It turns out that not only is eating organic food better for you than processed foods, growing organic food is better for everyone. Organic farms (and likely home gardens) are better at capturing and retaining carbon than farms that are focused on ma...
Making energy saving improvements to your property could increase its value by 14 per cent on average – and up to 38 per cent in some parts of England – new research released today by the Department of Energy and (…)Read the rest of...
A new statistical analysis shows the world population could reach nearly 11 billion by the end of the century, according to a United Nations report issued June 13. That's about 800 million, or about 8 percent, more than the previous projection of 10.
Building homes from nappies, running tracks from old shoes and sleeping bags from garden furniture could soon be widespread practices as councils across the country trial a range of recycling innovations. Over the last decade the amount of tin cans,...
The ocean the Titanic sailed through just over 100 years ago was very different from the one we swim in today. Global warming is increasing ocean temperatures and harming marine food webs. Nitrogen run-off from fertilizers is causing coastal dead zon...
Ocean waters melting the undersides of Antarctic ice shelves, not icebergs calving into the sea, are responsible for most of the continent's ice loss, a study by UC Irvine and others has found. Aerial photo of front of Venable Ice Shelf, West An...

An historic deal to reform the broken Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) was yesterday agreed by EU Member States and is expected to become law later this year. The final deal follows more than three years of difficult negotiations, in which the (…...