Two books on the mysteries of the deep ocean take very different approaches in stressing the urgent need for conservationDivers investigating an underwater canyon off California made a startling discovery in 2002. They found a dead whale that appeared …
Orford Ness: the apocalyptic art zone at war with nature
UFO sightings, a Nazi invasion, nerve gas trials, unexploded bombs … the strange Suffolk enclave of Orford Ness has always inspired artists, and now it hosts the most unsettling project yet It is one of Britain’s strangest landscapes, a spit of land of…
Reforestation hopes threaten global food security, Oxfam warns
Over-reliance on tree-planting to offset carbon emissions could push food prices up 80% by 2050Governments and businesses hoping to plant trees and restore forests in order to reach net-zero emissions must sharply limit such efforts to avoid driving up…
China floods death toll rises to 302 with 50 people still missing
Authorities in Henan province more than triple the confirmed number of people killed in disasterChinese authorities have raised the official death toll in last month’s devastating Henan floods to 302, with at least 50 still missing.The announcement mor…
Meet the crossword setter, plant scientist Soup: ‘A successful clue needs pith and, ideally, humour’
The latest in our series where we turn the tables on the torturers. Under the spotlight this time is the insect pollination expert Hamish Symington, AKA SoupThe Guardian’s newest cryptic setter, Soup, has been setting puzzles in this paper’s extraordin…
Climate crisis has cost Colorado billions – now it wants oil firms to pick up the bill
ExxonMobil and Suncor face lawsuits in the western state but big oil’s apologists say the US consumer is to blame for emissionsMore than a decade after the Fourmile Canyon blaze drove even the firefighters out of Gold Hill, blackened hillsides and scor…
Today it’s cool, tomorrow it’s junk. We have to act against our throwaway culture | Jonathan Chapman
We need products we can repair, reuse and recycle – not ones deliberately built to become obsoleteNever have we wanted, owned and wasted so much stuff. Our consumptive path through modern life leaves a wake of social and ecological destruction – traine…
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Leaves of change: Paraguay’s small-scale farmers see a new future in yerba mate tea
A resurgence in the traditional drink is offering rural communities independence and a sustainable alternative to industrial soy and cattle farmingFour men emerge from the intense heat and steam of the barbacuá into the cold winter’s night in the rural…
Top seeds: artists capture global efforts to future-proof nature – in pictures
Scientists, ecologists and artists have collaborated to showcase global work to protect seeds in an exhibition at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & art gallery (Ramm) in Exeter.Seedscapes: future-proofing nature runs until 5 September Continue rea…