Climate change will create new ecosystems, so let's help plants move
Aug 23, 2016 06:21 am UTC| Nature
Australias ecosystems are already showing the signs of climate change, from the recent death of mangrove forests in northern Australia, to the decline in birds in eastern Australia, to the inability of mountain ash forests...
New Zealand is letting economics rule its environmental policies
Aug 22, 2016 10:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature Economy
Balancing the environment with development is tricky. One way for policymakers to include the value of ecosystems in development is to set limits for pollution and other environmental impacts, known as environmental bottom...
What if we abandoned Britain's farms and left them to nature?
Aug 22, 2016 09:24 am UTC| Nature
Without farming, Britains countryside would be drastically different. Imagine walking through landscapes un-tilled, un-sown, un-fertilised and un-treated, nor grazed by cattle or sheep. Following the Brexit vote, the...
Green beans: why pulses are the eco-friendly option for feeding – and saving – the world
Aug 17, 2016 09:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
We all know the score: current trends predict there will be 9.7 billion mouths to feed by 2050. Producing enough food without using more land, exacerbating climate change or putting more pressure on water, soil and energy...
Parasitic flies, zombified ants, predator beetles – insect drama on Mexican coffee plantations
Aug 16, 2016 15:28 pm UTC| Nature
Ants are voracious predators and often very good at defending plants from herbivores. People have taken advantage of this quirk for centuries. In fact, using ants in orange groves is one of the first recorded pest control...
Our planet is heating - the empirical evidence
Aug 16, 2016 14:07 pm UTC| Nature
In an entertaining and somewhat chaotic episode of QA (Monday 15th August) pitching science superstar Brian Cox against climate contrarian and global conspiracy theorist and now senator Malcolm Roberts, the question of...
As Rio bay waters show, we badly need innovation in treating human wastes
Aug 13, 2016 11:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
In the months leading up to the Rio Olympics, there was growing awareness that Brazil had not met the water quality goals outlined in their bid, and that athletes might be swimming, sailing, rowing or canoeing in waters...
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