Who says technology can’t be good for the environment? Rosie Spinks rounds up the apps that are making the planet a greener place to be
Five of the best…eco friendly mobile apps Rosie Spinks | 9th September 2011 Ethical Living Mobile Apps Apple Itunes Project Noah Science Home Energy Shopping Science And Technology holding.jpg Who …
David Shukman’s book is both an entertaining collection of a journalist’s tales and the perfect introduction to the environmental challenges facing the world today, says Gervase Poulden
An Iceberg as Big as Manhattan Gervase Poulden | 29th September 2011 Reviews David Shukman BBC Reviews Books Global Warming Climate Change Science iceberg.jpg David Shukman’s book is both an …
A low carbon Britain rests on the electrification of our energy supply. But new research by the University of Surrey has highlighted the challenges facing government, market and civil society-led pathways to reducing emissions
Risks and uncertainities accompany efforts to reduce Britain's carbon Matthew Leach | 20th January 2012 Comment Climate Change Energy Low Carbon Science Heat Pumps Transport carbondioxidegraphic.jpg …
The greatest challenge facing agricultural scientists is how to work with farmers producing more ecological and healthier food - not GM, argues Patrick Mulvany, chair of the UK Food Group and advisor to Practical Action
… scientific research into agroecology not GM Patrick Mulvany | 25th January 2012 Comment Food And Farming Science Gm Agriculture Ecology Agroecology … more ecological and healthier food - not GM, argues Patrick Mulvany, chair of the UK …
The pro-GM lobby has sought to take the 'scientific high-ground' by positioning itself as the voice of reason and progress, while painting its opponents as unsophisticated 'anti-science' luddites. In a scathing response Peter Melchett turns the tables
… The GM lobby and its 'seven sins against science' … Peter Melchett | 31st December 2012 News Gm Food And Farming News Science gmo.jpg The pro-GM lobby has sought to take …
Fed up with rainy summers? Blame global warming, and specifically, the melting Arctic. But for the future, nothing is certain.
If next summer is rained off, blame the melting Arctic James Screen | 5th November 2013 Comment Climate Change Science Weather sea ice.jpg Could melting sea ice and wet summers be related? Fed up …
Following the retraction of the Seralini et al scientific paper which found health damage to rats fed on GM corn, over 100 scientists have pledged in this Open Letter to boycott Elsevier, publisher of the Journal responsible.
… in Society | 5th December 2013 Comment GMOs Gm Food Science corn.png Following the … which found health damage to rats fed on GM corn, over 100 scientists have pledged in …
Science must break free from the stifling grip of luxury journals, argues Randy Schekman. The future of scientific publication lies with online, 'open access' journals which make science available to all.
Let the science go free Randy Schekman | 23rd December 2013 Comment Science randy-schekman.png Science must break free from the stifling grip of luxury journals, argues Randy Schekman. The future of …
Large, older trees have been found to grow faster and absorb carbon dioxide more rapidly than younger, smaller trees, writes Adeshola Ore - contrary to the previous view that trees’ growth slowed as they developed.
Big old trees grow faster, absorb more carbon Adeshola Ore | 28th January 2014 Comment Forests Carbon Climate Change Science big-old-tree.png Large, older trees have been found to grow faster and …
The UK's main environment research funding agency has signed a partnership agreement with Shell to ensure the research it funds 'can be fully used' by the oil giant.
UK's environment research funding to help ... Shell Damian Kahya Greenpeace | 7th February 2014 News Fossil Fuels Science UK The UK's main environment research funding agency has signed a partnership …
The long-term effects of synthetic chemicals used in packaging, food storage and processing food could be damaging our health, scientists have warned. Jo Adetunji reports.
The chemical dangers in food packaging Jo Adetunji | 1st March 2014 News Health Waste Science Technology packaging-japan.png The long-term effects of synthetic chemicals used in packaging, food …
As the UK Prime Minister welcomes the recommendations of his science advisors to 'go it alone' in Europe and embrace GMO crops, Pat Thomas wonders - whatever happened to the Precautionary Principle?
… GMOs - Throwing precaution to the wind Pat … 15th March 2014 Comment EU UK USA Regulation GMOs Gm Food Trade Science fuck-monsanto-denver.png …
Fermentation is far more than a way to prepare diverse, delicious and wholesome food, writes Joanna Wright. It is a means for us to connect with the ancient past, with the world around us, and with our own selves. Are you ready to try it?
… course Exploring the Microcosmos - New Paradigms from Microbial Communities with Sandor … 10. 2014. http://www.sciencefriday.com/segment/01/10/2014/food-failures-how-to-sp… …
New research shows that biochar in soil strongly stimulates plant growth, more than doubling yields. However the extra growth may come at the cost of reduced plant defences against pests.
