Is this the future of shopping? Waitrose trials plastic free future
A dedicated refillable zone, the UK's first supermarket frozen ‘pick and mix’ and first borrow-a-box scheme are among a series of ideas being looked...
Inglorious 12th? Labour calls for review in grouse shooting
Labour’s Shadow Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary, Sue Hayman MP, will today call for a review into ‘driven’ grouse shooting,which the next Labour...
Higher air pollution days trigger cardiac arrests and hospitalisations
Hundreds of children and adults are suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrests or being sent to hospital for strokes or severe asthma attacks on days when...
Study links depression to air pollution in our cities
The first systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence connecting air pollution and a range of mental health problems, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, reviewed...
Work has started on a pioneering project that aims to restore rare habitat and...
Did you know that peat bogs have the ability to capture carbon from the atmosphere and store it away in their soils for millennia?...
Nearly half UK carbon footprint is from overseas emissions
Nearly half the UK’s carbon footprint comes from emissions released overseas to satisfy UK-based consumption, according to a new report.
Products including clothing, processed foods...
Global warming will cause ecosystems to produce more methane than first predicted
New research suggests that as the Earth warms natural ecosystems such as freshwaters will release more methane than expected from predictions based on temperature...
Manchester to host virtual green summit later this month
GREATER Manchester will outline its vision for our environment and set out the next steps to becoming carbon neutral at this year’s Green Summit,...
Artificial night lighting has widespread impacts on nature
Artificial night-time lighting has a diverse range of effects across the natural world and should be limited where possible, researchers say.
A team led...
A robotic revolution for urban nature
Drones, robots and autonomous systems can transform the natural world in and around cities for people and wildlife.
International research, involving over 170 experts and...