A new study has predicted the economic loss from warmer temperatures in the region hosting this year’s Winter Olympics.
Catherine Early is a freelance journalist and editor who has specialized in environmental issues since 2004. She writes about topics including climate change, energy, waste, biodiversity, air pollution, the built environment, business strategy, sustainable investment, and policy and regulation.
She has held permanent roles at The Environmentalist (now known as Transform), the ENDS Report, Planning magazine, and Windpower Monthly. Her freelance clients include The Ecologist, Dialogue Earth, Ethical Corporation/Reuters, and the ENDS Report.
Her awards include a SEAL Award (2024) for excellence in environmental journalism; Highly Commended for Freelancer of the Year award at the 2023 Aviva Sustainability Media Awards; an Outstanding Content award from Haymarket Media Group for data-led stories; PPA Business Magazine of the Year for Windpower Monthly; and finalist recognition in The Guardian’s International Development Journalism competition (2009).
She holds a 2:1 honors degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Birmingham and completed a postgraduate journalism course with PMA Training.
News by Catherine Early
Scientists at the University of Exeter warn that artificial nighttime lighting is disrupting moth behavior, reducing their activity, and harming their ability to feed, reproduce, and maintain healthy populations in natural ecosystems.
Major report calls for a fundamental reset of the global water agenda as overconsumption pushes many water sources beyond recovery.
Seaweed has been found to play a key role in global carbon storage, according to new research. The finding highlights how protecting and restoring coastal seaweed forests may have significant climate benefits.
Experts at the Wildlife Trusts have listed the highs and lows of 2025 for ocean conservation. While there were successes, plastic pollution continues to cause concern.
The eruption of the Pacific volcano in 2022 was so powerful that it sent seawater into the stratosphere. Scientists outline how this affected the climate.
A subtle change in how climate risk is communicated can significantly increase attention to disaster preparedness messages, according to research by experts in Sweden and the US.
Musicians have recorded the sounds of a glacier onto a record made of ice. It melts as it plays, turning the physical act of listening into a reminder of what is being lost.
Land, soil and water resources are finite. Feeding the projected population of 10 billion by 2050 will require smarter farming methods, the UN’s food and farming experts have warned.
Scientists monitoring the hole in the ozone layer are hopeful that it is recovering, following latest satellite data on its size and duration.
New research highlights the diverse and sometimes harmful bacteria that grows on plastic in the environment, and how far it can spread through waterways.
Protecting and restoring forests is crucial to boosting climate-resilient agriculture, rural livelihoods and global food and water security, according to experts.
New research provides first evidence of the widespread impact of light pollution on the carbon balance of global ecosystems.
Climate shocks are undermining refugees’ chances of recovery, increasing humanitarian needs, and amplifying the risks of repeated displacement.
Though a global deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change has reduced the threat of warming slightly, the world is still heading for dangerously high temperatures, scientists have warned.
Researchers at the University of Hawaii have revealed the extent to which deep sea mining waste disrupts ocean food webs—with the tiniest animals in the ocean directly impacted, creating a ripple effect.
The planet’s natural carbon sinks - the ocean, forests and soils - are reaching their limits, absorbing less carbon than expected and risking a major setback to global climate targets.
Ambitious UK wildlife project will pioneer nature recovery alongside farming, recreation, education and tourism, according to the Wildlife Trusts.
Electronic waste is surging globally, but recycling it could reap huge economic benefits.
First large-scale, building-by-building assessment of long-term sea level rise on coastal infrastructure in global south published.