Some large UK businesses will have to start disclosing their environmental impact, under new rules set to be brought in by the Treasury. The requirements will also apply to investment products and pension schemes. It comes ahead of November’s COP26 meeting in Glasgow, where world leaders will discuss their climate commitments. Experts say the UK, …
The government is due to announce its plan for how to reduce the UK’s carbon emissions, possibly this coming week. It has already signed up to ambitious targets, attempting to set an example to other countries before November’s COP26 meeting of world leaders in Glasgow. The government has pledged to reduce emissions sharply by 2035 and …
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Phykos is trying to pioneer a new form of carbon sequestration: using automated boats to grow seaweed in the middle of the ocean, then sinking it to the ocean floor. [Photo: shur_ca/iStock] A new prototype of a small, solar-powered robotic vessel recently started sailing in the Pacific Ocean, pulling an underwater rack filled with seaweed. …
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Long overlooked, these rainforests of the sea are now being increasingly recognized for the many ecosystem services they provide File image courtesy NOAA When we think of forests, we mostly think of tree-filled landscapes. But the ocean also holds emerald stands of trees so vast, they line one-quarter of our coastlines. “The area is probably …
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Before and after pictures have been released showing how rewilding and habitat restoration have transformed a once barren landscape in the Trossachs over a 25-year period. Glen Finglas estate was a hill farm that had been heavily grazed by sheep when it was taken over by the Woodland Trust charity a quarter of a century …
The news that scientists are planning to bring back woolly mammoths to the Arctic tundra, by splicing DNA from Asian elephants with that of their extinct ancestors, has raised a few eyebrows in the world of conservation science. However, the basic idea of reintroducing large mammals to a vulnerable ecosystem in order to restore and rebalance habitats …
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Doncaster Council has been criticised for ‘making a mockery’ of its environmental agenda as residents say the authority is pushing through the sale of open green space to a housing developer. Residents of the Rose Hill estate in the field, which borders both Doncaster Racecourse and Sandall Beat Woods A council-owned greenfield site next to …