The volcano on White Island - which last erupted in 2001, is one of New Zealand’s most active volcanoes and people were seen walking inside the crater just before the eruption.

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The late season typhoon has hit the central Philippines at the southern tip of Luzon Island. This densely populated island has reacted by evacuating 200,000 people from along the coast and in some...

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Heavy rains around the 18th November led to significant risks for many villages in mountainous areas. The West Pokot region has been most affected.

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As other nations have cut their coal use in the last eighteen months, China’s increased use, by reviving old power plants and creating new facilities is set to exceed the EUs total capacity.

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Despite the likely increased cost associated with the completion of HS2; the review states that it should go ahead as there are no alternatives that will ensure the same level of growth to northern...

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Human rights lawyers are bringing a case against British American Tobacco in a fight against the low pay being given to more than 350 children and their families.

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Scientists are hoping that local farmers within the Amazon will decide to cultivate these trees rather than sell off their land to large plantation owners. The trees grow fast even on the poorest...

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55 elephants have been discovered dead close to watering holes they were trying to reach. This latest incident has occurred as a result of the drought that is currently affecting Zimbabwe.

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20% of all e-waste is plastic; an issue that has been ignored as the focus has been on single use plastics such as food packaging. However, with 50 million tonnes of e-waste being produced each...

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On the 25th July, a temperature of 38.7C was recorded in Cambridge. Provisional figures for England and Wales show that this led to an increase in deaths.

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30th September 2019

UK recycling

We all feel good about recycling but have we ever considered what happens to our waste and where it actually goes to?

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An excellent piece here from the BBC news web site on the extent to which the majority of UK cities emit less greenhouse gases than in the rest of the country. Some cities are doing more than...

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The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board have announced that the World is "grossly unprepared" for future pandemics.

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An assessment of forest protection by NYDF has expressed concern that targets for protecting rainforests have failed.

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Head of USAID has compared the damage caused to the Bahamas to that of the destruction caused by a nuclear bomb.

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A superb short video from the World Economic Forum on the work and ideas of one man in trying to reduce the risks of floods in urban environments.

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This feature from the Observer looks at the downsides of the surge in tourism for the inhabitants of the city of Prague. Strong evidence of over-tourism is changing the sense of place for insider...

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The fires that Alaska faced in July and the current south-central wildfires are evidence that these fires are increasing and are at a greater frequency than at any other time in history.

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This BBC News report and short video looks at plans by the Indonesian government to move their capital sinking from Jakarta to the island of Borneo. Jakarta is literally sinking and more than half...

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This is an important interviewwith Professor Martin Wooster on the outlook for Amazonian fires.

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