Environment news
- UK citizens are taking air pollution monitoring into their own hands
- Summer washout drowns hopes of UK wildlife bonanza
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Romania may seek to pull gold mine from Unesco protected list
- Global warming doubles growth rates of Antarctic seabed’s marine fauna – study
- Brazilian court blocks abolition of vast Amazon reserve
- Consumers ‘betrayed’ over sustainability of world’s biggest tuna fishery
- Javid ‘misunderstood planning policies’ in approving fracking site, court hears
- Tourists doubting value of trip to Great Barrier Reef, dive operator tells inquiry
- Sea Shepherd says it will abandon pursuit of Japanese whalers
- Kenya brings in world’s toughest plastic bag ban: four years jail or $40,000 fine
In depth
- In an era of dire climate records the US and South Asia floods won’t be the last
- Why are the crucial questions about Hurricane Harvey not being asked?
- Is the UK really menaced by reckless cyclists?
- How climate change is a ‘death sentence’ in Afghanistan’s highlands
Multimedia
- Bird Photographer of the Year 2017 – in pictures
- Plastics: a villainous material? Or a victim of its own success? – Science Weekly podcast
- The week in wildlife – in pictures
And finally ...
David Attenborough has included them in his list of endangered animals he would most like to save from extinction, and a new breeding programme hopes to do just that.
