Environment

ZSL scientists used social media to help find out which animal species are being affected by climate change.

The elusive new species was only discovered in China last year.

Scioentists say the project would need "unprecedented" feats of engineering - including the installation of several thousand wind turbines in the inhospitable region

The Environment Ministry said 1,600 tons of waste was found in 83 containers in the country’s main port.

Waitrose is moving to multicoloured recycled trays for its ready meals as it bids to eliminate its use of unrecyclable black plastic by the end of the year. The colour of the new trays will vary depending on the recycled plastic – predominantly mixed PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles and other containers – that has gone into producing them. Waitrose & Partners said the new packaging is unlikely to be the same colour twice, and will range from pink and red...

Leadhills Estate says it has reported suspicious activity to police.

A Labour government will disclose for the first time the “true impact” on the climate of Britain’s carbon emissions, Jeremy Corbyn is to warn. The Labour leader will say that, currently, only greenhouse gases generated by goods and services produced within the UK are measured. But, while these have been coming down, this ignores the emissions generated from goods imported into the country, which have “barely changed” in 20 years. The result, he argues, is that the UK is effectively...

Scientists were studying reefs in the British Indian Ocean Territory before and after two ocean heatwaves.

Pairing up cities can help people visualise the impacts of climate change, such as the risk of the kind of severe drought that hit Barcelona in 2008.