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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…
2022-05-08
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…
2020-08-07
The Squaring Truth About Circular Economies
The concept of a circular economy has been steadily gaining momentum as of recent years. While on the…
2019-12-19
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…
2019-10-08
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,…
2019-07-19
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…
2019-05-06
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…
2019-04-12
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…
2018-12-17
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…
2018-05-09
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…
2018-04-12
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…
2015-09-07
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,…
2015-08-27
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…
2015-05-18
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…
2015-04-22
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…
2015-03-05
The Urban Jungle, Animals In Cities
Half the world’s people live in cities – but urban environments have just a 10th of the species…
2015-02-04