Not all marine fish eat plastics

Jul 12, 2018 06:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

The Gulf Stream, which curves along the southern shore of Newfoundland, is saturated with plastics. Fish that feed from the surface waters, where plastics tend to accumulate, are in an ideal position to ingest...

Coldplay conundrum: how to reduce the risk of failure for environmental projects

Jul 10, 2018 05:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

New Zealands government has committed to planting one billion trees as part of a transition to a low-emission economy, in line with its commitments under the Paris Agreement. The One Billion Trees Programme promises to...

Why the 2018 heatwave will not be as bad as 1976 for your fruit and vegetables

Jul 09, 2018 14:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Comparisons have been made between summer 2018 and the record breaking heatwave of 1976, which is often hailed as being unprecedented for how hot and dry it was. June 2018 has not only been the hottest since 1976, it is...

How Ethiopia and Kenya have put a world heritage site in danger

Jul 09, 2018 14:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Lake Turkana is the worlds largest desert lake. Located in Kenyas remote northern arid lands, it is the most saline of Africas great lakes, and its vast aquatic resources contribute to the livelihoods of over 300,000...

How to protect your children from wildfire smoke

Jul 09, 2018 14:16 pm UTC| Nature

Were very careful about what our kids eat, but what about the air they breathe? During recent summers, children living on the West Coast of Canada have been breathing some of the most polluted air on record. This is due...

7.5 billion and counting: How many humans can the Earth support?

Jul 09, 2018 14:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Humans are the most populous large mammal on Earth today, and probably in all of geological history. This World Population Day, humans number in the vicinity of 7.5 to 7.6 billion individuals. Can the Earth support this...

We need a bank of DNA from dirt and water to protect Australia's environment

Jul 09, 2018 14:05 pm UTC| Science Nature

Measuring biodiversity used to mean laboriously collecting samples and manually identifying the plants, animals and fungi. This might involve careful inspection under a microscope to spot identifying features. This takes a...