51��

Skip to content

Iceberg being towed away from an oil rig

Earth

Towing icebergs to Cape Town is a poor way to halt water crisis

Hauling chunks of polar ice to dry regions to provide fresh water sounds tempting but there are many reasons to reject it, says Olive Heffernan

Comment

Colombia’s peace deal unwittingly unleashed hell on the Amazon

Earth

Colombia’s peace deal unwittingly unleashed hell on the Amazon

51��

The birds of South Georgia are finally safe from marauding rats

Earth

The birds of South Georgia are finally safe from marauding rats

51��

Hawaii volcano is causing havoc and will spew lava for days

Earth

Hawaii volcano is causing havoc and will spew lava for days

51��

Tourism is four times worse for the climate than we thought

Earth

Tourism is four times worse for the climate than we thought

51��

Smiling shopper looks at garment label

Earth

Are we deluding ourselves when we shop for eco-friendly stuff?

Comment

forest dead

Earth

The real palm oil problem: it's not just in your food

Insight

burger

Life

The fake burger test: Could meat made of plants ever fool you?

Features

A mix-up means US air pollution is way worse than thought

Earth

A mix-up means US air pollution is way worse than thought

51��

A fossil may rewrite the story of how plants first lived on land

Life

A fossil may rewrite the story of how plants first lived on land

A plant fossil that lay unnoticed for a century is unexpectedly large for something so old, and it could upend our ideas about the evolution of land plants

51��

Earth

The European Union has decided to ban bee-killing pesticides

51��

Earth

Cute but dim quolls have been taught to stop eating toxic toads

51��

Earth

Humans may be to blame for a big earthquake in South Korea

51��

Earth

Acid lakes may be a false alarm but we can’t afford complacency

Leader