Briefing: What are zettajoules – and what do they tell us about Earth’s energy imbalance?
Strategic angle: Understanding the significance of zettajoules in the context of climate change and energy measurement.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Environment
Climate, ecology, sustainability, biodiversity, and energy transition.
Briefing: Ministers delay new rules for low-carbon housing in England
Strategic angle: The government postpones regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from new homes.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: Climate change may complicate avalanche risk across the Pacific Northwest
Strategic angle: This winter was one of the warmest on record, leading to unusual weather patterns that increase avalanche risk.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Australia’s generation Alpha faces $185k bill over lifetime without urgent action on climate crisis, report finds
Strategic angle: A new report highlights the financial burden on future generations due to climate inaction.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: How soil microbes may control the future of our planet
Strategic angle: The soil beneath our feet is a huge carbon bank storing up to approximately three times more carbon than the entire atmosphere.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Can sand mining be sustainable?
Strategic angle: Exploring the sustainability of sand mining practices.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Earth heat hits record in 2025 as UN warns warming will last thousands of years
The UN reports unprecedented heat levels, signaling long-term climate impacts.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Q&A: Measuring what matters, inside GRI’s mining sustainability standard
Strategic angle: An in-depth look at GRI's approach to sustainability in the mining sector.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: UN issues new climate warning as El Niño looms
Strategic angle: The Earth's climate is further out of balance than at any time in recorded history, the UN's weather agency says.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Earth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high
Strategic angle: State of the Climate report finds Earth’s energy has moved dangerously out of balance, with oceans absorbing vast majority of trapped heat.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Earth's climate more unbalanced than ever, WMO warns
Strategic angle: The world's oceans have broken heat records for nine straight years, glaciers are retreating and extreme weather is killing thousands.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Indigenous wisdom can guide Indonesia's efforts to build a sustainable ocean economy
Strategic angle: Solutions for a sustainable future can sometimes be found in centuries-old traditions.
Editorial Staff Mar 22
Briefing: Beavers are turning rivers into powerful carbon sinks
Strategic angle: New research highlights the role of beavers in combating climate change through wetland creation.
Editorial Staff Mar 22
Briefing: COP28 To COP30: Nuclear Energy In The Climate Equation – OpEd
Strategic angle: An exploration of the role of nuclear energy in addressing climate change from COP28 to COP30.
Editorial Staff Mar 22
Briefing: You can bet on climate disasters. Business is booming.
Strategic angle: The rise of betting on climate-related events is transforming the financial landscape.
Editorial Staff Mar 21
Briefing: Critically endangered monkey gives birth after surgery saves her foot
Strategic angle: A 15-year-old roloway monkey at Chester Zoo has welcomed a baby following life-saving surgery.
Editorial Staff Mar 21
Briefing: US and Israel’s war on Iran is a disaster for the environment, analysis shows
Strategic angle: Exclusive: War has led to 5m tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in two weeks and is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined.
Editorial Staff Mar 21
Briefing: An answer to America's drought may be hiding in the toilet
Strategic angle: Americans are open to paying more for recycled wastewater as cities seek solutions to climate-induced drought.
Editorial Staff Mar 21
Briefing: New model links carbon-13 spike to Great Oxidation Event 2.45 billion years ago
Strategic angle: Two University of Victoria geologists provide new insights into ancient ocean floor chemistry.
Editorial Staff Mar 20
Briefing: Moss-associated nitrogen fixation helps sustain plant growth in warming permafrost ecosystems
Strategic angle: Climate warming enhances plant growth in permafrost regions through extended growing seasons and improved root access.
Editorial Staff Mar 20