be put in place – and the costs of shifting to net zero must be weighed against the price of inaction
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Why the UK doesn't need a new coal mine
1 September 2021
The UK is considering opening a new coal mine – here's why it doesn't need one, says Mark Peplow
Net-zero living: How your day will look in a carbon-neutral world
1 September 2021
We fast-forward to 2050 and imagine what an average day will be like when we have slashed our carbon emissions – a picture informed by the latest research, ongoing trials and expert opinion
Hurricane Ida was almost certainly made worse by climate change
31 August 2021
Scientists say Hurricane Ida, which reached wind speeds of 241km/h, killed at least one person and left more than a million people without power, was almost certainly made worse because of climate change
Climate change linked to risk of viruses jumping species in the Arctic
27 August 2021
Climate change may increase the risk of viruses infecting new hosts in the Arctic, suggests a study of genetic material from an Arctic lake
How domesticating the African baobab tree could secure its future
27 August 2021
Farmers seldom plant the African baobab because it takes up to 23 years to fruit, but a team in Ghana has got the trees to flower in less than three years
China's covid-19 lockdowns brought forward spring bloom by eight days
25 August 2021
Clearer skies from restrictions on traffic during the covid-19 pandemic seem to have brought forward China’s spring by around eight days, resulting in so much vegetation growth that the country was almost a fifth "greener"
Endangered bettong reintroduced in Australia after more than a century
24 August 2021
Forty near-extinct brush-tailed bettongs have been reintroduced to mainland South Australia after predators like cats and foxes drove them out more than 100 years ago
