China and India's race to dam the Brahmaputra river puts the Himalayas at risk

Sep 26, 2016 08:06 am UTC| Nature

The mighty Himalayas act as the water tower of the South and Southeast Asian region. More than ten major rivers originate from the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China. And for the past decade, India and China, the two...

Why military and market responses are no way to save species from extinction

Sep 26, 2016 05:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

The arrival of climate change brings with it large-scale habitat loss and unprecedented species extinctions. The booming black and grey markets in already-threatened animals, including the rhino, elephant, and pangolin,...

BP in the Bight: why the planned oil spill response is too slow to protect the coast

Sep 23, 2016 09:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature Business

Australias offshore petroleum industry regulator is set to rule next week whether to grant oil giant BPs application to drill in the Great Australian Bight. But BPs environmental plan, released last week, suggests that...

Climate Change Series

Business moves on climate as the Paris Agreement gets closer to sealing the deal

Sep 23, 2016 05:07 am UTC| Nature

The Paris climate agreement is getting closer to coming into force. This week 31 countries ratified the deal, including Brazil (the worlds 12th-largest greenhouse gas emitter), the United Arab Emirates and...

Climate Change Series

Scientist at work: Tracking melt water under the Greenland ice sheet

Sep 23, 2016 00:19 am UTC| Nature

During the past decade, Ive spent nearly a year of my life living on the Greenland ice sheet to study how melt water impacts the movement of the ice. What happens to the water that finds its way from the melting ice...

How do antibiotic-resistant bacteria get into the environment?

Sep 22, 2016 23:03 pm UTC| Science Nature

Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health problem. The United Nations recently acknowledged this as one of the biggest threats to modern medicine, dedicating a high-level meeting to the issue at the 2016 General...

Climate Change Series

The Great Barrier Reef's 'new normal' is a forlorn sight

Sep 22, 2016 06:34 am UTC| Nature

Images of this years coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef shocked the world. Some tour operators expressed concern that the extensive and sometimes simplistic media coverage would hurt their businesses. The reef...