The environment needs billions of dollars more: here's how to raise the money
Feb 07, 2017 04:00 am UTC| Nature Law
Extinction threatens iconic Australian birds and animals. The regent honeyeater, the orange-bellied parrot, and Leadbeaters possum have all entered the list of critically endangered species. It is too late for the more...
Responsible green finance: can investors make a real social impact?
Feb 06, 2017 08:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Nature
At the beginning of 2017, France announced the launch of its green bonds scheme. A green bond is like a conventional bond, but one issued specifically to fund an environmental project. The amount, not yet officially...
Does an anomaly in the Earth's magnetic field portend a coming pole reversal?
Feb 06, 2017 07:38 am UTC| Nature Science
The Earth is blanketed by a magnetic field. Its what makes compasses point north, and protects our atmosphere from continual bombardment from space by charged particles such as protons. Without a magnetic field, our...
How farmers in Africa are finding ways to sustainably use wetlands
Feb 02, 2017 13:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Swamps, marshes, floodplains and mangrove forests, all known as wetlands, are a precious resource. In their natural state they provide a range of eco-system services. They regulate water flows, store eroded materials and...
Feb 02, 2017 04:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
On his fourth day as U.S. president, Donald Trump penned executive orders to advance construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline Project pipeline and the Keystone XL pipeline. A week later, there were reports the new...
Research challenges the view that environmental regulators are anti-business
Jan 28, 2017 07:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Republican candidates strongly agreed that the United States has too many regulations, and that these rules often are bad for business or a waste of taxpayer dollars. President Trump...
Drugs from bugs: the next blockbuster medicine could be lurking inside an insect
Jan 28, 2017 06:30 am UTC| Nature
For thousands of years humans turned to nature to cure and soothe their ills. Modern science built on these ancient foundations and the natural product discovery programmes established by pharmaceutical companies provided...
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
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects