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The risk of dangerous, cascading tipping points in natural systems escalates above 1.5°C of global warming, states a recent study.

The rise of climate sceptics to new prime minister Liz Truss’s cabinet has sparked fear that climate action will be scaled back.

The Ecologist today publishes Strategy 2023-6 promising a greater focus on the impacts of the fossil fuel economy - and a vision of a regenerative future.

Dozens of animal advocacy organisations voice collective concern over Brazil's Self-Control Bill from the Ministry of Agriculture.

Coffee production is surging to meet growing demands - but what are its climate impacts?

Human rights groups call for urgent protection of Indigenous land after death of last remaining member of an Amazonian tribe.

How to buy high protein vegan foods at the supermarket on a tight budget.

A rise in the number of macaques removed from the wild for research laboratories poses a major threat to the now endangered species.

Home installations across Britain actually fell by more than 50 percent in the first half of 2022.

Rare large blue butterflies return to the UK in flourishing numbers on restored grasslands.

English cities allow private vehicles - that go unused for 95 percent of the time - to dominate their public spaces.

Environment Agency data shows water companies are failing to monitor sewage discharges along the coastline including at British seaside resorts.

Is the UK Labour party the party of labour - or the party of the oil industrial complex? A short history.

Professor Herbert Girardet today launches a major new series of essays - Megamorphosis - exclusively with The Ecologist.

A worrying 86 percent of women in Malawi confirmed their wellbeing had been affected by climate breakdown.

Greenpeace planning ‘boulder barrier’ in Cornish marine protected zone.

Wildlife campaigners welcome new legislation and call for a 'sensible' beaver re-introduction to British waterways.

Phosphorus exhaustion limits Amazon's growth rate as CO2 rises, making the rainforest less resilient to climate breakdown.

Trophy hunting puts South Africa’s tourism industry in peril, charity claims.

Should rivers be given legal rights like humans? A Bristol campaigner is testing the waters of British law in an effort to protect the Avon from further pollution.

Lord Benyon's estate, it's subsidies, biodiversity and the right to roam. An English fairytale.

'Seeing the impacts of Going Car Free 2022 has been truly inspiring.'

Avian flu has jumped into wild seabirds and is spreading fast.

Structurally unique freshwater mangrove forests have been discovered in Brasil's Amazon Delta for the very first time.