The '15-Minute City': what they are and how to build them — forbes — 30 September 2022 (LINK)
Hurricane Ian exposes an insurance crisis that's much bigger than Florida — msnbc — 29 September 2022 (LINK)
Half of world's bird species in decline as destruction of avian life intensifies — ground.news — 29 September 2022 (LINK)
Half of the world's palm trees face extinction — part University of Zurich study — greekreporter — 28 September 2022 (LINK)
WEF chief economists survey says global recession increasingly likely — business-standard — 28 September 2022 (LINK)
Nonprofits may need to spend about one-third of their budget on overhead to thrive – contradicting a rule of thumb for donors — oanow — 26 September 2022 (LINK)
Interview: New UN climate chief takes the fight personally — apnews — 24 September 2022 (LINK)
Has AlphaFold actually solved biology's protein-folding problem? The system's predictions of millions of proteins' structures aren't without limits, some say — sciencenews — 23 September 2022 (LINK)
— Researchers have used some of its 2021 predictions to develop potential new malaria vaccines, improve understanding of Parkinson's disease, work out how to protect honeybee health, gain insight into human evolution and more. DeepMind has also focused AlphaFold on neglected tropical diseases, including Chagas disease and leishmaniasis, which can be debilitating or lethal if left untreated.
Norman Foster to launch UN sustainability declaration for architects — dezeen — 23 September 2022 (LINK)
Winners announced for Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 — cnbc — 23 September 2022 (LINK)
Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics Initiative: over 120 companies implement the ESG reporting metrics — weforum — 21 September 2022 (LINK)
Denmark becomes first country to pay for 'loss and damage' from climate change — euronews — 21 September 2022 (LINK)
World's richest countries fall short on renewable energy targets — newscientist — 20 September 2022 (LINK)
— Eleven of the 20 largest economies got a C or worse on a renewable energy report cards
Four-day working week receives thumbs-up from 86% of trial companies in U.K. — ground.news — 20 September 2022 (LINK)
The best way to take a pill, according to science — thebrighterside — 19 September 2022 (LINK)
— Taking pills while lying on the right side is by far the best, sending pills into the deepest part of the stomach to achieve a dissolution rate 2.3 times faster than even an upright posture. Lying on the left side is the worst.
First-ever drug treats cataracts — avoiding the need for surgery — thebrighterside — 14 September 2022 (LINK)
The dinosaurs were not wiped out by an asteroid 66 million years ago, study suggests — yahoo — 14 September 2022 (LINK)
U.N. calls for climate alert systems worldwide in 5 years — scientificamerican — 14 September 2022 (LINK)
Accelerating zero-carbon push could save globe $12 trillion by 2050: study— ground.news — 14 September 2022 (LINK)
Google faces $25.4 bln damages claims in UK, Dutch courts over adtech practicese — ground.news — 14 September 2022 (LINK)
Plenty Unlimited to build 'world's largest' indoor vertical farming complex, in Virginia — bloomberg — 14 September 2022 (LINK)
Simple blood test detects multiple cancers at early stage without obvious symptoms — iflscience — 13 September 2022 (LINK)
Air quality sinks as climate change accelerates — annual WMO Air Quality and Climate Bulletin — greekreporter — 13 September 2022 (LINK)
Climate impacts headed to 'uncharted territories of destruction,' UN chief warns — cbc — 13 September 2022 (LINK)
Long-promised reforms are coming too slowly to a humanitarian sector that's struggling to keep pace with soaring needs and costs, a new analysis warns: relief reaches less than half the people targeted, even though humanitarian funding nearly doubled over the last decade — thenewhumanitarian — 13 September 2022 (LINK)
ARHGAP11B: the gene to which we owe our big brain — neurosciencenews — 13 September 2022 (LINK)
Fossil fuel giants have targeted 150+ activists with 'judicial harassment': report — commondreams — 12 September 2022 (LINK)
