Rebecca Herbert

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Venus was once Earth-like, but climate change made it uninhabitable

The planet Venus once likely had surface temperatures similar to present-day Earth, recent modelling has revealed.

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The world is on track to warm by 3 degrees Celsius

Greenhouse gas emissions reached a new high last year, putting us on track for an average temperature rise of 3 degrees Celsius.

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Human-Made Stuff Now Outweighs All Life on Earth

The sheer scale of buildings, infrastructure and other anthropogenic objects underscores our impact on the planet

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Globalization: The Problem or Part of the Solution

For Tony Blair it is 'inevitable and irresistible'. To deny it, says Nelson Mandela, is 'like saying I do not recognize winter.

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Globalization: The Problem or Part of the Solution (2)

Globalization has a wide-range of effects; negative and positive.

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International study: Humans accelerate the change of biodiversity

Humans have significantly altered biodiversity in all climate zones of the Earth. This has been shown by a study published in "Science".

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Is The Plastics Crisis Really Affecting Our Fertility?

Professor Shanna Swan has spent the past two decades looking at how chemicals in plastics are impacting sperm counts (and yes, smaller penises). Here’s what you need to know.

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9 Ways to Combat Microplastics at Home

Microplastics are now everywhere in our environment, including the air, water, and the foods we eat.

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Air pollution and infertility: the next global crisis?

Birth rates are decreasing worldwide, and in European countries, they are even dropping below population replacement levels. While these decreases might be due to many adults postponing having children, an increasing body of research suggests that this is not the full picture. Pippa Neill, editor at Air Quality News investigates the worrying environmental factors that may be responsible for our declining fertility rates.

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24% Of Chemicals in Plastic May Be Worth Worrying About

Researchers have found an unexpectedly high number of potentially concerning chemicals intentionally used in everyday plastic products.

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E-bikes are good for the environment and for you too

Global warming is a severe problem affecting the environment worldwide, primarily due to the excessive consumption of fossil fuels for transportation, which accounts for a fifth of global carbon emissions.

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What is ‘degrowth’ and how can it fight climate change?

There’s no other way to put it—as climate change envelops more and more of our daily lives, we are going to have to change the way we live. That will mean prepping for weirder weather, shifting our diet, and using cleaner energy. But, a growing economic idea is also brewing: Could a slower-growing or stagnant economy be the key to combating climate change?

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Human activity influencing global rainfall, study finds

Human activity such as greenhouse gas emissions and land use change were a key factor in extreme precipitation events such as flooding and landslides around the world, a study has found.

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10% of all greenhouse gas emissions come from food we throw in the bin

“Is producing more food the only way to feed a growing population?” It’s a question many scientists, farmers and politicians have been trying to answer, and one to which the logical answer would seem to be “yes”. However, it hides the fact that we are throwing away a huge amount of perfectly edible, nutritious food every year. New research shows more than 2.5 billion tonnes of food are estimated to go uneaten each year, which is about 40% of all the food produced.

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U.S. Forces Are Leaving a Toxic Environmental Legacy in Afghanistan

Legal and practical obstacles make it difficult to clean the burn pits and health-damaging chemicals that remain at military bases.