Venezuela loses its last glacier as it shrinks down to an ice field
Venezuela has lost its last remaining glacier after it shrunk so much that scientists reclassified it as an ice field. It is thought Venezuela is the first country to have lost all its glaciers in modern times. The country had…
Methane emissions: Australian cattle industry suggests shift from net zero target to âclimate neutralâ approach
Cattle Australia is lobbying the red meat sector to ditch its net zero target in favour of a âclimate neutralâ goal that would require far more modest reductions in methane emissions. The $75bn red meat industry, led by Meat and…
UK public invited to dance for worms to help assess soil health
Dancing for worms may seem an odd pursuit, but an environment charity is calling for people across the UK to charm the creatures from the depths in order to count them. The Soil Association is trying to get a nationwide…
UN expert attacks âexploitativeâ world economy in fight to save planet
The race to save the planet is being impeded by a global economy that is contingent on the exploitation of people and nature, according to the UNâs outgoing leading environment and human rights expert. David Boyd, who served as UN…
âIâve only the clothes on my backâ: lives swept away by floods in Kenya
Jane Kalekye trudges through the narrow muddy alley to her tin-roof house in Mathare, one of Kenyaâs largest slums. Ever since the devastating floods that forced her out of her home last month, she and other residents who live by…
Scaling up: the app thatâs transforming lives in South African fishing communities
The 59-year-old Wilfred Poggenpoel is a fisher from Lambertâs Bay, a picturesque town 170 miles north of Cape Town thatâs popular with surfers and home to 17,000 breeding pairs of Cape gannets. Five years ago, he made the decision to…
Endangered red handfish returned to the wild off Tasmania after heatwave rescue â video
Scientists have returned 18 red handfish to Tasmanian waters months after they were removed to protect them from record high sea temperatures. Marine ecologist Dr Jemina Stuart-Smith said removing the fish had been a difficult decision but was the âright…
Country diary: Wildlife needs quiet, not the roar of motorbikes | Mark Cocker
The sounds of curlews rippling overhead and stonechatsâ song were instantly drowned out. Instead, all you could hear was the brutal revving of motorbikes as a caravan of offroad bikers â almost a default encounter in parts of this region…
Scottish salmon industry challenged over move to drop âfarmedâ from labels
Animal welfare campaigners are challenging the decision to allow producers of Scottish salmon to drop the word âfarmedâ from labelling. An application by the industry body claimed changing the protected name wording on the front of packaging from âScottish farmed…
Why are the worldâs cities sinking? – podcast
A study has found that more than two dozen US coastal cities are sinking by more than 2mm a year. Itâs a similar picture across the world. Nearly half of Chinaâs major cities, as well as places such as Tehran…