Reports and Studies

South Africa’s Antarctica base hit by assault claims: What happened?

South African authorities have put a crew member of a remote research team at the South African National Antarctic Expedition…

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Resurrection plants: The drought-resistant ‘zombie plants’ that come back from the dead

To protect crops from rising droughts, scientists are looking to the genes of a small group of plants that can…

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New national forest to see 20m trees planted

Twenty million trees will be planted and 2,500 hectares of new woodland created in the west of England as part…

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US happiness sinks to its lowest ranking: Survey

The United States fell to its lowest happiness ranking ever partly due to a rise in the number of Americans…

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Record numbers forced to flee climate disasters: UN

Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to flee climate disasters last year, the United Nations said Wednesday, highlighting the urgent need…

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The European towns that give away free chickens

Towns in France and Belgium have been giving out free chickens for years to combat food waste – could the…

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Last-minute deal to protect African penguins from extinction

Six key breeding areas are to be safeguarded to help save the African penguin, following a landmark court order in…

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NASA astronauts Butch and Suni return to Earth after drawn-out mission in space

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday with a soft splashdown off Florida’s coast,…

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Small electric cars were said to be the future – but SUVs now rule the road

Across the globe more and more Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) are being spotted on – and off – the roads.…

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‘The ice melted beneath our feet’: The huskies that revealed the rapid shrinking of Greenland’s ice

In 2019, climate scientist Steffen Olsen took a startling photo of huskies appearing to walk on water. The photo quickly…

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