A novel polymer that performs like plastic but recycles like paper offers an environmentally friendly alternative to non-recyclable plastic crisp packets.
Kerry Taylor-Smith
Environmental Journalist - 74 articlesNews by Kerry Taylor-Smith
Warmer and wetter winters are affecting when animals emerge from hibernation and negatively affecting crops; what can we expect from these shifting seasons?
MIT researchers develop new way to describe the number of days per year that outdoor temperatures are just right for normal outdoor activities.
Mini-meteorologists read hypothetical but plausible future weather forecasts to show the impact climate change could have on the weather by the time they’re adults.
An experimental technique to thicken Arctic ice with thousands of litres of seawater is underway, but will it work?
New study reveals land is more likely to be a carbon source than a carbon sink, but offers new ways to determine the difference between the two.
A novel wastewater treatment that employs pure oxygen could reduce the amount of greenhouse gases released in the treatment process.
New research shows human-induced climate change is affecting the seasonal flow of rivers across the globe and urges the acceleration of climate adaptions efforts.
A long-term collaboration between the Met Office and National Oceanography Centre continues to improve data collection in the North Sea.
Scientists will take to the skies to learn more about cold air outbreaks, a peculiarity that can affect the weather worldwide.
A recently-opened lift is allowing last-chance tourists to visit a vanishing glacier, but is tourism making the problem worse?
Spending time in nature counting butterflies can reduce anxiety while a connectedness with nature can encourage conservation efforts.
The effects of human-induced greenhouse gases has been masked by the drying effects of aerosols a new study finds.
A compound essential for all life likely played a role in life’s origin, and researchers have synthesised the chemical in the lab.
Scientists have developed a water soluble, non-toxic spray that fluoresces under blue light, and could make uncovering fingerprints quicker and safer.
Orchids first appeared 85 million years ago, and thrived alongside dinosaurs, but today, they are one of the most threatened plant species.
Wetland methane emissions in the higher latitudes of the Arctic and Boreal ecosystems have increased by almost 10% in the last 20 years.
Potassium deficiency in agricultural soils is an unrecognised but potentially significant threat to global food security new research finds.
A 280-million-year-old fossil thought to show signs of skin preservation is a forgery in part, prompting researchers to urge caution about how the specimen is used in the future.
Corals’ slow and regular growth make them an ideal indicator to gauge pollution in the Mediterranean seas.