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Agriculture is seen as a key culprit in rising emissions. Some on the land are aiming to lead by example, making their properties carbon neutral Read more of our Modern Outback series here Sign up for email notifications from our Modern Outback series Cindy Stevens traces her family line back to the early pioneer days

Fossil fuel and other emissions not linked to the land and agriculture increased by 7% over the past 15 years, analysis finds Despite official accounts showing Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are falling, its contribution to the climate crisis has increased over the past 15 years once areas beyond the federal government’s control – the drought

Animal rights protesters have set up blockades at four McDonald’s distribution centres across Britain, which they say will affect about 1,300 restaurants. Activists from Animal Rebellion used trucks and bamboo structures to blockade distribution sites at Hemel Hempstead, Basingstoke, Coventry and Heywood from about 4.30am on Saturday, the group said. The group wants McDonald’s to

Publication date: September 2021 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 187 Author(s): Oscar Zapata

Ecosystem services (ES) are heralded as an approach that communicates across disciplines and between researchers and resource managers, encouraging more environmentally sustainable human behavior. However, most studies presuppose that “values” are ontologically distinct from “ecosystem services” without examining what this framing enables and occludes about human and other-than-human relations. Through a reflexive research approach, we

Drier summers mean the ground in vulnerable areas will be more prone to shrink and crack, scientists say The climate crisis is very likely to put millions of homes at increased risk of subsidence, according to new data from the British Geological Survey (BGS). The hotter and drier summers being driven by global heating mean