Summers could become 'too hot for humans'
From BBC Millions of people around the world could be exposed to dangerous levels of heat stress as temperatures rise. Many live in developing countries, and do jobs that expose…
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Solar Orbiter: Sun probe's first images reveal small 'camp fires'
From BBC New pictures of the Sun taken just 77 million km (48 million miles) from its surface are the closest ever acquired by cameras. They come from the European…
Brazil’s past finance ministers defend environment against Bolsonaro
Former Finance Minister Rubens Ricúpero during the video press conference to launch the letter for a sustainable recovery in Brazil, July 14, 2020. Image courtesy of The World We Want…
A New Album Turns The Sound Of Endangered Birds Into Electronic Music
From NPR Ten artists from Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean recorded tracks using birdsong from their country, with all profits of the vinyl and digital release going to bird…
What if a ‘green’ economic recovery isn’t the best thing for the climate?
Back in February — what we might call, in the world of COVID-19, the “before times” — environmentalists had a whole host of ideas for how to curb climate change.…
Video: ‘Injustice’ for West Papuans whose land was sold out from under them
One day around 2010, Agustinus Tomba and his neighbors heard the sound of heavy machinery in their ancestral forest, in the Indonesian province of Papua. When they went to see…
UK electrical waste mountain growing
From BBC UK households and businesses produce 1.45 million tonnes of electrical waste each year, research shows. The e-waste research organisation Material Focus calculates that at least 500,000 tonnes of…
Philippine court rejects OceanaGold’s bid to keep mining on expired permit
MANILA — A Philippine court has thrown out an appeal by a mining company seeking to continue operations despite its permit having expired last year. The decision by the Philippine…
Trump weakens environmental law to speed up infrastructure projects
From BBC US President Donald Trump has announced alterations to a landmark environmental law, in a controversial move to allow projects to go ahead with less oversight. Mr Trump touted…
Climate change: Siberian heatwave 'clear evidence' of warming
From BBC A record-breaking heatwave in Siberia would have been almost impossible without human-caused climate change. That’s the conclusion of a new paper by an international team of climate scientists…