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Scottish fruit farmers recruit thousands of locals to save harvest
Scottish fruit farmers have solved a recruitment crisis that could have resulted in this year’s harvest…
Big Oil is using the coronavirus pandemic to push through the Keystone XL pipeline | Bill McKibben
I’m going to tell you the single worst story I’ve heard in these past few horrid…
Rescuing the Great Barrier Reef: how much can be saved, and how can we do it?
When coral scientist Dr Zoe Richards left the Great Barrier Reef’s Lizard Island in late January,…
Fears for wildlife recovery after bushfires as coronavirus crisis stymies scientists’ fieldwork
Scientists are being forced to shut down or scale back fieldwork to assess the impact of…
Crossbreeding corals: the hunt for ways to heal the Great Barrier Reef
One of the dive instructors points out two blacktip reef sharks circling a docile green turtle…
Monopoly houses, toy soldiers and Lego: the museum of plastic lost at sea
Tracey Williams has been a beachcomber for most of her life. It started with school holidays…
‘Circular economy’: the tannery making leather from billy goats
Jack Millington walks past two huge industrial-style wooden tanning drums, through a door into the well-insulated…
Stinkbug invasion in Turkey threatens world hazelnut supplies
The world’s hazelnut supplies could be threatened by a stinkbug that has recently invaded Turkey, scientists…
Australian news: stories you may have missed during the coronavirus crisis
As Australia’s coronavirus outbreak continues – but with the cautious optimism of a slowing rate of…