Biochar doubles plant growth Oliver Tickell | 7th April 2014 News Forests Climate Change Farming Science locally-produced-biochar.png New research shows that biochar in soil strongly stimulates plant …
Just why do giant pandas find it so difficult to mate? It's because they're in captivity, and so little of their wild habitat survives. But in Edinburgh zoo, writes Forbes Howie,
scientists are hard at work to get Tian Tian pregnant ...
Panda Sutra - the ups and downs of getting grumpy bears to have sex Forbes Howie | 11th April 2014 Comment Natural World Science tian-tian.png Just why do giant pandas find it so difficult to mate? …
The Grizzly bear hunting season is under way in British Columbia, Canada. The government claims that the decision to open the hunt and the kill quotas are 'science-based' but as Kyle Artelle writes, science doesn't get a look in - and the Grizzlies' are in serious danger.
Renewed hunting imperils Canada's Grizzlies Kyle Artelle | 10th April 2014 News Natural World Hunting Canada Politics Science grizzly-fish.png The Grizzly bear hunting season is under way in British …
It was 28 years ago today that Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine ruptured and ignited, sending a massive plume of radiation across Europe. Jim Green assesses the scientific evidence for how many people died as a result of the catastrophe.
Chernobyl - how many died? Jim Green - Nuclear Monitor | 26th April 2014 News Nuclear Power Radiation Health Ukraine EU Science fuku-angels-cut.jpg It was 28 years ago today that Reactor 4 at the …
Extensive, long running evidence for the cancer-causing effects of glyphosate, and other toxic impacts, have been ignored by regulators. Indeed as the evidence has built up, permitted levels in food have been hugely increased, writes Dr Mae Wan Ho.
… Ethics , SiS 61) - are cancers in rats fed GM maize and / or exposed to Roundup. Although … the carcinogenic potential of glyphosate (and GM food). Glyphosate promotes growth of human … cultivation (especially for Roundup Ready GM soybean). And the researchers also found an …
The North Sea's 'Dogger Bank' was once dry land, inhabited by people and herds of Pleistocene megafauna, writes Vince Gaffney. The long-lost world of Doggerland shows how melting glaciers drowned land at the end of the last ice age. And surely not for the last time ...
… the sea. These include a Neanderthal skull fragment from the Zeeland Ridges off the coast of …
A new system for cleaning soils contaminated with industrial toxins harnesses the power of White rot - a common fungus that decays fallen wood in forests. Research in Finland shows it can also destroy dioxins and poly-aromatic hydrocarbons.
Fungi clean contaminated soils The Ecologist | 22nd May 2014 News Pollution Science Waste Finland white-rot-3.jpg A new system for cleaning soils contaminated with industrial toxins harnesses the …
A huge turnout was recorded for the 2014 March Against Monsanto, with protests in over 400 cities in 52 countries and 47 US states. Dr Mae Wan Ho says this worldwide movement will keep on growing, until Monsanto and its toxic products are defeated.
… Dr Mae Wan Ho | 28th May 2014 Comment GMOs Corporations Science Food Farming Toxics Health fda-gmo-cut.jpg A huge turnout was recorded for … Monsanto for close to 20 years now since GM crops were commercialized and I first …
A wholesale corruption of science underlies the UK Government's insistence that gas from fracking offers a 'low carbon', low cost route to energy abundance, writes Paul Mobbs. On the contrary: it's expensive, over-hyped - and just as bad for climate change as coal.
Fracking 'as bad for climate as coal' - UK's dodgy dossier exposed Paul Mobbs | 30th May 2014 News Energy Fossil Fuels Fracking UK Climate Change Science fracking-bakken-ndakota-cut.jpg A wholesale …
A new GM bacterium can produce bioethanol from coarse switchgrass, rather than using food crops like maize, writes Tim Radford. It does this by 'digesting' the tough cellulose that yeasts are unable to break down.
… GMO bug makes bioethanol direct from grass Tim … Climate Change switchgrass-65t-cut.jpg A new GM bacterium can produce bioethanol from …
Gorillas cooperating to dismantle poachers's snares, altruistic, food sharing chimpanzees, grieving lemurs performing death rituals ... Danielle Radin finds an extraordinary emotional depth and capacity for empathy in our fellow primates.
The amazing emotional intelligence of our primate cousins Danielle Radin | 24th June 2014 Comment Society Science Primates Natural World gorilla-philly-cut.jpg Gorillas cooperating to dismantle …