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Western society looks at insects as vermin that lurk in the dark and spread disease.
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Western society looks at insects as vermin that lurk in the dark and spread disease.
"Plogging", an eco-friendly Scandinavian trend that quickly grew in popularity abroad, is hailed as the latest urban fitness boom in China under the label of "trash running".
Vertical farming: eco-friend or foe? Well, the first thing to say — to invoke Jez from "Peep Show" — is that it is not pyramid selling.
Headlines are heated this week in response to Monday’s publication of a new report from the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, suggesting that we are perilously close to the tipping point for a "Hothouse Earth," in which natural feedback loops crank up the warming of the planet to disastrous levels.
Millions of Americans head outdoors in the summer, whether for a day at a nearby lake or a monthlong road trip.
Scientists are warning that a domino effect will kick if global temperatures rise more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels, leading to "hothouse" conditions and higher sea levels, making some areas on Earth uninhabitable.
As Europe bakes in another heatwave, forecasters say the all-time temperature record could be broken in the coming days.
China's north plain, one of the most densely populated regions on Earth, is set to become the world's deadliest heatwave zone by the end of the century, scientists say.
It’s urgent to fund climate solutions in developing nations. The risk of climate-related adversities particularly affects the poor, who already suffer disproportionately from these impacts.
Food is the single largest direct and indirect driver of climate change. Climate change is driving the expansion of agriculture into regions and habitats that never have been farmed before.