Waiting for full gender equality? Not until 2322 at present rate, according to UN Women/UNDESA — womensagenda — 12 September 2022 (LINK)
The spectator's guide to the Elon Musk–Twitter fight — slate — 12 September 2022 (LINK)
Japanese scientists finally answer the fundamental question of how life on Earth began: a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet rather than RNA — slate — 11 September 2022 (LINK)
UN Human Development Index sees life expectancy, education and income fall for 90% of countries — bbc — 8 September 2022 (LINK)
Euronews: here are all the positive environmental stories from 2022 so far — euronews — 7 September 2022 (LINK)
Watch a virus infecting a cell caught on video for the first time ever — iflscience — 7 September 2022 (LINK)
5 books that help anyone understand modern finance — nextbigideaclub — 6 September 2022 — (LINK)
This 17-year old created an AI-powered app to help farmers combat invasive species across the world — forbes — 6 September 2022 (LINK)
Africa: Rich nations pledge funds at climate crisis summit — dw — 6 September 2022 (LINK)
More than 2100 species on the IUCN Red-List are "lost" — getaway — 5 September 2022 (LINK)
The race to find 2,100 missing species before they go extinct — vox — 3 September 2022 (LINK)
What's the chance of meeting Paris climate goal? Just 0.1%, study says — mongabay — 29 August 2022 (LINK)
Scientists believe this was the first animal to walk on land: Tiktaalik roseae — grunge — 26 August 2022 (LINK)
Study paints 'bleak picture' for 90% of marine life without emissions cuts — mongabay — 25 August 2022 (LINK)
Yes, there are more infectious diseases popping up these days — experts say there are 7 clear reasons why — ecowatch — 17 August 2022 (LINK)
— Leading factors include the pace of international travel, as well as more human-wildlife contact.
Marine Life Defenders: UN talks 'last chance' for global ocean treaty — ecowatch — 16 August 2022 (LINK)
Disasters linked to the climate crisis caused 24 million internal displacement in 2021 — socialbites — 16 August 2022 (LINK)
One-third of the food we eat is at risk because the climate crisis is endangering butterflies and bees — cnn — 14 August 2022 (LINK)
IUCN's new data on tiger numbers could prove to be a conservation gamechanger: numbers up by 40% between 2015 & 2022 — theprint — 14 August 2022 (LINK)
Rainwater is now unsafe to drink worldwide because of 'forever chemicals,' study suggests — usatoday — 13 August 2022 (LINK)
U.K. climate activists fill golf holes with cement after water ban exemption — bbc — 13 August 2022 (LINK)
Italy's Lake Garda shrinks to near-historic low amid drought — apnews — 13 August 2022 (LINK)
Scientists at CERN have discovered too many particles for physics to keep up — inverse — 13 August 2022 (LINK)
DNA study finds Etruscans originated from Steppes — not Anatolia — greekreporter — 13 August 2022 (LINK)
5 species newly rated as endangered in 2022, says IUCN — discovermagazine — 11 August 2022 (LINK)
WEF's Great Reset agenda continues to get significant pushback from critics — bitcoin — 11 August 2022 (LINK)
What's wrong with the Fourth Industrial Revolution — bitcoin — 10 August 2022 (LINK)
How 'own nothing and be happy' sparked a misinformation campaign that targeted the World Economic Forum — wef / theglobeandmail — 5 August 2022 (LINK)
W.H.O.: life expectancy in Africa increases by nearly 10 years — ground.news — 5 August 2022 (LINK)
Faced with the energy crisis, Germany plans to question the abandonment of nuclear power — ground.news — 4 August 2022 (LINK)
UN warns two largest US water reservoirs at 'dangerously low levels' — thehill — 3 August 2022 (LINK)
Most rainwater on Earth contains PFAS exceeding safe levels, study finds — ecowatch — 2 August 2022 (LINK)
Richer nations fall short on climate finance pledge — apnews — 29 July 2022 (LINK)
The ocean cleanup removed its first 100K kg from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — theinertia — 26 July 2022 (LINK)
Pope apologizes in Canada for 'evil' of cooperating with 'catastrophic' policy of residential indigenous schools — ground.news — 26 July 2022 (LINK)
Catholic religious orders operated 66 of Canada's 139 residential schools.
