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19 Aug 2024
A bin full of food waste waiting to be processed (Credit: Rachel Nuwer)

Japan's ambitious plan to ferment waste food

A unique fermentation method being piloted in Japan transforms edible leftovers and scraps into sustainable feed for pigs.

19 Aug 2024
Future
17 Aug 2024
Bowls of fresh vegetable scraps (Credit: Getty Images)

How to make new food from the stuff we throw away

The waste food going to landfills is an invisible but important part of greenhouse gas emissions. Could discarded scraps be turned into new food instead?

17 Aug 2024
Future
15 Aug 2024
A noble fan mussel in its ocean habitat (Credit: Getty Images)

The sudden downfall of a beloved giant clam

Mass mortality events have been ripping through noble pen shell populations in the Mediterranean Sea. Can we save this suddenly endangered underwater giant?

15 Aug 2024
Future
13 Aug 2024
Firefighter fighting bush fire on island of Sicily July 2023 (Credit: Getty Images)

How fire is reshaping the Mediterranean

How is the Mediterranean's vegetation likely to recover and adapt as climate change increases the risk of wildfires?

13 Aug 2024
Future
12 Aug 2024
Returning to their home river gives salmon the best chance of survival (Credit: Della Stroh)

Why Alaskan salmon is growing scarce

As the Earth's rivers warm, salmon must either struggle to survive in a degraded habitat or move to cooler waters – but native Alaskan fishing practices are helping protect them.

12 Aug 2024
Future
5 Aug 2024
View of hurricane from space (Credit: Nasa/Matthew Dominick)

Why hurricanes are moving dangerously slowly

The behaviour of the world's most powerful storms is evolving. To adapt to more destructive hurricanes, we need to know how they're changing.

5 Aug 2024
Future
3 Aug 2024
Tick being removed with tweezers (Credit: Alamy)

Why Lyme disease can be so hard to diagnose

Climate change is contributing to the global rise of Lyme disease. But many physicians are struggling to recognise its symptoms.

3 Aug 2024
Future
1 Aug 2024
Large group of tourists (Credit: Getty Images)

How extreme weather is shifting the summer break

A slew of heat-related deaths in the Mediterranean this summer have sparked important questions about how climate change will affect the future of summer travel.

1 Aug 2024
Travel
30 Jul 2024
Image of houses and factory in Svalbard (Credit: Getty Images)

The restaurant at the end of the world

When your restaurant is high in the Arctic Circle, and most ingredients have to come in on a boat or a plane, you have to get pretty creative with your fine dining.

30 Jul 2024
Future

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