Best way to fight climate change? Plant a trillion trees

The most effective way to fight global warming is to plant lots of trees, a study…

6.4-magnitude quake hits Southern California: USGS

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California on Thursday at 10:33 am (17:33 GMT) near the…

Climate change: Trees 'most effective solution' for warming

A controversial study suggests extreme climate change can be averted by planting a billion hectares of…

Climate change should be part of regular savings and investment decisions

As a member of the Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance, we recently published our final report…

Sargassum: The biggest seaweed bloom in the world

Known as the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, the seaweed stretches from West Africa to the Gulf…

New technologies are gearing up to find fugitive methane leaks

A suite of new technologies may soon be patrolling for fugitive —invisible but harmful —natural gas…

From dealing drugs to selling tortillas: the surprising future of former gang members

Becoming a gang member is often assumed to imply few long-term life opportunities beyond dying or…

We subscribe to movies and music, why not transport?

Many mainstays in our lives—phones, personal music libraries and movies—began as pay-as-you-go services. But subscription services…

Bonuses for clicks: the Herald Sun model can't be the future of journalism

As newspapers around the world struggle with revenue, News Corp Australia’s Melbourne tabloid the Herald Sun…

No-take marine areas help fishers (and fish) far more than we thought

One hectare of ocean in which fishing is not allowed (a marine protected area) produces at…