Communitise natural resource management

Drug wars

Mad about beef

The threat over mad cow disease resurfaces yet again in Europe

Increasing green cover

Manufacturers to recycle

UNITED NATIONS

Cloud over the haze

UNEP rushes in where fools fear to tread. Cheap publicity or bad politics?

Widespread disagreement may mar WSSD

NGOs face obstacles in Eurasia, Eastern Europe on Internet

Quantum jump for computers

Two recent experiments at the atomic level raise hopes of quantum computing

Online

Democracy and the good road

On the precipice

A collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation may put other climate systems at risk

EU’s anti-subsidy investigation into electric vehicles is a risky strategy that may backfire

The commission will now undertake the investigation and probably propose new “anti-subsidy” duties on Chinese imports

Deluge in Spain continues, could still face its driest summer in over 6 decades

Some areas see more rainfall in a day than normally seen in an entire month; wet weather to continue

UK government's plans to curb air pollution 'illegal' and 'poor': High court

About 50,000 early deaths and economic loss of £27.5 billion are recorded in the UK each year due to air pollution

A new climate law in the Balearic Islands will protect the wellbeing of present and future generations — if such thing can be defined

Mediterranean is extremely climate vulnerable, with temperatures rising 20% faster than the global average

European Parliament passes nature restoration law with 336 votes in favour, 300 against

The final text will now be negotiated. The aim is to reach a deal before EU Parliament elections in 2024

Looking for a non-Western lens to the Black Death? Try this translation of a work written in Mamluk Egypt

‘Merits of the Plague’ was written 600 years ago by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, a medieval polymath

Politics over science: Experts slam Sweden’s wolf cull; say it should learn to live with large carnivores

The wolf cull in Sweden will worsen the ongoing effects of inbreeding among Sweden’s lupines, say experts

Climate change may have made Attila and his Huns, feared raiders of the Roman Empire: Cambridge research

Climate fluctuations could have caused the Huns to migrate and change from herders to raiders as a strategy to mitigate climate risks

France wildfires displace 37,000; air quality dips

Internal displacement due to wildfires 24% higher than in last 5 years & 4 times of last year

Sloth bear, dhole, tiger most affected among apex predators globally due to road development: Study

More roads will be built in the years to come and can wreak havoc on top predators worldwide, study warns

Days after IUCN event, Macron proposes killing of 110,000 wild birds in France

Birders say draft decrees issued by Emmanuel Macron to kill thousands of birds in France done to elicit hunting lobbies’ support ahead of …

Global emissions can decline 10% this decade if refineries clean up their act: Report

CO2 emissions from oil refineries were 1.3 Gt in 2018 and could reach up to 16.5 Gt from 2020 to 2030, if low carbon measures are not adopted