Students from the University of East Anglia (UEA) are being encouraged to urinate in the shower as part of a campaign to save water.
Anti-depressant drugs being washed into rivers and seas are having a dramatic impact on aquatic wildlife according to a new study.
Authorities in Nepal have begun enforcing a rule where climbers of the peak will have to clear up after themselves and bring 8kg of rubbish back down with them to base camp.
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has announced it will allow the dumping of three million cubic metres of dredge spoil from the Abbot Point port redevelopment within the marine park’s boundaries, despite other options being available to them.
Medical treatments for amphibians, resurrection of extinct species, increasing temperatures in the deep oceans and trade-offs between the financial value of fossil fuels and the magnitude of climate change. Our diverse group of 20 researchers, science advisers and one journalist identified these as among 15 little-understood issues that may affect global environmental status in the coming years.