They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend. But depending on how carbon is arranged, you could end up with...
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In the Himalayas sandwiched between China and India there is a tiny country of around 800,000 people. You may never...
The global energy landscape is changing dramatically and people are realising that our reliance on fossil fuels cannot last forever....
With sea ice melt rates compounded by ever increasing temperature, it has been looking pretty gloomy for our planet. From...
In 2015, the fracking company Cuadrilla, applied to the Lancashire Council for planning permission to begin drilling for shale gas...
As part of The Building Centre’s Adaptive Structures exhibition, this panel discussion will start reflecting on the possibilities offered by...
Arabidopsis, or rock cress, is used by scientists as a model flowering plant A farmer can remember what has happened last...
Would you want a quarry near your house? Driven by EU law, environmental impact assessment is now a requirement for...
Feed your curiosity at our daytime discussions. Drop in to hear local scientists in conversation about their latest experiment, life...
Have we done enough to help our planet? Discover what we could be doing for the future in order to;...
Growing concern for the environment has encouraged us to see that we can make a contribution to biodiversity by changing...
Claire Carter a PhD student at SPRU, University of Sussex and member of the Sussex Energy Group last year completed...
How do we shift from a three to One Planet Living across the UK, in a way that is inclusive and creates...
Groundwater is an important source of drinking water in London and elsewhere, but the legacy of the UK's industrial revolution...
The bodies of murder victims, either whole or in pieces, often finish up in rivers and canals. For the last...
This week the United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP21 is taking place in Paris. What can we expect from...
Artist Susan Schuppli leads a walk in Tate Modern’s surrounding area reflecting on the materiality of sunsets and the politics...
Eels migrate to the Sargasso Sea to breed “Eels are sending us a really major signal that we’re harming our...
I remember the first time it happened with painful clarity. The summer sun had burned the Cornish sand a brilliant...
The Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College has found that sampling the dark, basaltic plains of our...
Freshwater ecosystems are essential to life on earth yet they receive little conservation attention and these efforts are poorly resourced....
Ants are more likely to fight with colonies similar in body size than with colonies of larger or smaller body...
Evolution is all about being selfish. By natural selection, genes that increase an individual’s chance of survival or fitness accumulate...
Economic growth has undoubtedly improved human livelihoods yet has equally convincingly had negative effects on the environment. Scientists are considering...
Anthropogenic environmental changes, such as global land use and land cover change, driven by rapid human population growth and increasing...
Recent research suggests a link between air pollution and the risk of developing Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). At present very...
"this sport has all the glitz and glamour of Formula 1, but with zero emissions" In an increasingly environmentally conscious...
According to a recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters, satellites have revealed that Antarctica’s ice is melting at a...
A group of scientists and engineers want to rebuild the world’s shattered coral reefs using “swarms” of intelligent robots. They...
Urgent action needs to be taken to reduce the amount of waste in landfill. Tom Bragg takes a look at...
