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How do you build a healthy city? Copenhagen reveals its secrets
The Danish capital ranks high on the list of the worlds healthiest and happiest cities. With obesity and depression on the rise worldwide, here are its lessons for how to combat them ...
Meet the dogs of Chernobyl the abandoned pets that formed their own canine community
Hundreds of stray dogs have learned to survive in the woods around the exclusion zone mainly descendants of those left behind after the nuclear disaster, when residents were banned ...
Volkswagen Apologizes for Testing of Diesel Fumes on Monkeys
The controversy over Volkswagen AG’s diesel-emissions cheating took another twist when the carmaker apologized for a test that exposed monkeys to engine fumes to study effects ...
British Ban on Microbeads to Protect Oceans Comes Into Force
U.K.’s ban on making products with microbeads — tiny plastic particles in everything from cosmetics to shampoo and toothpaste — takes effect Tuesday in an effort ...
On its 100th birthday in 1959, Edward Teller warned the oil industry about global warming
Benjamin Franta: Somebody cut the cake new documents reveal that American oil writ large was warned of global warming at its 100th birthday party.
It was a typical November day in ...
Britain’s Next Megaproject: A Coast-to-Coast Forest
This story originally appeared on CityLab and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Northern England is set to get a whole lot greener. On Sunday, the UK government ...
Macron awards US scientists grants to move to France in defiance of Trump
Frances president awards millions of euros to 18 American scientists to relocate in effort to counter Donald Trump on the climate change front
Eighteen climate scientists from the ...
Insectageddon: farming is more catastrophic than climate breakdown | George Monbiot
The shocking collapse of insect populations hints at a global ecological meltdown, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Which of these would you name as the worlds most pressing ...
Warning of ‘ecological Armageddon’ after dramatic plunge in insect numbers
Three-quarters of flying insects in nature reserves across Germany have vanished in 25 years, with serious implications for all life on Earth, scientists say
The abundance of flying ...
Penguins starving to death is a sign that somethings very wrong in the Antarctic | John Sauven
Overfishing, oil drilling, pollution and climate change are imperilling the ecosystem. But ocean sanctuaries could help protect what belongs to us all, says Greenpeace director John ...
Exclusive: footage shows young elephants being captured in Zimbabwe for Chinese zoos
Rare footage of the capture of wild young elephants in Zimbabwe shows rough treatment of the calves as they are sedated and taken away
The Guardian has been given exclusive footage ...
This is how your world could end
In an extract from his book Ends of the World, Peter Brannen examines mass extinction events and the terrifying outcomes of rising temperatures for the human race
Many of us share ...
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