Can virtual reality emerge as a tool for conservation?
New advances in technology are sparking efforts to use virtual reality to help people gain a deeper appreciation of environmental challenges, reports Yale environment 360 Could virtual reality (VR) — immersive digital experiences that mimic reality — save the environment? Well, that may be a bit of a stretch. But researchers say that it could […]
New York's whales to be studied for the first time
Scientists hope new information will help protect the little-understood whale population that feeds and travels through the city’s waters The habits of New York’s little-understood whale population is to be fully analysed for the first time, with scientists hoping the new information will help protect the marine behemoths that navigate one of the busiest shipping […]
How the London Array blows away the competition in green energy
The Thames estuary is home to the world’s largest offshore wind farm – a model for exploiting the potential of Britain’s gusty coastlines At the widest point of the Greater Thames estuary, 12 miles north of the Kent coast and 12 miles south of Essex, lies the London Array – the largest operational offshore wind […]
Solar-powered plane crosses the Atlantic
Two days and 23 hours after stunning pictures showed a solar plane with a wingspan wider than a Boeing 747 jumbo jet flying past the statue of liberty, Solar Impulse 2 has landed in Seville becoming the first aircraft powered exclusively by renewables to traverse the Atlantic Ocean. Weighing roughly only as much as an average […]
British fishermen warned Brexit will not mean greater catches
Fisheries chiefs and campaigners say current catch quotas will continue until the UK leaves the EU, and new arrangements may not be more generous British fishermen have been warned that, despite the promises made by the leave campaign, they cannot expect to be granted greater catches after the UK leaves the European Union, and they […]
Cecil the lion's legacy: death brings new hope for his grandcubs
Cecil’s death could spark a global rethink on how to protect lions – ending Africa’s dependence on hunting revenues to sustain wildlife habitats and crucial conservation projects The tiny lion cubs bounce down the dusty track alive with curiosity about their new world from their inquisitive faces to the tips of their tails. This new […]
Universal support needed to tackle global warming, UN climate chief says
Private sector needs to work in Africa, Asia and Latin America to drive down carbon emissions, Christiana Figueres to tell business and climate summit “Universal support” is needed from businesses across the world to tackle global warming, the United Nations climate chief says. Business leaders and politicians are meeting in London to discuss how to […]
Can the advertising industry sell us waste-free living?
The founder of WWF’s Earth Hour, Andy Ridley, believes the creative industries are key to building support for the circular economy It was diving in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia that sparked Andy Ridley’s interest in environmental issues. Shocked at its state, he joined WWF and went on to launch Earth Hour in 2007, […]
Call for NSW land-clearing laws to be dropped after losing support of farmers
With Labor and the Greens already opposed, the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers party says it will take advice from the farmers’ lobby not to support the laws Drastic changes to land-clearing laws in NSW, which have been fiercely opposed by conservationists, have now also lost the support of farmers, leading to renewed calls for them […]
US, Canada and Mexico pledge 50% of power from clean energy by 2025
Barack Obama, Justin Trudeau and Enrique Peña Nieto to announce new ‘aggressive but achievable’ goal at ‘Three Amigos’ summit in Ottawa Barack Obama, Justin Trudeau and Enrique Peña Nieto will commit to a new regional clean power goal at a summit this week in Ottawa, the White House has said. The leaders of the US, […]