Environment

New research from Harvard University demonstrates that the UK would be able to sustain itself and help meet the Paris Agreement by returning a portion of land used for animal agriculture back to forest. Converting land currently used for grazing and growing animal feed crops back to forest could soak up 12 years’ carbon emissions, found the report, to be launched at the Grow Green Conferencein the British Library on 11 April. Returning pasture land back to forest and converting the...

One species has been dubbed “Sathon oreo” and another “Choeras zygon” after the Zygon race of aliens in Doctor Who.

It is so bizarre it has been named Sollasina cthulhu after horror writer H.P. Lovecraft's most famous beast - the inspiration behind the 'Alien' movies

Sean Hayman, 24, puts the finishing touches to wire sculptures by the Lisbon-based artist David Oliveira, which go on display in Glasgow Central Station, Scotland, as part the #NOWYOUSEEME which aims to highlight the plight of young homeless people which are unable to find homes. April 9, 2019.

The North Pole is warming faster than anywhere else and is changing ocean currents bringing with it more unsettled and colder temperatures to northwestern Europe.

They pilot-tested the technique by researchers from the University of Birmingham at dozens of sites across the English Channel

International climate change models - such as in the Paris Agreement - are based on installing carbon capture at coal and natural gas power stations

North Norfolk District Council has put a large net across a cliff side, preventing sand martins from entering their nests and endangering their lives

Researchers forecast that more than 90 per cent of glacier volume in the Alps could be lost by the year 2100 due to global warming