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sustainability

Environment

We must completely change the way we build homes to stay below 2°C

Construction generates between 10 and 20 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, but cities can slash their climate impact by designing buildings in a more efficient way

News

In the village of Tshabula, villagers search for cobalt and copper in the waste tailings dumped by the lorries of the Chinese company Commus, which extracts minerals from one of the town's largest open-cast mines.

Environment

Mining for renewable tech inflicts huge damage. Is there a solution?

Features

Space

Keeping space tidy should become a global UN goal, say researchers

News

Environment

We could make fuel and fertiliser by recycling wastewater

News

EKXM2R Groundwater well and standpipe for crop irrigation. Porterville, Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA

Environment

Around half the world could lose easily accessible groundwater by 2050

News

The man reinventing economics with chaos theory and complexity science

Society

The man reinventing economics with chaos theory and complexity science

Features

WW4018 Planes at Las Vegas airport

Environment

We can't get to net zero without tackling inequality

Comment

Environment

Should everyone start eating snakes to save the planet?

Analysis

Hannah Ritchie: 'Eco-anxiety on its own is not that useful'

Environment

Hannah Ritchie: 'Eco-anxiety on its own is not that useful'

Features

plastic bottles

Technology

Plant protein capsules could make it easier to add vitamin D to drinks

Drinks in transparent bottles are difficult to fortify with vitamin D because the supplement breaks down when exposed to UV light, but tiny protein capsules that protect the vitamin could help

News

Technology

Thin reflective film that mimics butterfly wings can keep cars cool

News

Technology

Sheets of fungus could be used as eco-friendly fireproofing for homes

News

Environment

Common compostable plastic fails to break down after a year at sea

News

Technology

Incandescent lamp could save energy by recycling infrared light

News

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