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Tumble dryers shed hundreds of tonnes of microfibres into waterways

24 May 2023

Condenser tumble dryers are sold as a "sustainable" option because of their low energy demand, but they still shed large quantities of microfibres into the environment

A field of soya beans that has been hit by drought

Europe to become a hotspot for flash droughts caused by climate change

13 April 2023

The warming climate is causing soils to lose their moisture more quickly, resulting in damaging, rapid-onset droughts

Climate change is fuelling the spread of viral diseases in plants

11 April 2023

Warmer and wetter weather has been linked to higher rates of infection in an analysis of plant virus outbreaks across the world from 1984 to 2019

Students ate less meat for three years after a talk on climate impact

2 March 2023

In a randomised trial, students who listened to a single 50-minute talk on the health and climate impacts of meat ate 9 per cent fewer meat-based meals over the next three years

15 million people live in possible flood path for melting glaciers

7 February 2023

Glacial lakes can cause flooding if an ice or rock dam holding back the water fails, putting an estimated 15 million people at risk, an analysis has found

Trees help to ease the “urban heat island effect”, which sees temperatures in cities climb higher than in nearby rural areas

Doubling trees in European cities could prevent thousands of deaths

31 January 2023

A modelling study of 93 European cities suggests that more than 2600 human heat-related deaths over just three months could have been prevented if these places increased their average tree coverage from 15 per cent to 30 per cent

Aerial view showing a deforested area of the Amazon rainforest seen during a flight between Manaus and Manicore, in Amazonas State, Brazil, on June 6, 2022. - The way for man's lust over the Amazonian richness is open at the

Amazon deforestation may shrink Himalayan snow and Antarctic ice

5 January 2023

Changes in temperature and precipitation due to rapid deforestation in the Amazon rainforest could have effects as far away as the Tibetan plateau and Antarctica

Bacteria seen with an electron microscope

Microfibres that pollute the seas are floating homes for bacteria

30 November 2022

Almost 200 species of bacteria, including one that can cause food poisoning, were found on microfibre particles from the Mediterranean Sea

Bananas threatened by devastating fungus given temporary resistance

21 September 2022

A way to make Cavendish banana plants temporarily resistant to Fusarium fungus could lead to new ways to protect them from Panama disease

Deepwater Horizon oil spill did no harm to BP's long-term share value

15 June 2022

BP paid $65 billion in fines and compensation for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, but a simulated version of the oil and gas company suggests there was no dent in long-term stock market performance