Freezing point above Swiss Alps reaches new heights, smashing record from 27 years ago — iflscience — 25 July 2022 (LINK)
Water recycling solution recognised at inaugural WIPO global awards — genevasolutions — 22 July 2022 (LINK)
Latin America and Caribbean at risk of 'irreversible damage' from climate change — WMO report — genevasolutions — 22 July 2022 (LINK)
Australia drops a bombshell: an Environment Report Card that nobody should ignore — sciencealert — 21 July 2022 (LINK)
Khamenei adviser says 'Iran has the technical means to produce a nuclear bomb, but there has been no decision by Iran to build one' — ground.news — 17 July 2022 (LINK)
UK's M&S removes 'best before' dates from fruit and vegetables to tackle food waste — ground.news — 17 July 2022 (LINK)
Want to triple your memory in 5 minutes? Guinness world record holder shares tricks to improve cognition — firstforwomen — 15 July 2022 (LINK)
Study helps explain why a man has a shorter lifespan than a woman: loss in age of the male sex chromosome causing heart muscle to scar — yahoo — 15 July 2022 (LINK)
Australia's PM just laid out a radical new vision for Australia in the region: clean energy exporter and green manufacturer through electrolysers, green steel, green cement and green fertilizer — theconversation — 13 July 2022 (LINK)
The Big Plastic Count: U.K. survey shows 'recycling doesn't work' — ground.news — 12 July 2022 (LINK)
Humans need to value nature as well as profits to survive, UN report finds — theguardian — 11 July 2022 (LINK)
Researchers found that the way stakeholders valued nature was only taken into account on 2% of studies.
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon hits record for first half of 2022 — ground.news — 9 July 2022 (LINK)
Wild species relied on by billions at risk, U.N. report warns — ground.news — 8 July 2022 (LINK)
EU parliament backs labelling gas and nuclear investments as 'green': 328 vs 278 — ground.news — 7 July 2022 (LINK)
Catchup: the infamous 1972 report that warned of civilization's collapse: How does it hold up 50 years later? — wired — 8 July 2022 (LINK)
France's struggling nuclear giant EDF to be fully nationalized — ground.news — 6 July 2022 (LINK)
Under the same sky: how Rolex Laureate Emma Camp is saving coral reefs — tatlerasia — 4 July 2022 (LINK)
'They're everywhere': Microplastics in oceans, air and human body — ground.news — 3 July 2022 (LINK)
UN Ocean Conference ends with call for greater ambition and global commitment to address dire state of the Ocean — un — 1 July 2022 (LINK)
Catchup: U.N. Ocean Conference ends with promises. Is a sea change coming? — mongabay — 1 July 2022 (LINK)
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C would reduce risks to humans by up to 85% — thebrighterside — 30 June 2022 (LINK)
Davos was a case study in how not to talk about climate change — undark — 30 June 2022 (LINK)
These 3 smartphone apps are helping to reduce food waste around the globe — theplanetarypress — 29 June 2022 (LINK)
Who's to blame for inflation? NPR fact checks some common claims — npr — 29 June 2022 (LINK)
Mapped: Energy consumption per capita around the world: Iceland tops, but 98% from renewables — visualcapitalist — 28 June 2022 (LINK)
U.S. Supreme Court abortion ruling 'misleadingly quotes me' in overturning Roe vs Wade: law professor — newsweek — 25 June 2022 (LINK)
We have been lied to': Greta Thunberg Glastonbury address takes aim at 'greedy' world leaders — somersetlive — 25 June 2022 (LINK)
Thailand signs world's first country-to-country carbon offsetting pact, with Switzerland — nationthailand — 25 June 2022 (LINK)
World's first solar-powered car is ready to hit the road with 79km range and €250K price tag — mymodernmet — 25 June 2022 (LINK)
