Declining calcium levels in some North American lakes are causing major depletions of dominant plankton species, enabling the rapid rise of their...
A new system of pollution sensing, currently being tested at Heathrow Airport, could revolutionise monitoring air quality and predicting its health...
Leading conservationists warn that in order to save biodiversity, society's behaviour must change.
Chinese, Indian, American and British scientists have released a conference declaration urging a region-by-region response to increased water...
Scientists have warned that world leaders are in a race against time to make key decisions about the future of international co-operation in the...
One of the latest technologies to emerge - metabolomics - is being used to create a snapshot of how environmental chemicals affect living organisms...
Are there any wild places left in Britain and Ireland? Robert Macfarlane has travelled in search of them, reflecting on the meaning of &lsquo...
Arsenic in drinking water is threatening the health of people in more than 70 countries around the globe, according to new research presented today.
Researchers are calling for tighter controls on the live reef fish trade, a growing threat to coral reefs, in letters to the international journal...