Reports and Studies
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‘It’s like a decaying body’: Australian farmers battle mouse plague
A mouse plague is terrorising farmers across large swathes of Australia, with the rodents running rampant around homes and ravaging…
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The hidden dead zones spreading across the Baltic Sea floor
Bornholm is a strategically located, remote island in the heavily polluted Baltic Sea. Now the windswept Danish island finds itself…
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Why temperature records are being not only broken but smashed
If you take a look across western Europe at the moment, you’ll struggle to find many places escaping the heat.…
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Hottest May day on record in UK as temperatures pass 34C
The UK has recorded its all-time highest May temperature as part of London reached 34.8C on Monday. That provisional figure,…
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We can now track animal panic from space. Here’s why it matters
After decades of development, wildlife surveillance has finally come of age. The new Icarus satellite is tracking signals hidden in…
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Nearly 30 illegal waste ‘super sites’ revealed in new government watchlist
Nearly 30 suspected illegal waste “super sites”, each containing tens of thousands of tonnes of rubbish, have been identified in…
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Danes try to tow dead whale from island beach after failed German rescue
Danish environment officials have begun an operation to move the carcass of a humpback whale from an island beach across…
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Gonorrhoea and syphilis hit record levels in Europe
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including gonorrhoea and syphilis have hit record levels in Europe, according to new data. The European…
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Bone is a wonder material. Scientists are defying physics to mimic it for longer-lasting hip replacements
New materials designed by artificial intelligence promise to provide stronger hip replacements and improve how fractures heal. A few years…
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Japan is gripped by mass allergies. A 1950s project is to blame
A decision made 70 years ago to reforest vast swathes of Japan with just two kinds of tree has come…
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