Five ways to be a responsible wildlife tourist
Jul 14, 2019 13:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Imagine walking through a lush tropical forest. You hear a rustle overhead, and a half-eaten fruit plops onto the trail. You lock eyes with a howler monkey, before he gives a soft grunt and moves higher into the trees....
Solar weather has real, material effects on Earth
Jul 14, 2019 13:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
On Sep. 1, 1859, solar astronomer Richard Carrington witnessed sunspots that suddenly and briefly flashed brightly before they disappeared. Just before dawn the next day, auroras erupted over most of the Earth, reaching as...
Living with rats involves understanding the city as an ecosystem
Jul 14, 2019 13:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Rats! They eat our food, chew through our property and spread all sorts of nasty diseases. And they are gross (right?), with those naked tails and quick, unpredictable movements. Rats invade our homes our castles! the...
In the remote Cambodian jungles, we made sure rare Siamese crocodiles would have enough food
Jul 14, 2019 13:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
For nine hours, my colleague Michael Shackleton and I held onto our scooters for dear life while being slapped in the face by spiked jungle plants in the mountains of Cambodia. We only disembarked either to help push a...
The environmental cost of abandoning your tent at a music festival
Jul 12, 2019 10:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
After years of depressing images of huge fields strewn with abandoned tents and rubbish in the aftermath of music festivals, it was heartening to hear Glastonbury Festival organisers claim that 99% of festival-goers tents...
Food waste: using sustainable innovation to cut down what we throw away
Jul 12, 2019 09:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Our appetite for food is a serious problem. The huge amount of energy, land and water used to fill our supermarket shelves mean that modern overproduction and excessive consumerism are rapidly depleting resources and...
Plastic poses a major environmental threat: but is it being over-stated?
Jul 12, 2019 09:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
There is no doubt that plastic affects the environment badly. But a trend has developed in the reporting on the impact of plastics thats not only selective but also borders on panic mongering rather than impartial analysis...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
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