Lagos ranks second worst liveable city in the world, worst in Africa: Damascus at bottom — ripplesnigeria — 24 June 2022 (LINK)
Pacific island nation Niue protects 100% of its ocean territory — the size of Norway — in pioneering move — businessinsider — 23 June 2022 (LINK)
Britain ranks bottom in Europe for nature connectiveness: Italy best — theguardian — 23 June 2022 (LINK)
Five steps to environmental justice — undp — 23 June 2022 (LINK)
The retail industry is facing a potential wave of bankruptcies — cnbc — 23 June 2022 (LINK)
"Magic set of pills to keep you healthy? Don't waste your money on vitamins and supplements" (but some do help) — scitechdaily — 21 June 2022 (LINK)
An enormous international study just confirmed the ugly truth about sitting too much — sciencealert — 17 June 2022 (LINK)
Bank of England hikes rates for the fifth time in a row to 1.25% as inflation soars to 40-year high at 9% — cnbc — 16 June 2022 (LINK)
U.S. Federal Reserve's largest rate rise since 1994 to 1.5% — morningstar — 16 June 2022 (LINK)
McDonald's to pay France $1.3 billion in tax fraud case — apnews — 16 June 2022 (LINK)
Origin of Black Death finally found in bacteria from Kyrgyzstan graves: plague bacteria affecting marmosets in the region are genetically most similar to the samples — newscientist — 15 June 2022 (LINK)
'Nobody's immune to inflation': These are the most expensive cities for the world's wealthy: Inflation across the collection of items recorded rose 7.5% over the year, compared with just 1% the year earlier. Three-quarters (75%) of luxury goods and almost two-thirds (63%) of luxury services increased in price over the year — cnbc — 15 June 2022 (LINK)
Climate change: Rising sea levels threaten 200,000 England properties — ground.news — 15 June 2022 (LINK)
UN Secretary-General says the climate crisis is placing half of humanity in 'the danger zone' — euronews — 14 June 2022 (LINK)
North Carolina could lose up to 40% of its wetlands to sea level rise by 2070, new study shows — phys.org — 14 June 2022 (LINK)
UNESCO designates 11 new biosphere reserves, including 3 new countries — unesco — 14 June 2022 (LINK)
Universal health care could have saved more than 330,000 U.S. lives during COVID — scientificamerican — 13 June 2022 (LINK)
Scientists sound alarm on badly run medical studies: "over 60% showed a high risk of bias" — groundup — 13 June 2022 (LINK)
What extreme heat does to the human body — time — 13 June 2022 (LINK)
Global nuclear arsenal set to grow for first time in decades — theguardian — 13 June 2022 (LINK)
Expected Ocean Changes Require Planning For Many Generations Ahead — eurasiareview — 13 June 2022 (LINK)
"While surface warming may stabilize at about 1.5-2℃ when global emissions reach net-zero emissions, sub-surface ocean warming will continue for at least hundreds of years."
UNDP's Ocean Promise ahead of UN Ocean Conference 27 June-1 July — undp — 11 June 2022 (LINK)
"As of 2022, none of [the] SDG 14 [ocean] targets have been achieved, and progress on most has been limited. SDG 14 is estimated to receive the lowest level of investment of all the 17 SDGs." See also: The ocean and the blue economy are fundamental to addressing the triple planetary crisis — says UNDP (LINK)
Sepsis still kills 1 in 5 people worldwide — two Pittsburgh physicians offer a new approach to stopping it — lakeconews — 12 June 2022 (LINK)
World's protected natural areas too small and isolated to benefit wildlife — new study — theconversation — 10 June 2022 (LINK)
s"We estimated that at least 1,536 species (40% of those we looked at), and maybe as many as 2,156 (56%) had ten or fewer protected populations that were likely to survive in the long run."