Woodland Trust and National Trust trial sustainable alternatives to plastic protection for millions of saplingsPlanting trees without plastic tree guards should be standard practice, a UK study has found, as leading conservation charities and landowner…
Tropical invaders: the Med’s warming seas put native species in hot water
A host of fish species arriving via the Suez canal look set to stay – with perilous consequences for ecosystemsPasquale Tuccio docked his small, blue and white wooden boat at the old pier on Linosa, one of Italy’s tiny Pelagie islands in the strait of …
Hot summer nights: ‘In my lonely shack I’d hear footsteps and think of axe murderers’
I fell hard for life in the Vosges in France. But when it got dark I couldn’t helped being spooked by every rustle, bark and footstep I heard. Then a night drinking outside changed everythingEighteen-and-a-bit years ago, pushing 40, tired of England an…
National Grid and SSE to use electricity transformers to heat homes
Exclusive: plan is to harness ‘waste heat’ and cut carbon emissions for households connected to district networksThousands of homes could soon be warmed by the heat from giant electricity grid transformers for the first time as part of new plans to har…
Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon review – a magical tale with a sense of adventure
Despite its frantic antics, this family animation from Peru is told from the welcome perspective of indigenous charactersHere is a family animation from Peru that spins a magical tale in the Amazon with a cast of mythological creatures from rainforest …
How can Britain be committed to net zero when it’s about to drill for millions more barrels of oil? | Greg Muttitt
Hypocrisy rules as we prepare to host Cop26 and Boris Johnson prepares to approve a new oilfield off ShetlandJust months before hosting the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow, the UK government will decide whether to approve a massive new oilfield 75 mile…
‘Nothing to eat’: Somalia hit by triple threat of climate crisis, Covid and conflict
Overlapping crises have pushed the fragile east African country to the ‘cusp of humanitarian catastrophe’, with one in four facing food insecuritySuch was the horror that erupted in her village earlier this year that Fadumo Ali Mohamed decided she had …
Tennessee floods death toll rises to 22 as Biden offers help
Record rainfall fueled flash floods in rural town of WaverlyGovernor surveys devastation as families seek missingAt least 22 people were confirmed dead on Sunday as rescue crews searched desperately amid shattered homes for dozens still missing after r…
Council accused of taking ‘rewilding’ too far as weeds take root in Brighton
Older residents reported to be tripping on pavement weeds, but Green council leader praises their biodiversityA Green-led council has been accused of taking rewilding too far by allowing so many weeds to flourish that they have become a health hazard, …
Carbon from UK’s blue hydrogen bid still to equal 1m petrol cars
Government’s plan to use ‘blue’ fossil-fuel hydrogen alongside green version raises concern, say campaignersOpting for hydrogen that is made using fossil fuels rather than renewable electricity could create up to 8m tonnes of carbon emissions every yea…