For 900 years, Lugg and Hampton wildflower meadows in Herefordshire have bloomed into a wash of…
Year: 2020
Will the coronavirus kill the oil industry and help save the climate?
The plunging demand for oil wrought by the coronavirus pandemic combined with a savage price war…
‘Really amazing’: scientists show that fish migrate through the deep oceans
New research has finally demonstrated what many marine biologists suspected but had never before seen: fish…
Country diary: there’s solace to be found walking down a rural lane
Thanks to coronavirus and physical distancing, we’ve seen some glorious sunrises lately. Early one morning last…
Nightingales at risk due to shorter wings caused by climate crisis
The nightingale was feted by John Keats as a “light-winged Dryad of the trees”. But the…
Burning question: plastic pollution scars poorest countries – in pictures
A waste picker collects plastic bottles on a burning dump in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Multinational…
Climate crisis may have pushed world’s tropical coral reefs to tipping point of ‘near-annual’ bleaching
Rising ocean temperatures could have pushed the world’s tropical coral reefs over a tipping point where…
Coronavirus: UK faces cardboard shortage due to crisis
The UK could be hit by a national cardboard shortage as more and more local councils…
‘We can’t go back to normal’: how will coronavirus change the world?
Everything feels new, unbelievable, overwhelming. At the same time, it feels as if we’ve walked into…
Coronavirus is a tragedy – but it could be the wake-up call we need
For some time this pandemic will focus almost all of our attention. It is a tragedy…