Hermit crabs are 'wearing' our plastic rubbish (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
Hermit crabs all over the world, which scavenge shells as armour for their bodies, are turning increasingly to plastic waste instead.
Hermit crabs all over the world, which scavenge shells as armour for their bodies, are turning increasingly to plastic waste instead.
The world’s first and biggest full scale green steel plant is taking shape in Sweden, with an assist from green hydrogen.
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in mapping the largest deep-sea coral reef in the world, which runs hundreds of miles off the Atlantic coast of the United States.
Rehabilitated farmland used for solar energy facilities that are planted with native wildflowers and grasses can create lush habitats for insects, birds and bees, a new study has found.
The Greenland ice cap is losing an average of 30m tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis, a study has revealed, which is 20% more than was previously thought.
After a summer of record-breaking heat, vast swaths of the United States are now grappling with extreme cold as a brutal Arctic blast brings snow squalls, deadly ice and life-threatening wind chills.
In the delicate balance between development and environmental conservation, the idyllic Keylakunu Island in the Haa Dhaalu Atoll of the Maldives finds itself at the center of a compelling debate.
Residents of Rarotonga are being asked to conserve water as dry El Niño conditions are likely to persist in the Southern Cook Islands.
Farallones de Cali National Park, located on Columbia's Pacific coast, will undergo long-term habitat restoration.
Cook Islands' environmentalists are tackling the plastics problem in their remote environment by asking schoolchildren for help.
Dozens of volunteers used strainers to sift sand at beaches in northwestern Spain on Tuesday to collect millions of tiny plastic pellets that have washed up in recent days, endangering wildlife.
Some Pacific nations are feeling the bite of El Niño through dry conditions, while others in drought get relief through above average rainfall.
A new study published today in the journal Nature offers an unprecedented view of previously unmapped industrial use of the ocean and how it is changing.
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute have developed a synthetic pathway that can capture CO2 from the air more efficiently than in nature.
Mining giant Glencore’s operations in Peru and Colombia continue to threaten Indigenous communities and cause extensive environmental damage despite the company’s public pledges to mitigate harms, according to three new reports by advocacy organizations. European banks are also among the top investors in these mines,...
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Community's outcry over disputed land ownership, rising taxes, and restricted access echoes in heated meeting
In 1946, the US began its nuclear testing on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands – a terrifying thought for many Australians. Some 75 years on, the evidence shows their fears were well-founded.
Here's how climate change is harming people's health across the world today, and what countries might expect in the future.
The scientists who study terns, puffins, and other seabirds are trying to get fisheries managers to heed their warnings.
A rare phenomenon known as “industrial snowfall” appears to have occurred near Heathrow airport earlier this year, according to a study.
The searing heat from wildfires can transform metals found naturally in the soil into cancer-causing airborne particles, according to a new report.
A volcano in southwest Iceland erupted on Monday night, after weeks of seismic activity.
A program in the United Arab Emirates is growing corals native to the Persian Gulf that have evolved to withstand high temperatures.
Delegates from 200 nations at COP28 released the final draft of a global agreement that solidifies the transition away from fossil fuels.