The Midnight Sky review: George Clooney in a moving sci-fi drama
By George Clooney as Augustine and Caoilinn Springall as IrisNetflix George Clooney’s last film as director, Suburbicon, was universally panned…
Record CO2 emissions drop in 2020 won’t do much to halt climate change
By The streets of Paris were empty during the French lockdown in AprilRobin Utrecht/Shutterstock A record 7 per cent drop…
Plants are soaking up far less extra CO2 than we thought they would
By A eucalyptus forest on Kangaroo Island, AustraliaIngo Oeland/Alamy Rising carbon dioxide levels have been boosting plant growth, but this…
If we can’t change the world, does anything we do matter?
By JohnnyGreig/Getty Images Do you matter? LET’S start with the big picture: if it is significance on this Earth you…
Microplastics left in water are more easily absorbed by mouse cells
By Plastic waste on the Drina river in Bosnia and HerzegovinaEldar Emric/AP/Shutterstock Microplastic particles that are exposed to fresh water…
Mass of artificial objects on Earth may now outweigh living things
By Humanity is tipping the scalesItai Raveh There may now be more buildings than trees and more plastic than animals,…
UK should ban gas boiler sales by 2033, say climate advisers
By Infrared reveals the lack of thermal insulation in a UK houseShutterstock / Ivan Smuk The UK should ban sales…
How are sand dunes formed and why do they even exist?
By The Ibex Dunes in Death Valley, California, are stereotypical shape-shifting, wind-blown golden dunesAlex Noriega THE Israeli city of Ashdod…
Here’s why it is so hellishly hard to give up your car to go green
IN FEBRUARY, before the coronavirus epidemic became a pandemic, I took the plunge and . I figured it would be…
The population debate: Are there too many people on the planet?
By Humans are without doubt overexploiting the world’s resourcesKeith Sherwood/Getty Images IN THE once-seedy district of Soho, about 10 minutes’…