Environment
Uni boss who preached about climate change last week spent a student’s annual tuition fee on private cars during his first six months in charge
University of Sheffield vice-chancellor Koen Lamberts recently announced all students would have to attend compulsory lessons on sustainability in response to the "climate emergency"
Johnson: “I don’t want to see Sturgeon anywhere near” Glasgow climate summit
"I don’t mind seeing a saltire or two on that summit, but I want to see the union flag", he said.
Babies born in the most polluted areas of Britain are up to 50 percent more likely to die
The worrying findings of a study of nearly eight million live births are due to be presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Madrid on Sunday
Scores of dolphins die on island beach off west Africa
The melon-headed dolphins were found on a beach on Boa Vista island.
Air pollution is making children feel suicidal
Short-term exposure to pollution particles has been linked to a spike in mental illnesses in youngsters a day or two later.
Boats in Med helping to spread alien species putting the ecosystem at risk
Marine experts found leisure boats were probably transporting “invasive” organisms in the living growth attached to their dirty bottoms, which scientists call 'biofouling.'
Call for a million people to back mass tree planting campaign
Sandi Toksvig and Clive Anderson backing Woodland Trust’s bid to boost tree planting to tackle climate change.
Scientists trap ship in Arctic ice in major new mission to study climate change
Experts from several countries including the UK and US will be on board the German icebreaker RV Polarstern for the start of the major year-long expedition.
Global warming could accelerate rapidly warns a new study
For the first time, researchers were able to replicate a climate model of the extreme warming of a time before humans walked the Earth.