Climate
-
The fight to save the Great Barrier Reef
Can money alone save the Great Barrier Reef? The world’s largest living thing is shrinking fast. Australia, its nearest country, will invest huge sums to try to tackle this emergency.
-
One in eight bird species may soon be extinct
Should we all be birdwatchers? Birds are some of the most popular wildlife on the planet, yet many species are dying out. What is killing them, and what can they teach us about nature?
-
Eureka! Scientists create plastic-eating mutant
Do the biggest changes happen by accident? While investigating an enzyme that breaks down plastic, scientists mistakenly made it better. It could “help with society’s growing waste problem”.
-
How fake meat burgers could save the world
Could fake meat ever replace the real thing? White Castle, one of America’s most famous burger chains, has branched out into selling the “Impossible Slider” — an advanced vegan burger.
-
How to stop Antarctica’s ice from melting
Could we create new glaciers to stop Antarctic ice from melting? The continent’s huge ice sheet has been slowly shrinking for the last 16 years. It could have terrible results for the world.
-
Sad farewell for Sudan, the last of his kind
Is there a future for the northern white rhino? Sudan was the last male of his kind; now he has died, leaving his daughter and granddaughter the only two of their subspecies on the planet.
-
Half the world ‘should be just for animals’
How do we make the world safer for endangered species? This is the question experts must answer after a new study revealed a shocking drop in the number of orangutans living in Borneo.
-
For lunch today: locusts, crickets and worms
Could eating insects save the human race? With the global population expanding fast, experts are worried the planet may run out of food. One good answer would be to eat more bugs...
-
The family that gave up plastic
Should you cut out plastic for a week? People are becoming more aware of the issue of plastic pollution. One journalist decided to avoid the material for seven days. He found it very hard…
-
Yes it really is snowing in the Sahara
How worried should we be about weird weather? Snow in the world’s most famous desert. Alligators in ice. Boiling bats. And these are just a few of the freak events of last week.
-
Woodland revolution inspires huge new forest
Is this really the best way to spend so much money? Praiseworthy though it is, the new Northern Forest will cost around £500 million by the time all the trees have been planted.
-
Starving bear highlights climate crisis
Can a video help fight climate change? This week heartbreaking footage of a starving polar bear has been beamed around the world. Some blame melting ice for the animal’s terrible condition.
-
‘Let it snow!’ An Arctic blast is on its way…
Is the weather outside frightful? Or delightful? Meteorologists say that a wave of Arctic air will soon bring cold winds, frost, and perhaps even snowstorms to Europe and North America.
-
Nightmare in paradise as Bali volcano rumbles
Are volcanoes the greatest threat to mankind? On the Indonesian island of Bali, Mount Agung could be about to erupt in a big way. However, it is not the world’s most dangerous volcano…
-
London buses to be powered by... coffee?
Should all transport use biofuels? A British technology company has managed to turn coffee waste into fuel. Now Transport for London says this will help to keep its iconic red buses running.