Water firms admit sewage monitoring damaging public trust
From BBC Water companies should no longer be allowed to monitor their own levels of sewage pollution, the industry body has told the BBC exclusively. Instead they are proposing a…
Month: April 2025
Air pollution still plagues nearly half of Americans. That does a number on our health
From NPR Despite improvements in air quality in past decades, 156 million Americans still breathe in too much soot or ozone, says the annual State of the Air report from…
Bites on gladiator bones prove combat with lion
From BBC 11 hours ago ShareSave Alex Moss BBC News, Yorkshire Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News ShareSave University of York Bite marks found on the skeleton of a Roman…
Environmental groups say Trump administration violated their free-speech rights
From NPR A lawsuit alleges the Trump administration violated the free-speech rights of nonprofits and municipalities that have had federal funding for climate and environmental projects frozen or cancelled. (Image…
Our medications are leaking into waterways — and may be changing fish behavior
From NPR <img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2025/04/22/04.23.25-ep_custom-1e598303ac92b403845394e8dc8da6ff1c704e41.jpg' alt='An Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in Iceland. Fish and other aquatic creatures are increasingly affected by pharmaceutical pollution in the waterways they call home; now, scientists…
Mystery of medieval cemetery near airport runway deepens
From BBC 4 hours ago ShareSave Rebecca MorelleAlison Francis Senior science journalist ShareSave Kevin Church/BBC A medieval cemetery unearthed near Cardiff Airport is continuing to confound archaeologists, as the mysteries…
Meet the artists behind the U.N.’s second annual nature sounds mixtape
From NPR Thirty artists release songs with nature sounds to generate royalties for nature conservation in second annual United Nations Earth Day mixtape. (Image credit: Poyenchen, Andrew Quinn) Read the…
Flowers and trees are blooming earlier. Is it because of climate change?
From NPR Welcome!! This is the first episode of Nature Quest, a monthly Short Wave segment that answers listener questions about your local environment. This month, we hear from a…
Mission to boldly grow food in space labs blasts off
From BBC 1 day ago ShareSave Pallab Ghosh ShareSave Frontier Space Steak, mashed potatoes and desserts for astronauts could soon be grown from individual cells in space if an experiment…
Canada’s top candidates talk up fossil fuels as climate slips down agenda
From BBC 1 day ago ShareSave Matt McGrath ShareSave Getty Images As the threat posed by US President Donald Trump tops Canada’s federal election agenda, the issue of the country’s…