Environment

A new strategy published today sets out a clear, practical plan to achieve Officially Bovine TB-Free status in England by 2038, backed by an ambition...

The way that Earth’s first animals reproduced held back life’s diversity for millions of years, until stress and competition led to the development of...

Too often, policy recommendations in climate-related research are either an afterthought or stray too far into advocacy, a major new analysis has...

Industrial-scale mining in Africa to support global supply chains is leading to unprecedented deforestation across the continent, with 34 hectares of...

The first Global Climate Research Prize (GCRP) will be awarded during a glittering ceremony at the University of Cambridge on 10 June.

Field trials in India show that bio-fertilisers containing naturally occurring soil fungi enhance growth in rice plants. This may offer a pathway to...

Achieving an international conservation target to protect almost a third of the world’s land and sea in the next four years could directly affect the...

A major analysis led by the University of Cambridge has found that many REDD+ projects achieved meaningful reductions in forest loss - offering real...

Snow cover in the mountains of Greece – an important water source for communities, agriculture and natural ecosystems during the dry summer months –...

A decades-long study of oceanographic data provides the first evidence that deep-ocean heat has moved closer to Antarctica, threatening the fragile...