Science

British shellfish and seaweed farms could provide valuable habitats for coastal fish species, according to new research

Shellfish and seaweed farming offer potentially sustainable food sources and are increasingly recognised for their additional environmental benefits, but research...

Policymakers must recognise global economic risks posed by ecosystem ‘tipping points’

The collapse of key ecosystems would severely harm the global economy, researchers have warned. Researchers from UCL’s Institute for Innovation...

“Unjustifiable environmental risk” leads to calls for worldwide moratorium on deep seabed mining  

Scientists have called for a blanket worldwide moratorium on deep seabed mining – insisting the controversial emerging industry currently poses...

Cloud engineering could be more effective ‘painkiller’ for global warming than previously thought

Cloud “engineering” could be more effective for climate cooling than previously thought – because of the increased cloud cover produced,...

AI helps to detect invasive Asian hornets

Artificial Intelligence can be used to detect invasive Asian hornets and raise the alarm, new research shows. University of Exeter...