‘Nothing says love like chemicals’: Valentine’s roses often covered in pesticides, testing finds | Valentine’s Day
Stay away from roses this Valentine’s Day, environmental campaigners have warned after testing revealed them to be heavily…
Spatially explicit global assessment of cropland greenhouse gas emissions circa 2020
We integrated diverse datasets into a harmonized framework, disaggregating to crop level (Supplementary Table 1). We applied the…
Hertfordshire recycling sites to require new E-pass system
A Cabinet Panel has approved the introduction of an ‘E-pass’ system, which will be required to use recycling…
Dutch flower growers massively using banned pesticides
Dutch greenhouse flower growers are misusing pesticides on a large scale, including substances that are banned. Authorities reported…
Meet the Inuit scientist kayaking around Greenland to highlight just how far microplastics travel
Armed with just a kayak and a self-built microplastic filter, Kristian Louis Jensen has spent the last decade…
Nose for trouble: Italian town seeks ‘odour evaluators’ to sniff out bad smells | Italy
An Italian town is seeking a crew of sniffers to identify bad smells in its quest to improve…
This Valentine’s Day, chocolate comes with new risks | Opinions
This Valentine’s Day, chocolate prices are no longer at last year’s peak, but cheap chocolate has not made…
China’s emissions are flatlining — and may be falling — in critical turning point for biggest emitter, report says
Carbon dioxide emissions from China have flatlined or fallen for 21 months, meaning the world’s biggest greenhouse gas…
Storm Nils caused deaths, major flooding and mass power cuts in France
The aftermath of Storm Nils continued to disrupt parts of France on Friday. While wind alerts were lifted,…
Urgent warning to thousands over life-threatening toxins filling the air: ‘Stay indoors’
Thousands of Americans in Georgia have been warned to stay inside as the local air quality has reached…