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Ecology
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Happy Mother’s Day! 6 Of Nature’s Great Moms
A mother’s support can be as vital to animals as it is to humans. Across the vast diversity…
Extinction Is Forever: De-Extinction Can’t Save What We Had
When I hike up into the hills around Salt Lake City, above the Bonneville Shoreline Trail where the…
The Squaring Truth About Circular Economies
The concept of a circular economy has been steadily gaining momentum as of recent years. While on the…
The Biggest Threat To Our Oceans Is That We’ve Taken Them For Granted
‘Most of the people on the planet … think the ocean is a problem for them. They fear…
Do Human Bodies Carry More Toxins Now Than 50 Years Ago?
Look around, and you’re likely to find a burgeoning industry of alternative health professionals, laboratories and containment companies,…
Forget The Anthropocene: We’ve Entered The Synthetic Age
One fact about our time is becoming increasingly well-known. No matter how far you travel, no matter in…
Did European Colonisation Precipitate The Little Ice Age?
Many of us think that rapid environmental change is a quintessentially modern crisis. Today, temperatures are soaring, topsoil…
A Living, Breathing City Through Smart Technology
As cities become more congested – the United Nations estimate 70% of all humans will be urban-living by…
From Drone Swarms To Tree Batteries, New Tech Is Revolutionising Ecology & Conservation
Understanding Earth’s species and ecosystems is a monumentally challenging scientific pursuit. But with the planet in the grip…
Humans May Have Transformed The Sahara From Lush Paradise To Barren Desert
Once upon a time, the Sahara was green. There were vast lakes. Hippos and giraffe lived there, and large…
How Earth Will Evolve 10,000 Years From Now
Climate change means the end of our world, but the beginning of another—one with a new set of…
How Can We Live Within The Means Of Our Planet?
We are used to hearing that if everyone lived in the same way as North Americans or Australians,…
Megacities Might Not Save The Planet After All
YOU LEARN TO put up with a lot when you live in Mexico State. The electricity is always…
When Animals Go Wild In The City
Perching on the side of an old power station chimney with St Paul’s Cathedral to the north and…
What Bacteria Can Do For Your City
Many of us are accustomed to observing our world on the scale permitted by our eyes. Unless its…
The Urban Jungle, Animals In Cities
Half the world’s people live in cities – but urban environments have just a 10th of the species…