Scientists show how re-engineering enzymes from a plastic eating bacteria, can provide us new avenues in plastic degradation.

The fast-warming Arctic has started to transition from a predominantly frozen state into an entirely different climate, according to a comprehensive new study of Arctic conditions.

Rare woodlands are vital stores of biodiversity but are under threat of being lost entirely

New research shows that around a fifth of all carbon emissions in recent years has come from the assets and suppliers of multinational corporations – and the flow of money indicates that pollution is effectively being outsourced from the developed world

A new study finds that Earth’s water may have come from materials that were present in the inner solar system at the time the planet formed — instead of far-reaching comets or asteroids delivering such water. The findings published Aug. 28 in Science suggest that Earth may have always been wet.

For five generations, Charles Massy's family rode on the sheep's back and nearly destroyed their land in the process. But going back to nature changed his property and turbocharged a "revolution".

Delivering online shopping to people's homes is a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions, particularly when deliveries fail and the journey needs to be repeated. Researchers are now re-thinking home deliveries to see if there is a better way of doing things, with ideas including robot couriers, jointly owned parcel lockers and an "Uber' for parcels.

Astronomers have spotted an asteroid that has been captured by Earth's gravity, making it a temporary mini-moon. It will probably fly away again in April

The research, used to help avoid a ban, claimed ‘severe impacts’ on farming if glyphosate was outlawed

Soil’s earthy smell comes from chemicals produced by bacteria called Streptomyces, which use the odour to attract springtails to help disperse their spores

The North Magnetic Pole has been racing across the top of the world, from Canada towards Siberia.

The discovery of a new breeding pair raises hope for the future of a critically endangered gibbon.

Stop The Wildlife Trade: ‘Extinction breeds extinction’, says grim new study revealing more than 500 species are on course to go extinct in next two decades - around the same figure for the whole of the twentieth century

On 15 July 2020, what looked like your typical dry waterway was engulfed by a sickening dust puffing black sludge, reminiscent of the villainous cartoon toxin, Hexxus from FernGully: The Last Rainforest.

We all know by now that eating less meat is good for the planet - the production of meat products for human consumption leaves behind a hefty carbon footprint.

From Rolling Stone: A new Trump administration rule relaxing guidelines that govern the transport of liquefied natural gas could create “bomb trains” with enough explosive power to level whole cities

The two great mysteries the earth solved

The real global warming disaster: green taxes, a suicidal energy policy and wasting billions on useless windmills.

The Cambrian Explosion, a period in time when life on Earth diversified dramatically, was likely caused by several factors, including gene changes, sea level rise and an influx of calcium into the oceans, new research suggests.

An artist-geologist renders the history of the Earth with maps.