The Guardian view on Europe’s green deal: stick to the plan
Difficult and almost impossibly daunting as it may seem, the world is faced with not one but two existential crises and two races against...
Electric cars produce less CO2 than petrol vehicles, study confirms
Electric vehicles produce less carbon dioxide than petrol cars across the vast majority of the globe - contrary to the claims of some detractors,...
Cattle gridlock: EU border delays add to coronavirus strain on meat...
Campaigners have called for the suspension of all live animal shipments out of Europe, and a restriction to the shortest possible journeys within Europe,...
Coronavirus pandemic leading to huge drop in air pollution
The coronavirus pandemic is shutting down industrial activity and temporarily slashing air pollution levels around the world, satellite imagery from the European Space Agency...
‘A manatee is worth more alive’: the mission to save Africa’s...
It is a blistering day in the Senegalese coastal town of Joal and a group of biologists are standing in a motorised dugout canoe,...
Warm summer of 2019 gives flight to butterfly numbers
The record temperatures of summer 2019 helped make it the best season for butterflies in 22 years, with more than half of Britain's species...
Country diary: a muddy climb is rewarded with sweeping views
The narrow lane down to the beach was edged with the yellow flowers of celandines, huddled at the base of the hedge. After days...
Great Barrier Reef watchers anxiously await evidence of coral bleaching from...
The full impact of coral bleaching across the Great Barrier Reef will become clearer this week as aerial surveys of hundreds of reefs are...
Emboldened wild animals venture into locked-down cities worldwide
As cities around the world mandate lockdowns, quarantines and social distancing, social media posts about animals frolicking through deserted cities have enchanted people anxiously...
Diet, health, inequality: why Britain’s food supply system doesn’t work
Tim Lang likes to take the long view. A conversation with the internationally renowned professor of food policy at London's City University will roam...
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