Environment news
- Oceans suffocating as huge dead zones quadruple since 1950, scientists warn
- Quarter of British honey contaminated with bee-harming pesticides, research reveals
- Trump administration plans to allow oil and gas drilling off nearly all US coast
- Brazil raises hopes of a retreat from new mega-dam construction
- Coral reef bleaching ‘the new normal’ and a fatal threat to ecosystems
- Farmland could turn into meadows after Brexit, says Michael Gove
- Keep global warming under 1.5C or ‘quarter of planet could become arid’
- Rubbish already building up at UK recycling plants due to China import ban
- Trump plan to shrink ocean monuments threatens vital ecosystems, experts warn
In depth
- Will a 25p charge change Britain’s throwaway coffee cup culture?
- Community leader tortured and killed over land trafficking in Peru
- Why I pity Britain’s latest polar bear cub to be born in captivity
- Which works better: climate fear, or climate hope? Well, it’s complicated
Multimedia
- London air pollution live data – where will be first to break legal limits in 2018?
- Wildlife on your doorstep: share your January photos
- Nice to meet you: amazing new animal species discovered in 2017 – in pictures
And finally ...
Could a disused railway in Yorkshire become Britain’s longest cycle tunnel?
That’s what campaigners hope. But first they have to stop plans to fill it in for good.
