Can Asia end its uncontrolled consumption of wildlife? Here's how North America did it a century ago
Jun 21, 2020 12:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
It was a dark time for animals. Poaching was rampant. Wild birds and mammals were being slaughtered by the thousands. An out-of-control wildlife trade was making once-common animals hard to find and pushing rare species...
Huge locust swarms are threatening food security, but drones could help stop them
Jun 21, 2020 11:24 am UTC| Nature
In recent months, food security concerns have emerged for nations across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, as swarms of desert locusts wreak havoc on crops. While the same level of damage isnt currently being felt in...
Jun 14, 2020 12:29 pm UTC| Nature Technology
Almost a decade ago, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstalls Fish Fight campaign galvanised public opinion against the senseless waste of discarding fish. At the time this was the common practice of returning unwanted catches to the...
Jun 04, 2020 11:30 am UTC| Nature Science
This summer, for the first time, genetically modified mosquitoes could be released in the U.S. On May 1, 2020, the company Oxitec received an experimental use permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to...
How the man-made chemical, nonylphenol, hampers the growth of fresh produce
Jun 03, 2020 13:29 pm UTC| Nature
Nonylphenol is a man-made chemical used in a wide variety of agricultural, food, industry and household products. A detergent-like substance, its main purpose is to make plastics more pliable and liquids more spreadable,...
Billions of years ago, the rise of oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere caused a worldwide deep freeze
Jun 03, 2020 13:27 pm UTC| Nature
Around two and a half billion years ago the Earth was an alien world that would have been hostile to most of the complex life that surrounds us today. This was a planet where bacteria reigned, and one kind of bacteria in...
If all cars were electric, UK carbon emissions would drop by 12%
May 29, 2020 13:33 pm UTC| Nature
The COVID-19 lockdown has led to reduced pollution and emissions in the UK and around the world, providing a clear indication of how cars affect air quality and carbon emissions. But such a change is only temporary ...
Putin’s Russia: first arrests under new anti-LGBT laws mark new era of repression
Canada needs a national strategy for homeless refugee claimants