Scientists climb the ocean mountain Balls Pyramid – video
A daring Australian Museum expedition to Balls Pyramid near Lord Howe Island has succeeded in its search for the rare and elusive Lord Howe Island stick insect Continue reading… Source: Guardian Climate Change
Study: to beat science denial, inoculate against misinformers' tricks | Dana Nuccitelli
A new study finds that explaining the techniques of science denial makes people resistant to their effects After receiving misinformation from the anti-vaccine movement, including its founder Andrew Wakefield, immunization rates plummeted in a community of Somali immigrants in Minnesota, causing a measles outbreak among their children. It’s a disturbing trend on the rise in […]
Where they eat water lilies to survive: South Sudan’s remote islands – in pictures
While travelling across the country’s vast swampland – the Sudd – doing medical assessments, Chandra Gilmore, International Medical Corps’ South Sudan famine response team leader, took photographs and notes Continue reading… Source: Guardian Climate Change
Feast leaves bees lethargic and sleepy: country diary 100 years ago
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 11 May 1917 The bees are exceedingly busy amongst the flowers, the stocks and flowering currants perhaps getting most attention in the garden, but the gooseberry bushes and other blossoms on the fruit trees also prove attractive. Enjoying their feast of honey, these insects bustle from flower to […]
Are low emission zones the route to cleaner air?
Clean air and low emission zones, one proposal in the government’s new air pollution plan, are already in place across Europe. Do they work? Following a high court order the government have launched their new clean air plan. One proposal is for clean air or low emission zones in many UK towns and cities aiming […]
How to fix climate change: put cities, not countries, in charge | Benjamin Barber
It can’t be left to dysfunctional nation states to tackle – but as Oslo and Seoul have shown, metropolitan centres can rise to the challenge of global warming Climate change is the most urgent challenge facing humankind. Other issues make headlines: terrorism kills; inequality affects everyday life for billions around the globe. But climate is […]
I've created a monster! Shezad Dawood on his oceanic epic Leviathan
Mass migration and climate change – not to mention a giant squid: Leviathan has it all. As his wildly ambitious new work opens in Venice, he reveals the story behind a strange odyssey that will take years to complete The giant squid, democracy, mental health, migration – big beasts, one and all. And each plays […]
Leviathan Episode 1: Ben trailer – video
Artist Shezad Dawood’s multi-platform work, Leviathan, weaves a tale of oceanic ecology and migration in paintings, sculpture, fiction and a cycle of 10 films – to be released between now and 2020. Watch a trailer for the saga’s first episode, entitled Ben Continue reading… Source: Guardian Climate Change
Worried world urges Trump not to pull out of Paris climate agreement
Officials around the world warn president not to reverse climate efforts Trump has already begun to peel away pollution rules imposed by Obama Support the Guardian’s climate reporting: make a contribution now Donald Trump’s scorched-earth approach to environmental protections has shocked current and former government officials overseas who are waiting nervously to see whether the […]
Air pollution: the battle to save Britain from suffocation
As environmentalists turn to the courts to make the government clean up its act, we survey a week of victories for ClientEarth and its founder, James Thornton It has been a richly satisfying week for James Thornton, founder and chief executive of the environmental law group ClientEarth. On Tuesday the government admitted defeat in its […]