Fungi are essential to life on land. They decompose organic matter, cycle nutrients and sustain plant ecosystems. Without ...

Kshamenk, the last captive orca in Argentina, has died. His death has been attributed by Mundo Marino to cardiorespiratory ...

Britain’s climate 'leadership' is based on the profoundly unjust and violent transition that was the defeat of the 1980s miners' strike. But can you destroy the power base for fossil fuels without ...

Education at all levels – schools, universities and further education – needs to focus on these existential challenges and to assure that biosphere and technosphere are aligned. “Modern man does not ...

The great acceleration - in GDP, population, cities, travel, deforestation, pollution - is on some metrics stuttering. What does this mean for a just transition? The system of chaotic markets must be ...

Wisdom only begins when we let in the grief and rage of understanding climate breakdown. Can we find radical hope in the face of social collapse around the world? A huge number of people - 350,000 and ...

Some of the world's most powerful figures tout the benefits of GMOs, writes Stacy Malkan, but what's the real story? Facts on the ground expose the PR spin, half truths and outright propaganda that ...

Long-tailed macaques are the most heavily exploited mammals on Earth among species protected in global trade. There are worrying shortcomings in the UK's oversight of long-tailed macaque imports, a ...

A crucial component of concrete, sand is vital to the global construction industry, writes Nick Meynen. China alone is importing a billion tonnes of sand a year, and its increasing scarcity is leading ...

'Smart meters' looked like a great idea, writes Lynne Wycherley, giving us more control over our energy use. The downside? They emit as many as 14,000 short bursts of intense microwave radiation a day ...

The global epidemic of violence against women and their systematic exclusion from the power structures that rule us are integral to man's violent exploitation of Earth and her resources, writes Nafeez ...

Colombia is the world’s most biodiverse country by area, but its rich forested ecosystems are facing existential threats. Land is power in Colombia, and the struggle for land has been the main driver ...