Environment

The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting, scheduled in London from April 27 to May 1, will discuss GHG emissions in shipping. Source link

Looking down on it from above, the world’s deepest sinkhole, Xiaozhai Tiankeng, looks as though someone used an enormous apple corer to gauge a chunk out of the earth’s core. Steep sides give way to a deep, dark abyss, shaded in mist and mystery. In China’s Chongqing Municipality, locals have known about the sinkhole for…

Black truffles aren’t native to Australia, but since the first oaks and hazelnuts were planted in the 1990s, the local industry has flourished, becoming the largest producer outside Europe. Now, scientists have identified the environmental factors which appear to have contributed to that success. Many types of fungi produce truffles, a fruiting body that grows…

Salmon exposed to cocaine in the water swim longer distances, an Australian and Swedish study published this week shows. Recreational drugs and medicines entering natural environments via wastewater… Source link

Chris Huhne is right to say that the UK faces a false choice between more North Sea drilling and greater reliance on imports of gas (Letters, 21 April). But presenting biomethane as a straightforward solution overlooks the serious environmental and health risks of its expansion. Biogas can reduce emissions when produced from waste. Yet a growing…

The newspaper Shargh reported that Iman Memarian, a wildlife veterinarian and environmental activist, was arrested in Tehran on April 21. According to the report, he was detained at his workplace. The authority responsible for the arrest and the exact charges against him have not been disclosed. Memarian, a graduate of Veterinary Medicine from the University…

Comet 3I/ATLAS, about 3 weeks after its closest approach to the sun. The Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii obtained this optical image on November 26, 2025. Image via International Gemini Observatory/ NOIRLab/ NSF/ AURA/ B. Bolin/ J. Miller/ M. Rodriguez/ T.A. Rector/ M. Zamani (CC BY 4.0). Science news, night sky events…

Interpersonal tensions between colleagues can be costly for businesses. Even the spectre of a threat can sap concentration, undermine collaboration and divert huge amounts of mental energy away from work and towards self-defence. Ecologists have observed how prey animals manage fear, threats and co-exist with predators within an ecosystem. This revealed surprising mechanisms that, in…

2.5 billion. That’s the number of requests ChatGPT receives in a day as of July 2025. With the sheer scale of people plugging in prompts to generative artificial intelligence (AI), the environmental impact has become increasingly significant.  Considering projections that climate change could be irreversible by 2030 if significant change doesn’t occur, environmentalists are particularly…

A panel of global experts has been launched to provide scientific input for countries that want to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels and manage the growing risks of high oil prices, geopolitical conflict and extreme weather damage. The initiative was announced on the opening day of a groundbreaking climate action meeting in Santa Marta,…