Fear of being seen as unclean drives overwashing of clothes at expense of environment, Swedish scientists say How often should you wash your clothes? Doctors don’t really know, but the decision is more cultural than medical, anyway. Worried about leaving the house in sweaty
Researchers made 161 sightings of whales – some of them endangered – south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket An unexpected number of whales is visiting the waters off New England, including an unusually high number of an endangered species, said scientists who study the
Makah people, whose right to hunt whales is noted in treaty, granted waiver by US government to kill two or three a year After facing decades of legal and bureaucratic hurdles, the Makah Tribe in Washington has won approval from the US to resume whale hunting for the first time
Minister should have assessed climate damage that would be caused by two large developments, advocates say Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Conservationists will ask the high court to examine whether the environment minister, Tanya
Conservationists urge Tanya Plibersek to call in Daly River pastoral clearing application for assessment under commonwealth nature laws Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast A farming
Farmed kelp could produce plastic substitutes, beauty products and food supplements. Just steer clear of seaweed chocolate Photographs by Christian Sinibaldi , words by Joanna Moorhead Think sun, sea, Skye – and seaweed. It’s early summer off the west coast of Scotland, and
Pennsylvania families worry about rising cases of rare cancer with well pads near homes and stalled House bills One evening in 2019, Janice Blanock was scrolling through Facebook when she heard a stranger mention her son in a video on her feed. Luke, an outgoing high school
Porto Alegre’s poorest neighborhoods, often closest to rivers and with the worst infrastructure, bore brunt of crisis It had been raining for nearly a week when the floodwaters first reached Marcelo Moreira Ferreira’s home in Porto Alegre, the capital of Brazil’s southernmost
Diving with marine life such as blue sharks is growing in popularity in the UK, spurred by footage of encounters on social media We have only been waiting in the grey Atlantic swell a few moments when the first flash of metallic blue appears in the water. A blue shark, a few
Members of the public and wildlife organisations spot a whale entangled in two buoys and a rope off the coast of NSW. A rescue team locates the humpback in the water off Fingal Heads with help from a helicopter, before successfully removing the rope that is lodged in its fin ►
Most comprehensive analysis ever of conflict-driven climate impacts shows emissions greater than those generated by 175 countries in a year The climate cost of the first two years of Russia’s war on Ukraine was greater than the annual greenhouse gas emissions generated
Captive breeding in Norway has built up numbers endangered by the climate crisis and golden eagles but only a more diverse population will survive in the long term Deep in the Norwegian mountains, amid a vast expanse of bright snow and howling winds, Toralf Mjøen throws a piece